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Sensation went for a swim! Now it thinks its charging

Ok so my Sensation went for a bit of a swim yesterday at around 10am. So I put the phone in rice imediatly (after pulling the battery ect) and left it in the rice till a bout an hour ago. The phone turns on works great can call text surf the web the whole nine yards. BUUT it thinks its charging...24/7!!! Weirdest part is it'll go up in battery life!!!! It's gone from 93 to 99% already.
I tried a different battery and that worked for like 5 minutes before it started to act dumb again thinking its charging. Is there anything I can do for this? Tried whiping battery stats no luck with that. Other then that I'm outta ideas!

Haha! That's great. Never need a charger again! But is there any downsides to it thinking its charging like battery dying fast or anything?
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Wow great news, you have a mutant sensation.
Get in touch with Xavier about this in sure he will be able to help you out.
Watch out for for Magnito as we wouldn't want that super phone falling into the wrong hands...
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Indeed, great news! Sounds like a plan for me..

Is it also getting very hot? My friends G1 went for a dip in the hot tub and his thought it was charging....for about a week then it turned off and i had to replace the charger port circuit board.

dcwiker05 said:
Ok so my Sensation went for a bit of a swim yesterday at around 10am. So I put the phone in rice imediatly
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Yoy should disassembly the phone and wash it all with isopropyl alcohol.
Mike

I would stop using device in that condition. You HAVE to wash device and dry it well. Even for day or two. If state is continued as described, go to service.
Hope it all goes back as before.
Cheers

Yeah it is dieing faster, it lost about 10% in 30 minutes. I put it back in rice but I am contimplaiting the while taking it apart and cleaning it thing. Though considering I work for T-Mobile I'm elidgable for a discount on a new phone and I'm thinking about an amaze. But I feel like if I buy an Amaze there is going to be something new in a few months so idk. Plus there is no Core Droid on the Amaze :/ What do you think guys?

I think you should just wash it properly. If u need to get a new phone,wait for the Nexus Prime
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Jerald2 said:
Wow great news, you have a mutant sensation.
Get in touch with Xavier about this in sure he will be able to help you out.
Watch out for for Magnito as we wouldn't want that super phone falling into the wrong hands...
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Lol..you just make me laugh!!
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KlashbeN said:
I think you should just wash it properly. If u need to get a new phone,wait for the Nexus Prime
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I reaaaaaaaaally don't like samsung phones lol. Just dont care for them at all really. I like the Prime cuz of ICS but thats the only draw. Plus the Nexus line isn't a phone that T-Mobile sells at retail locations so I wouldn't be able to use my employee discount on it :/
I put it in rice again and it seems to have made things worse. I now have weird marks under the screen that look like powdery, guessing rice dust. And it still thinks its charging. Thinking of investing in one of those 20 dollar CPR kits from radioshack that say they are able to fix any wet phone. But I doubt itll pull out those marks from the dust.
Should I dip it in alcohol then throw it in one of those?

[Q] Charger Noise

I leave my charger plugged in to the wall, even when not in use, out of laziness. While my phone is connected, it's silent. But as soon as I disconnect my phone, it makes a barely perceptible, high-pitched whining noise.
Does anyone else experience this? Is it a sign of potential danger? Is it wasting much electricity?

I've most definitely noticed, drives me crazy that I'm the only one in my house that can hear it.
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I've had that problem also with my charger, actually just recently went into the at&t store and they replaced it without a problem, no questions asked
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ughhhh, I hate when you guys find stuff that I never noticed. Now I'm gonna be hearing that too, probably.

charger is dying, unplug when not in use and get a new one asap

I have the same problem drives me crazy. Thanks for ATT replacement idea. I will see if they will replace mine this week.

kwoodyusa said:
I have the same problem drives me crazy. Thanks for ATT replacement idea. I will see if they will replace mine this week.
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Me too.
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Yup, mine randomly kicked in with the sound one day. Paused my TV and turned off the ceiling fan like 5 times before I tracked it down.

kwoodyusa said:
I have the same problem drives me crazy. Thanks for ATT replacement idea. I will see if they will replace mine this week.
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Anytime! They didn't give me the same one though, kinda sad because I liked the square copy-off-apple look of it, plus its tiny size but the new one isn't so much larger. Gets the job done that's all that matters I suppose
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rccar said:
Anytime! They didn't give me the same one though, kinda sad because I liked the square copy-off-apple look of it, plus its tiny size but the new one isn't so much larger. Gets the job done that's all that matters I suppose
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as long as its 1A, anything less and they jipped u bro

Wait it's not supposed to make that noise?

nope, means charger is faulty

May just be my imagination but seems to take forever to get a full charge also.
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bacheezy said:
May just be my imagination but seems to take forever to get a full charge also.
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Mine takes about 2.5 hours from completely dead to 100%

xcrazydx said:
Mine takes about 2.5 hours from completely dead to 100%
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I'd say mine took at least that long...before today at least...
Just left att store with a new zero charger and new cable as well. I'll see if anything changes and report.

my charger does this also! Maybe that's why my phone acts screwy half the time while it's charging at home? My car charger it's always fine

Micro USB port getting loose

The micro USB port on my infuse is getting really loose. Its to the point where if I pick my phone up.while its plugged in and even just check my phone it will fall out shortly after picking it up. Is there anything I can do to try to fix it? Would Samsung do anything about it? I haven't even had it a year yet.
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Awizzle said:
The micro USB port on my infuse is getting really loose. Its to the point where if I pick my phone up.while its plugged in and even just check my phone it will fall out shortly after picking it up. Is there anything I can do to try to fix it? Would Samsung do anything about it? I haven't even had it a year yet.
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Yeah, join the club. I had the same problem. I started charging it with the cable to the slightly older model of this. http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digit...Portable/dp/B0041OSAZS/ref=dp_cp_ob_e_title_1 It was a little bit nicer quality than the one that it came with. I would maybe get some backup batteries with a charger. I ordered http://www.amazon.com/Anker-1800mAh...2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1335451042&sr=1-2 Then you would no longer have to worry about charging with the cable if you didn't want to. For data transfers you just have to be really careful and don't hit it. I'm actually in the process with Best Buy to getting a new phone. Their black tie plan is covering me and getting me a refurbished phone. But those are your options. Good luck..
And just for the record, I ordered them with a jig thinking that would fix my phone. All that I know is they both charge, and I only bothered trying one of them with put my phone into a bootloop very well.
Thanks >>

I used to connect using cable before even for little data. But now I have a folder called temp in my dropbox, and use that for transferring little little files (unto 100 MB or so) and use wifi to get that data from db to my phone. Saves on battery too cos connecting cable for little times multiple times could take its toll on battery too, not just the port.

HeLlO - Kies Air.

I'm using usb cables from nokia and blackberry they fits more stable for some reason.

No problems with my USB port, however I have been battery swapping since December. I also transfer data via drop box or airdroid. I'm really loving drop box, my wife takes pictures and video of the kids while I'm out of town on business and they automatically get uploaded. Works out pretty well.
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Awizzle said:
The micro USB port on my infuse is getting really loose. Its to the point where if I pick my phone up.while its plugged in and even just check my phone it will fall out shortly after picking it up. Is there anything I can do to try to fix it? Would Samsung do anything about it? I haven't even had it a year yet.
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You could always try to get it back to stock and send it in. It has a year manufacture warranty on it.
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I had the same problem. Got to the point it wouldn't charge. Called AT&T. After some troubleshooting, they determined I should take to my local service center. It was replaced with a new (refurb) phone. Of course I had to get it completely back to stock. So far happy with the new one. Updated it with stock Gingerbread. Will stay with that for a while.

I've been using dropbox too for data, but it's the charging or charging it in the car that's annoying. Like when using it fir GPS and having the cable pop out all the time makes it annoying. I might try calling att and seeing if I can get anything done under warranty. Should have some time to deal with them soon. Thanks for the ideas.
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Anyone else read this?

http://www.emirates247.com/business...-fire-as-uae-owner-sleeps-2013-07-09-1.513659
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Stories like this come up every time a new phone is released.
Could be defective units or defective users.

Abu Dhabi-based Sarah Shurrab, probably forced it into a 220.
Isolated incident.
Name says it all.

It happened to my ex-gf with her LG Optimus S a year or so ago. Caught fire, burned her bed all the way down to the mattress. She got real lucky that she woke up when it happened, it could have been very bad. A few android sites actually ran her story. Nothing ever came from it, of course. I had to fight with Sprint for weeks just to get them to replace her phone.
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drsiddiqui1 said:
http://www.emirates247.com/business...-fire-as-uae-owner-sleeps-2013-07-09-1.513659
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Mine stopped charging and got EXTREMELY hot. I called AT&T and they sent me a new one under warranty. Whether it would have burned up, I'm not sure but it was quite uncomfortable to the touch.

TheAxman said:
Abu Dhabi-based Sarah Shurrab, probably forced it into a 220.
Isolated incident.
Name says it all.
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Its not hurtful to know. Now I wont keep my phone on my bed while its charging which I usually do instead of the nightstand right next to it. Now I know better and someone else may also.
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Happens with many electronics. I've seen bad AC Cords melt and laptop power jacks break and short and cause similar damage and smoke, as well as regular desktop power supplies. You will always get a few defects.
There was another story... can't find it saw it in the last day or two.. where a buy got burns on his leg from having his S4 in his pocket. I remember seeing things like this pop up way back in iPhone 3G days where it burned some guys jeans and stuff. Electronics are prone to having defects. There will always be a few. Expecting it and protecting or minimizing damage is the key.
That being said thats why I leave all my devices that I have charging over night on my nightstand next to my bed, away from anything else usually, so if anything does happen I'm right there and hopefully would be knocked out of my hibernation cycle and smell smoke. I will always unplug chargers if im going to be gone for more than 15-20 minutes as well.
I take these precautions before I had a very very close encounter with a cheap reading lamp over my bed once that decided to randomly spark for a few seconds and produce a small bit of smoke directly over my head a few years ago before tripping the circuit breaker while I fell asleep with the light on. (AC cord was red hot as well) Needless to say, I had a unpleasant awakening. Circuit breaker might have saved my life. Never want to have to wake up to something like that again.

I am definitely going to try to make that a habit as well.
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[Q]Return to stock without USB data working

I probably know the answer to this but is there any way to return to stock while not having use of USB data?
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I think there's probably a small crowd of people that are looking for this ability. I've not heard of a solution to go back once you lose USB.
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I know of one but our device isn't supported but it's too use mobile Odin , I think I'm just gonna fix the port via replacing it but I don't have all the tools to do so, I need a small tip for my soldering iron
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Cheap fix
I may be the only one that gets this lucky, but I was having a lot of trouble with my usb port being seen by computer. It got to the point that I had to get the phone ad cable just right to charge. I decided last night I had to do something or replace phone. I powered down phone and squirted lighter fluid in the usb port,then took a toothpick and piece of rag and cleaned best I could. Phone is working great now. All of my cables are charging and being seen by computer.
I was at point of replacing phone anyway,so don't try if your not prepared for failure, but good luck and let me know if you have success with this.

elbscorp said:
I may be the only one that gets this lucky, but I was having a lot of trouble with my usb port being seen by computer. It got to the point that I had to get the phone ad cable just right to charge. I decided last night I had to do something or replace phone. I powered down phone and squirted lighter fluid in the usb port,then took a toothpick and piece of rag and cleaned best I could. Phone is working great now. All of my cables are charging and being seen by computer.
I was at point of replacing phone anyway,so don't try if your not prepared for failure, but good luck and let me know if you have success with this.
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And so it happens.
I hooked up my phone and made a file transfer and then...usb stopped functioning.
I tried a whole bunch of stuff, thinking it was just the pc or the driver recognition..but no go. Even after pc wipe and reinstall OS and drivers. No luck.
The sad part is that I was on a rooted 2.3.6 but after a wipe, the stock sammy recovery replaced the cwm recovery.
No usb means no return.
I did try to use alcohol, wiped and scrubbed. I even opened the phone and try a few cleanings. Even disassembled
No luck.
I know this is available:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43451544&postcount=6
This seemed more fun though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao5T9_XcCrU
And this is what I have until I get this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-3-USB-C...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item20cdd2f5ec
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qkster said:
And so it happens.
I hooked up my phone and made a file transfer and then...usb stopped functioning.
I tried a whole bunch of stuff, thinking it was just the pc or the driver recognition..but no go. Even after pc wipe and reinstall OS and drivers. No luck.
The sad part is that I was on a rooted 2.3.6 but after a wipe, the stock sammy recovery replaced the cwm recovery.
No usb means no return.
I did try to use alcohol, wiped and scrubbed. I even opened the phone and try a few cleanings. Even disassembled
No luck.
I know this is available:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43451544&postcount=6
This seemed more fun though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao5T9_XcCrU
And this is what I have until I get this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-3-USB-C...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item20cdd2f5ec
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hey let me know how your repair goes, i dont have the tools to do it myself, or i would but if yours goes well, let me know i may ask you to do mine if thats alright with you?
so i just tried to go back to stock via flashing rom via recovery, and lets just say... that didnt go so well, i have no os recovery is borked ... kernel seems fine but no usb data so my infuse if ****ed until i can get the usb fixed

qkster said:
And this is what I have until I get this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-3-USB-C...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item20cdd2f5ec
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If you don't want to spend $100+ on a Weller micro-solder setup or on the "professionals" take a look at this item... might fit the bill for the project.
http://www.amazon.com/Coopertools-S...78319450&sr=1-3&keywords=micro+soldering+iron
btw... what's that discoloration on the main circuit board shield? it almost looks like some kind of chemical corrosion took place .... just sayin'

Please keep us informed on how it goes. The naphtha which is a stronger cleaner than alcohol worked for a little while,but I'm starting to have a few cables not read again

Zen Arcade said:
If you don't want to spend $100+ on a Weller micro-solder setup or on the "professionals" take a look at this item... might fit the bill for the project.
http://www.amazon.com/Coopertools-S...78319450&sr=1-3&keywords=micro+soldering+iron
btw... what's that discoloration on the main circuit board shield? it almost looks like some kind of chemical corrosion took place .... just sayin'
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Ya know..come to think of it, I think that resembles water and chlorine dried up on a metallic surface of PCB board doesn't it? I'm still trying to figure out how that happened.
@deathblade:
I had on old solder iron I bought from Big Lots years ago for about $4-$5.
I filed the point down using a whetstone. You can use a file or just the rough surface like cement, brick, clay or just the bottom of a ceramic plate.
The one Zen suggested looks good.
Here is another inexpensive source:
http://www.harborfreight.com/30-watt-lightweight-soldering-iron-69060.html
Just take your time.
If you never done it before, open an old electronic part and practice.
I'm not an expert at this. I feel comfortable in sacrifice my phone for parts but I don't like the idea of messing up someone else's phone.
It's better if someone else messes up their phone though.
I did buy 10 of the usbs charging port. If it works and you guys need one, hit me up, I mail you one at cost and stamp. (~$1.70ea + stamp)

qkster said:
Ya know..come to think of it, I think that resembles water and chlorine dried up on a metallic surface of PCB board doesn't it? I'm still trying to figure out how that happened.
@deathblade:
I had on old solder iron I bought from Big Lots years ago for about $4-$5.
I filed the point down using a whetstone. You can use a file or just the rough surface like cement, brick, clay or just the bottom of a ceramic plate.
The one Zen suggested looks good.
Here is another inexpensive source:
http://www.harborfreight.com/30-watt-lightweight-soldering-iron-69060.html
Just take your time.
If you never done it before, open an old electronic part and practice.
I'm not an expert at this. I feel comfortable in sacrifice my phone for parts but I don't like the idea of messing up someone else's phone.
It's better if someone else messes up their phone though.
I did buy 10 of the usbs charging port. If it works and you guys need one, hit me up, I mail you one at cost and stamp. (~$1.70ea + stamp)
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The, I understand where your coming from I do have some experience with soldering but not as much as I'd like I to however have plenty experience with replacing non soldered hardware, and do to past events I don't have any old devices to practice on, I might take you up on that offer for the part, though I wouldn't know how much the stamp would be, as I never mailed anything before, you wouldn't happen to also have any spare power buttons would you? Lol my Cappy's doesn't work, tried to reset the solder as I've heard that might help but instead it turned everything displayed on the screen blue for a while <<<weird lol
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deathblade said:
The, I understand where your coming from I do have some experience with soldering but not as much as I'd like I to however have plenty experience with replacing non soldered hardware, and do to past events I don't have any old devices to practice on, I might take you up on that offer for the part, though I wouldn't know how much the stamp would be, as I never mailed anything before, you wouldn't happen to also have any spare power buttons would you? Lol my Cappy's doesn't work, tried to reset the solder as I've heard that might help but instead it turned everything displayed on the screen blue for a while <<<weird lol
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us stamp is $.46 -first class - 1oz
I havent had any issue with the power button yet so i dont have any spare on hand.
i saw them on ebay though
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-POWER-SW...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item19e04d52f9
works out to be about $3/ea
i'll have the ports..you'll the buttons..we can trade.

qkster said:
us stamp is $.46 -first class - 1oz
I havent had any issue with the power button yet so i dont have any spare on hand.
i saw them on ebay though
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-POWER-SW...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item19e04d52f9
works out to be about $3/ea
i'll have the ports..you'll the buttons..we can trade.
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Lol we shall be the peripheral supply
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I just found this http://www.multi-com.pl/index.php/en_US,details,id_pr,8831,menu_mode,categories.html sounds like it would really help
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deathblade said:
I just found this http://www.multi-com.pl/index.php/en_US,details,id_pr,8831,menu_mode,categories.html sounds like it would really help
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yeah. I recalled that. but you need that board and the riff box and others. not feasible for one infuse unless you are planning a side line business of jtagging infuses.
for the cost of that setup, you could buy 2 working infuses or a later phone model

elbscorp said:
Please keep us informed on how it goes. The naphtha which is a stronger cleaner than alcohol worked for a little while,but I'm starting to have a few cables not read again
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I had severed the 7 pins with an exacto blade.
de-soldered the points
cleaned up the points
socketed in the new port
seems to fit
soldered in the new port.
slightly sloppy but seated well
re-assembled.
no reading or charge
I think it's due to poor new pin/old pin contacts.
prolly could have used better equipments or techniques
I left the new port in place and prolly will just send it to the mobiletech guys
i have 9 brand new ports available.

Just an update guys...
I soldered the new port on. My first attempt. Kinda sloppy actually. I wasn't able to clean off the old materials very well as I had concern about over heating the board. I think having the correct materials, solders, flux, magnifiers, and heat shield cloth and such may help. My attempt did not work. I suspect I was not able to get the 7pins to touch or connect properly.
I sent mine to mobiletechvideo without the port.
It's about 10 days turn around. It came back working. I was not expecting it to boot up and was ready to flash it back to stock myself but it came back with the leaked GB KK4 firmware installed. Kinda odd I guess as most of the return to stock on XDA were either UCKE3, UCKJ4 or UCLB3.
Although when I have the Infuse on the data cord at an angle that stress the connection, the computer reports the device as unknown. I suspect it is not as good as factory ship but good enough for me to restore the phone to function.
I'll have to keep an eye on the connection for now.
Conclusion: it can be done..but better success if you have the proper equipment for micro welding.

Glad to hear it's working
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