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I received my g2x on Tuesday. Been working fine. I received my MicroHDMI cable yesterday, and decided to give the HDMI mirroring a try. The minute I plugged the cable in to the phone, it shut off and locked up. Pulled the battery, let it sit, put the battery back in, turned the phone on, and the battery (which had a full charge) was now showing 0%. I plugged the phone in to the charger and that's when the area around the camera became too hot to touch. So I called T-Mo and now I've got to mail it off for a replacement. Fun stuff.
where did you get your cable from? i ordered mine from ebay.
I bought one off Amazon. Looks like a quality cable. Unfortunately I didn't save the link.
I got it last night and played some Need for Speed on my 24" monitor.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230606880939&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
I've heard of cheap cables shorting out the device when you touch the metal rim of the phone accidentally with the HDMI cable...
This cable has worked fine for me so far:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004C3AW40
I had the exact same thing happen to mine, and I did the exact same thing, replacement is on the way. I got mine from monoprice though.
After reading a few of these stories, I'm pretty paranoid about trying the HDMI port on my G2x!
i get all my cables from monoprice.com
dirt cheap and high quality.
sorry to hear about the issue with your phone though. hopefully this doesnt become a common issue.
Same here. Completely fried the phone. Got the bad one from monoprice. Ordered another one from amazon and it works great.
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Sauromir said:
I received my g2x on Tuesday. Been working fine. I received my MicroHDMI cable yesterday, and decided to give the HDMI mirroring a try. The minute I plugged the cable in to the phone, it shut off and locked up. Pulled the battery, let it sit, put the battery back in, turned the phone on, and the battery (which had a full charge) was now showing 0%. I plugged the phone in to the charger and that's when the area around the camera became too hot to touch. So I called T-Mo and now I've got to mail it off for a replacement. Fun stuff.
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Wow. Same here.
Guess I'll call T-mobile
Dam this is crazy, I just bout one from Amazon too, but now I'm too scared to use it
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Mine was mono price.
I got QVS from j&r for $17 and it works 100%.
update:
http://www.amazon.com/QVS-HIGH-SPEE...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1304272146&sr=1-1
kadenstern said:
I had the exact same thing happen to mine, and I did the exact same thing, replacement is on the way. I got mine from monoprice though.
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The same thing happened on my phone with the monoprice cable. I don't know if the cable fubar'ed the phone, or the battery.
My phone initially wouldn't turn on for several hours, but it finally work up later (but the battery now won't hold a charge). And the phone stays hot when the damn thing isn't even turned on!
OH BOY!
This is not good. How is everyone hooking up their phone? Are you connecting to the tv first then the phone? Cuz I'm wondering if it makes a difference or not.
jdkackley said:
OH BOY!
This is not good. How is everyone hooking up their phone? Are you connecting to the tv first then the phone? Cuz I'm wondering if it makes a difference or not.
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Cable hooked up to the tv, then the phone.
I tried two different cables and they work great. One from Amazon and the other from ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230606880939&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ULNA3K
Docavelli said:
Same here. Completely fried the phone. Got the bad one from monoprice. Ordered another one from amazon and it works great.
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Completely fried the phone? did you get a new phone for the 2nd cord? or what happened
Sounds like the common theme here is MONOPRICE. So I'd beware of purchasing their cables! On mine you can still smell the burning smell from the inside of the phone, and the battery won't stay charged for 6 hours when before I was getting easily a full day.
Hi All
I was given this MT4GS about three months ago by a friend. All of the sudden it stopped taking a charge. At first, if i held the charger the right way, it might get a little charge, but now I'm getting nothing. So, I'm alternating between a couple Anker batteries and one stock, hoping someone has had this repaired (and that it wont' cost me a ton of money). Did anyone else have this problem?
Thanks
that sounds more like a usb cable problem than charger port... have you tried other usb cables?
my chargers go bad in about 4 months...I noticed they get really loose in my device. I got this cable and it still works (its been around 6 months) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GF8TIK/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00 (this is just the cable, keep the power plug from your stock charger)
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my chargers go bad in about 4 months...I noticed they get really loose in my device. I got this cable and it still works (its been around 6 months) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GF8TIK/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00 (this is just the cable, keep the power plug from your stock charger)
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I thought i was the only one whos charger went dead like that, seems like the 2 hooks go flat after a while
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That's the one bad thing about micro usb. It's the standard port for all android phones now, but it's very small, and if you're not careful it can break easily
My MT4G Slide recently started to exhibit this problem. The original cable that came with the phone still works perfectly fine. Unfortunately all my other cables have stopped working. I'll order the cable in the thread and hopefully it will work fine.
Kinda annoying cause now my car and bedside chargers are useless.
Almost 99% of the time will be the cable. I had to replace mine 4 times in one year.
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h3ktyk said:
Almost 99% of the time will be the cable. I had to replace mine 4 times in one year.
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you might check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjnXcFG3674
this guy shows how you can use a needle to 'clean out' the port, because sometimes lint gets wedged down in and prevents the cord from making good contact.
And after you've cleaned it out, I would get something like this to prevent it from happening again
http://www.topicovers.com/products/micro-usb-port-cover
Or clean all the lint out of your pockets!
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So yea that cable works okay. Still not perfect though but better than nothing.
I think one of the pins is just bent down and I don't have pliers so small that I could pull them back up. Plus it's hard to see.
Has nothing to do with the cable. All with the port. The cables all work perfectly fine on other devices.
Having a bit of a strange issue where my Galaxy S3 will randomly vibrate/wake for no reason when plugged into a T-Mobile universal wall charger. Seems to happen when the phone is jostled or picked up; it will turn the screen on and vibrate as if I had a notification, but I don't. The charger is a little bit old, since it was purchased with a BlackBerry about 2 years ago, so perhaps that's the reason. I was just wondering if this is something to worry about, like my USB connector going bad or something. It doesn't seem to do this when plugged into other chargers (will occasionally do this when charging on the OEM Samsung dock, but rarely). Thanks in advance.
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Having a bit of a strange issue where my Galaxy S3 will randomly vibrate/wake for no reason when plugged into a T-Mobile universal wall charger. Seems to happen when the phone is jostled or picked up; it will turn the screen on and vibrate as if I had a notification, but I don't. The charger is a little bit old, since it was purchased with a BlackBerry about 2 years ago, so perhaps that's the reason. I was just wondering if this is something to worry about, like my USB connector going bad or something. It doesn't seem to do this when plugged into other chargers (will occasionally do this when charging on the OEM Samsung dock, but rarely). Thanks in advance.
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It could be the charger that you are using. I have the same issue using my old DX charger but not with the charger that came with the GS3. With the older chargers it tends to lose connection and the connect backup, as if you unplugged it and plugged it back in.
Yeah that makes sense; do you know if I might have damaged the charging port by using that old charger or is that unlikely? I haven't really noticed any other issues with charging so I'm hoping everything is fine. Made sure to stop using that charger just in case though.
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Yeah that makes sense; do you know if I might have damaged the charging port by using that old charger or is that unlikely? I haven't really noticed any other issues with charging so I'm hoping everything is fine. Made sure to stop using that charger just in case though.
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I still use the charger, it's just not idea if you are looking at something when it is plugged in. As far as it damaging the port I don't think so, unless your trying to plug it in upside down!!
I think the charger that came with the S3 just fits tighter and the older chargers may just be worn down by use. That's just my thoughs!!
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I still use the charger, it's just not idea if you are looking at something when it is plugged in. As far as it damaging the port I don't think so, unless your trying to plug it in upside down!!
I think the charger that came with the S3 just fits tighter and the older chargers may just be worn down by use. That's just my thoughs!!
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Ok good, that's good to know. Thanks for the help, I appreciate it
Ok, first a little background on this issue...
After having my S3 for about 13-14 months I started having charging issues. The charging port was very "loose" and I had to make sure my charger cable was in just right to get my phone to charge. This was annoying, however was out of warranty and didn't want to pay vzw for an insurance claim. This got worse, and eventually I noticed my phone would only charge with 1 specific usb cable, 1 specific wall charger, and 1 specific car charger.
Well, I finally called Samsung and explained the situation to them and they had me chip my phone to them and they would repair it, free of charge. When they had it, they replaced the charging port, the headphone jack, and the screen. I received the phone back after couple weeks, super excited, and immediately charged it up with the cable I had next to my bed. New charging port felt perfect, nice snug fit, etc... Well, after a few days i hooked it up with the original usb cable that came with the phone, nothing happened. So i started messing around and realized that the only usb cables that will charge my phone are Motorola brand cables! At least the 2 cables I have work, and not a single other cable I've tried works! This includes stock Samsung cable, many cheap 3rd party cables, other friend's S3 cables, none work. Also, I have this cheap car charger that is the type you plug a USB cable into that works, however any other car charger I've tried does not work either.
Also, when i say the cables won't charge my phone, it also won't connect the phone to a PC. They do absolutely nothing.
Does anyone have ANY idea why this is happening?!?! It was an issue before Samsung repaired my phone, they replaced the charging port, but I still have this issue!! I can send it back to Samsung for them to look at it again, however my backup phone, a Razr Maxx, just died also. Seems like the battery went dead and now I can't get it to charge, but that's another issue.
So, any ideas?!
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Ok, first a little background on this issue...
After having my S3 for about 13-14 months I started having charging issues. The charging port was very "loose" and I had to make sure my charger cable was in just right to get my phone to charge. This was annoying, however was out of warranty and didn't want to pay vzw for an insurance claim. This got worse, and eventually I noticed my phone would only charge with 1 specific usb cable, 1 specific wall charger, and 1 specific car charger.
Well, I finally called Samsung and explained the situation to them and they had me chip my phone to them and they would repair it, free of charge. When they had it, they replaced the charging port, the headphone jack, and the screen. I received the phone back after couple weeks, super excited, and immediately charged it up with the cable I had next to my bed. New charging port felt perfect, nice snug fit, etc... Well, after a few days i hooked it up with the original usb cable that came with the phone, nothing happened. So i started messing around and realized that the only usb cables that will charge my phone are Motorola brand cables! At least the 2 cables I have work, and not a single other cable I've tried works! This includes stock Samsung cable, many cheap 3rd party cables, other friend's S3 cables, none work. Also, I have this cheap car charger that is the type you plug a USB cable into that works, however any other car charger I've tried does not work either.
Also, when i say the cables won't charge my phone, it also won't connect the phone to a PC. They do absolutely nothing.
Does anyone have ANY idea why this is happening?!?! It was an issue before Samsung repaired my phone, they replaced the charging port, but I still have this issue!! I can send it back to Samsung for them to look at it again, however my backup phone, a Razr Maxx, just died also. Seems like the battery went dead and now I can't get it to charge, but that's another issue.
So, any ideas?!
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What rom/kernal
It doesn't matter. It does this when it is totally stock and rooted. Right now I'm not rooted or anything because it looks like it may be going back to Samsung again.
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It doesn't matter. It does this when it is totally stock and rooted. Right now I'm not rooted or anything because it looks like it may be going back to Samsung again.
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I think the smart charging circuit may be messed up
Really? How would that cause the phone to not work with any cable except a certain brand?? I'm just really curious and this is driving me insane!!
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Really? How would that cause the phone to not work with any cable except a certain brand?? I'm just really curious and this is driving me insane!!
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I would say you are putting mechanical stress on the charging port. This could be from some misaligned or mis-made cable or somehow pressing or pulling the charge cable when its connected. I've never seen this reported by anyone else, but the mechanical connections are not indestructible. If it were a common symptom with 100 million S3s having been sold, there would be a firestorm of complaints.
I have a similar issue. I'm not sure if it's the device or the ROM (CM nightlies).
Certain cables force the screen to turn back on, which means I get negative charge because the screen burns more than the charger is capable of supplying. Other cables are fine. I'm still looking for the pattern, it's super annoying and causes me to have to turn my phone off completely at times so as not to lose my battery altogether. I'm still trying to solve this, any help would be appreciated.
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I have a similar issue. I'm not sure if it's the device or the ROM (CM nightlies).
Certain cables force the screen to turn back on, which means I get negative charge because the screen burns more than the charger is capable of supplying. Other cables are fine. I'm still looking for the pattern, it's super annoying and causes me to have to turn my phone off completely at times so as not to lose my battery altogether. I'm still trying to solve this, any help would be appreciated.
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Further info- it's not the cable, it's the converter at the end. I think it has to do with amperage of the charger- if I use the stock samsung one I'm good, it's putting out 1.0A. If I use others that are fewer amps (like 700 mA) it's unpredictable. I suspect a kernel thing, I might download different kernels to play with it.
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Further info- it's not the cable, it's the converter at the end. I think it has to do with amperage of the charger- if I use the stock samsung one I'm good, it's putting out 1.0A. If I use others that are fewer amps (like 700 mA) it's unpredictable. I suspect a kernel thing, I might download different kernels to play with it.
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Always use chargers that is 1 A - 2A the circuit controls most of the charging regulating amps and voltage
Yes, I agree about using good chargers, but my phone wasn't always this way. It used to charge with anything, but no longer.
I enabled fast charge on Imosyen's lean kernel. That might have made a difference, but I'm not positive yet.
My pixel 2 XL stopped charging at all of the sudden and only accepts slow charging and with a "Chinese" cable. The original cable doesn't work. No the cable ain't broken or the charger. My girlfriend has a pixel 3 and she uses my charger and cable and works on hers. We used also her charger and cable ( from pixel 3s ) and on her pixel 3 everything works comes to mine it doesn't even recognize to start charging.
Yes I'm using the original one.. I wrote it all but I don't know why XDA deleted some stuff.
Anyway yeah always used the original one and always been using. Never used another cable or charger actually.
It just happened put of nowhere, morning was fine when I went to bed couldn't charge it.
The only way I'm able to charge my phone now is with those lame cables of 1£ and it charges super slow. 5h for 80%. But that's literally the only way.
I've done factory reset, hard and soft resets, battery calibration, cleaned the port with toothpicks... Nothing seems to work.
It's a weird problem because the original cables don't work just the non original ones , which charge super super slow, but I'm also sure the cable and the chargers don't have any problem because I live with my girlfriend and she always uses them ( the one who came with my phone and the one who came with hers , she has a pixel 3 ) and no problems with her. Just with me.
Maybe my battery is faulty ?
Try some rubbing alcohol and a toothbrush. Mine kept connecting and disconnecting repeatedly while charging. Here, I had a nice peice of lint in the port. Just an idea. Hope you get it figured out ?
I had something like this happen a while ago and the problem for me also turned out to be lint in the charging port. It actually looked totally clean, but when I stuck something in there to clean it out I was surprised that there was lint.
Don't stick anything metal in the charging port though, because it could short out the connections. I just cut out a thin piece of plastic from a plastic cup and used it to scrap around. A piece with a nice point on it is good. Try to pick out any lint that's at the bottom of the charging port that may be preventing the cable from inserting all the way.
Good luck. Hope that helps.