I was using my Evo 3d today and put it on the charger until it was fully charged. After that I pulled it off the charger and attempted to turn the screen on and nothing happened. I pulled the battery and still nothing. Now when I plug it into a charger I don't even get a red or green charging light. I have confirmed the battery is charged with another Evo 3d I have that has a bad touch screen and even tried a spare battery. Still nothing.
I have searched this forum for possible solutions. I have tried all sorts of combinations of buttons (power and volume down, power and camera, ect.) and none of them worked. I tried booting into the bootloader with ADB using my computer and the dos prompt says "device not found". I tried the same thing with my broken Evo 3d and it booted into the bootloader with no problem.
The phone is rooted with S-off. This was done several months ago and I haven't installed any apps recently. The only setting I changed was i turned off usb debugging a couple days ago (maybe this is why the ADB method wont work). Anyone have any ideas or does this sound like a hardware failure?
The only other option I can think of right now is swap the motherboard from the phone with the bad screen into the one with the good screen and pay Net10 again to switch my service over (and go a couple days without a phone while the process takes place). This is very bad timing as I was on my way out the door to take a trip out of state to visit family. Now I can't go because I have no way to tell them when I am coming or where to meet them.
Well I pretty much gave up on getting the phone to power on and swapped in a motherboard from an old Evo 3d I had with a bad touchscreen. I got it activated with Net10 and everything works except for the fact that the old motherboard has a bad headphone jack. Does anyone know of a cheap bluetooth device that has a headphone jack on it or perhaps an adapter for the micro usb port with a headphone jack and charging jack? I know there used to be such an adapter for the old HTC phones with mini usb.
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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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On Sunday I noticed my SIII making random noises but nothing was ever on the screen when I checked. While playing with it, it made the noise again and I noticed the driving mode icon appear in the notification bar for a second. I decided to update to the latest version of Omega 9 to see if that would fix the issue. Did the usual, backup, wipe, flash - all good. Omega 9 was running fine but my phone did continue to make the noise randomly. Ignoring it and continuing on my day I plugged my SIII in to charge while playing music, I picked it up like an hour later and realised that the battery life had gone down rather than charge. Naturally I started plugging it into all the micro USB cables I could find, connected to the power adapter, connected to my PC, connected to my car charger, nothing would connect and give it a charge properly! I managed to get 1 cable to connect for a second but then it would just disconnect. While I was trying to get it to charge it was randomly displaying the message that appears when you connect a USB OTG cable too, 'USB connector connected' - or something a long those lines.
I pulled the battery out of my phone, let it sit for a bit, inserted the battery and it started charging fine. I powered it on and it booted up with the TW launcher (I normally use Apex) and a grey box in the lower left hand corner of the screen that said "Safe Mode". I was just thinking, WTF (should have taken a screen), rebooted my phone and it has since gone back to normal.
It is yet to make any random noises or refuse to charge as of today (Tuesday). I got a bit worried for a bit there as I was dreading having to take it all back to stock and send off for warranty plus the USB port in my cousins SGSII died for about a month and randomly sprang back to life.
If it happens again I will be looking at a warranty as soon as possible. It puzzle me though, I wonder if the cheapo USB OTG cable I purchased off ebay could have damaged the port at all, everything seems fine now though. Has anyone else had any troubles with their USB connection?
Notes* My phone is in perfect condition, no liquid damage or anything.
Sounds like it had a software glitch. Check if it appears again and report here, but you should be fine in most cases.
Btw: Pseudo-Dead (disabled) USB-ports can usually be revived by powering off the phone and inserting a Jig. At least that's how I revived my brother's old Galaxy Ace several times already
All of a sudden the USB port on my one year old V10 is having issues:
Won't "fast-charge" when plugged in to LG fast-charger. But does do and show that it is "regular" slow charging.
When unplugged, status bar battery icon still showing charging animation.
Does not switch (or give option to switch) to data when USB is plugged into computer nor does it appear as device on computer as it did before.
Battery is draining very fast, probably 2-3 times as fast as it should.
Also doing the following, don't know if related to USB issue:
When I power off completely, before, I had to press and hold down power button to power back on, and would also get a quick vibrate.
Now when phone is off, just quickly tapping power button for split second powers on phone and get no vibrate. Also when phone is off, plugging in charging cable powers on phone.
These issues just appeared out of the blue yesterday. Nothing has happened to phone - not dropped, exposed to moisture, didn't install any new apps, flash a rom, nothing new done to phone. It just started happening. :crying:
I would say that this is being caused by one of 2 things:
1. Bad charging adapter and/or cable. Either use another charger/cable, or buy an original LG fast charger replacement from somewhere like Amazon. 3rd-party stuff may or may not work out well, I would stick with LG if you want to play it safe.
2. The actual charging port on the phone is bad. In this case, no charger/cable will fix it. This will probably mean buying a new phone, unless you have warranty/insurance, the cost of getting it repaired won't be justifiable.
So far one of my 2 LG cables have gone bad, developed a split in the wire, now it charges my phone sometimes, but sometimes not. And it rarely works for copying files to/from PC. My other cable works fine for the most part.
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I would say that this is being caused by one of 2 things:
1. Bad charging adapter and/or cable. Either use another charger/cable, or buy an original LG fast charger replacement from somewhere like Amazon. 3rd-party stuff may or may not work out well, I would stick with LG if you want to play it safe.
2. The actual charging port on the phone is bad. In this case, no charger/cable will fix it. This will probably mean buying a new phone, unless you have warranty/insurance, the cost of getting it repaired won't be justifiable.
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I have 2 OEM LG Fast Charge 2.0 cable and brick sets, the one it originally came with plus another one I bought. I also have a second OEM battery and LG battery cradle. I've tried all these plus others I have and all get the same result.
I mostly use the cradle to keep the second battery charged and swap them out as needed each day, so I don't actually do much charging on the phone. I also use SambaDroid to move files to a PC, so the only real problem this is causing is rapid battery drain. I'm no expert but I'm guessing there's a pin in the USB port that is shorting somehow and that it's causing the battery to drain. Any hardware experts out there? I need this phone to last another year so am willing to try minor surgery if it would help and if I can find a good guide to follow.
Edit: SambaDroid not working in Marshmallow. I also sometimes just take out the SD card and pop it in a card reader.
I'm wondering if anyone has suffered with and recovered from the sudden case of no charging/USB>PC recognition?
I've seen countless similar stories across the web, covering many of the Z Family. Some were simple reset jobbies, and I've seen as in-depth as what I'm assuming is an IC being removed, flux cleaned and re-applied (w ww .you tube. com/watch?v=ZyCeNfc99a0).
I purchased a new charger port and also a new battery, as I figured with all the insane constant burning of my pocket, it could use a new one. I'd hoped it was just a charger port issue, but much to my dismay, the issue still persists after fitting them.
I've tried every single button combination "fix", and all to no avail. Multiple leads, charger units, all that polava. Checked and cleaned connections with isopropyl alcohol, checked for burned-out looking mainboard components, at least those that are visible.
I was having minor inconsistent charging issues for a while, up until last Friday. I figured it was the USB port on the phone or the leads, and put it down to general wear and tear.
Last Friday I was at my mates house with super low battery, popped it on charge round his and I noticed it had died completely and kept boot cycling, like the charger was being plugged in and taken out over and over.
I took it out and tried it when I got home with the regular charger, and nothing. My phone is otherwise in mint condition and has been looked after since day one release in the UK.
I'm wondering if some super helpful person here would possibly have some other alternatives that haven't been mentioned, whether a hardware bypass or some trick that isn't amidst the countless cries for help out there.
Many thanks in advance.
Hello,
I have a problem when connecting to a charger it will go in strange charging mode that actually does not charge. It makes the sound like a charger is connected, no charging animation on battery though...
The problem for me it was the USB cable used for charging (i have changed 5 of them in 1 and a half years). Also same behavior happens when using a under 1A wall charger.
P.S. : The USB cables that i have changed they still work fine with other devices/phones .... but not with my Z5C. I`m not sure what but is definetly something wrong withe phone usb port (and it is not dirt).
no, but
I cannot get a usable USB connection to my computer, but if I hold Volume Up while connecting the USB cable to the computer, the charger LED turns red for a moment, then blue. It WILL charge in this mode, which I think is fastboot mode. Someone said it bypasses the charge circuitry or software, which makes me think that maybe I could go into developer mode and turn on OEM unlocking to see if I can stop it from trying to optimize charging. I also have not tried all the USB connection modes yet.
I tried to charge with this blue light technique on the wall charger, but that did not work. Just ran the battery down again and I could not boot the phone.
I know if I press Volume Down while connecting the USB cable to my computer that the charger LED turns green, but I am not sure it will charge in that mode. I think this is for flashing or something, but since my computer does not recognize the USB device no matter what I do, I don't think flashing is an option.
Oh, and when I do charge the phone with the blue light special (old obscure USA discount retailer reference), for some reason the charger LED flashes white every 4 to 5 seconds, but it seems to keep enough charge to get me through at least the day until I can charge again by same method.
Maybe we can keep pooling info here. I got the blue light technique from someone else on this site, so there are people here who know quite a bit about this phone, thankfully.
Well, I had that issue, too (at least it sounds pretty familiar).
https://forum.xda-developers.com/z5-compact/help/wont-off-issues-t3485575
Does your phone also believe to be connected to "something" all the time?
I fear there is some IC fried, although I never dared to open my phone.
My "solution" was to talk my local salesman into giving me a (used, but working) replacement phone, and I did not want him to find any traces of DIY
So, no, I never found a technical solution, probably they just scrapped my phone for spare parts, idk.
The root cause for my error (probably) was a faulty charger, therefore I am pretty sure I fried something hardware-like, but depending on your cause, ymmv.
Anyway, trying to clean your USB port, re-soldering the connector and/or replacing the battery sounds like being worth a try, anyway.
// edit: "cat /sys/class/power_supply/usb/present" used to always output 1, even when not connected. On my now-good Z5C this works like it should (connected ->1, not connected -> 0)
Hey people. I have tried all the tricks for several days. Tried several charging cables. Nothing worked for me. I just brought a new phone, and it came with a cheapo charging cable. Decided to plug it into my Xperia and it worked. Maybe a little fairy fixed my phone when I was out buying a new one. Anyway, I'm love my Xperia Z5. Using it right now. Good luck people
Had the phone just over a year, battery ran out, when plugged in gives pulsing red light but won't turn on. Tried two different chargers (both left overnight) that previously worked fine, as well as plugging into laptops. Tried holding down all combinations of buttons for a long time, no dice. The pulsing becomes less regular when I hold buttons down, often switching off mid pulse, as if its trying to boot but then resumes pulsing. I think the battery may be broken/completely flat/ not charging, the phone is not warming up as it normally would when charging.
Anything I haven't tried? I read on the website that the battery is not removeable but there are two screws either side of the plug socket, would I be able to get access from there?
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Tried two different chargers (both left overnight) that previously worked fine, as well as plugging into laptops.
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Did you use the same USB cable with both chargers? This happened to me recently and the culprit was the cable that came with the phone, it was obviously broken. Got a new one and the phone charged properly.
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Did you use the same USB cable with both chargers? This happened to me recently and the culprit was the cable that came with the phone, it was obviously broken. Got a new one and the phone charged properly.
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Two different chargers, two different cables, both of which had been working the previous day...
A quick search and I can't find any teardown/repair guides for this phone. I did find the service manual for the older one though. If you do go that route it looks like you're going in blind.
Don't you have warranty? I'd return the phone if it were me. (I see you note you have the phone 'just over a year', that's painful if you have only 1 year of warranty but in EU at least, we tend to have 2 years...)