Recently my phone started to only "slow charge" no matter which method I use.
It charges so slowly when using anything other than my computer that it drains the battery.
I also get the notification "Battery is charging slowly due to low electric current of TA/USB connection."
I've tried multiple cord and wall plug in combos, factory reset, using a different battery, and resetting the battery stats with no solution.
The deck in my car used to recognize it as a mass storage device but now says no device found, it still says it is charging however.
This issue came out of no where and it is driving me crazy, does anyone have any other steps I can try to solve this?
Any help would be much appreciated!
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Today my Triumph seemed to be draining the battery faster than normal, though I was also making a lot more calls than normal. I have a cable plugged into my PC at work which I plugged into my phone but the driver install window didn't pop up like it normally does and my PC's network connection got very slow. I unplugged it and my PC connection was fine again. I left my phone unplugged for the most part after that though I did plug it in once or twice. I don't think it was ever truly recognized by my PC at work today (it has worked before) though I'm not certain.
When I was about to go home I noticed my phone was off. I knew it was low on battery so I assumed that it had turned off due to low battery. It couldn't have been off any more than 30-60 minutes. I didn't think it should have turned off already for low battery yet though.
I plugged it into my car charger and my phone refused to turn on. About 20 minutes later i unplugged my phone and the red charging light was still on. I had to pull the battery. I then turned on my phone and it was working, but low on battery.
About 45 minutes later I drove home with my phone plugged in, but I didn't check to see if the charging light was on. The phone was still on. When I got home I tried plugging in the phone and I noticed that it was not charging. It still isn't. I have tried the following:
Restarting phone
Plug in while it is turned off (charge light comes on but not charging animation, must pull battery for light to go off. phone will not start while plugged in or charge light is on)
Try plugging into computer rather than wall
Try car charger
Swap battery to stock battery (I use an Anker battery rather than the stock. I haven't used my stock battery for a few weeks to a month. It should have been fully charged but only had less than 50%) and try everything again with same results
Right now I have my Anker battery in which was nearly dead (below 10%) plugged into the wall with it off hoping it will charge. My phone is mostly stock other than I rooted it using the b_randon14's method, installed b_randon14's tweak mod, and flashed in the Sprint PRL using a method from howard forums with the 60681 version. I had links but had to remove them due to not previously posting on this forum.
I noticed the usb cable is not solid in the prot on my phone, but it never was and doesn't seem any different. For example I can move the cable back and forth a little bit while plugged in. It remains plugged in when I do this and while the phone is off it knows it is plugged in obviously. Any ideas?
Ok... I left it plugged in while off for an hour then it started working... very odd. Nevermind then I guess, lol.
Saw this thread, was going to suggest that. Your issue seems to be one that happens across all sorts of devices that have rechargeable batteries, even Android phones (and especially $&!t MP3 players that you'll find at K-Mart). I once made the mistake of buying a $30 MP3 player that refused to turn on once its battery dropped to a certain level. Twice. From K-Mart, of course.
Thank goodness for returns.
I am still having issues and it is really frustrating. Sometimes it will charge when on, some times it won't. The only thing I think MIGHT be common between when it does and doesn't work is how much battery is left. I think it might work more often when the battery is closer to a full charge. What I often do is plug in the phone, shut it off, it will charge but charging animation isn't there and I cannot turn it on until the charging animation shows up. I think it only shows up when the phone is fully charge or close to it (I've only ever seen it when it is fully charged).
Unfortunately I don't have a lot of concrete information on this as i haven't had much time to troubleshoot and verify any of my suspicions. I do know that USB Debugging has nothing to do with it and clearing my battery statistics didn't have any affect either. This issue is very frustrating and I believe are all software based, not hardware.
Any ideas or pointers?
Out of curiosity, have tried a different USB cable? I know that you talked about switching chargers, and I couldn't tell if this was just the base unit and you plugged the same cable in or, if it was a completely different charger and cable.
I have a wall charger with a usb cable at my office, a wall charger with a (different) usb cable at my house, and a car charger with its own non detachable usb cable. All have the same issue.
Ive been using my s3 for about 40 minutes on CM10. Plugged into a dual usb charger connected to not ip port, which in the past i have used fine. I have lost 5% battery in this time. Current widget doesn't work yet with S3. Suggestions?
Edit - The first time I got the phone after a full charge and discharge, while plugged into stock charger and before anything root, the same problem happened.
sfetaz said:
Ive been using my s3 for about 40 minutes on CM10. Plugged into a dual usb charger connected to not ip port, which in the past i have used fine. I have lost 5% battery in this time. Current widget doesn't work yet with S3. Suggestions?
Edit - The first time I got the phone after a full charge and discharge, while plugged into stock charger and before anything root, the same problem happened.
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From what I heard, the charger can't charge the phone fast enough when you are using it thus the losing charge while plugging in. If you are talking about losing percentage right after you disconnect the phone from the charger, that is a feature, I do not know at the top of my head why it does it.
If charging through USB port (and many car chargers) you're capped at 500mA vs 700+ for wall chargers. You can install a kernel that supports fast charging and you will get 700mA through USB.
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I'm having the same issue whether charging from usb or a power outlet. Charges for a bit initially, then drains. Happens with different cords, too. I'll pick it up and it will feel warm, see that the battery is lower than when I plugged it in, then put it down. Then it cools off and starts charging again. Any ideas?
Same here except
i have the same issue, i had stock Touchwiz and suddenly the phone started to discharge while on charging outlet, tried different chargers, outlets, different ports, etc. still wouldnt work, i even deleted several applications and turned off several phone functions, etc. still nothing, then i rooted to CM10.1 and the same issue still presists, the phone charges a bit then discharges weather i use it or not. the only solution to charge it, it seems to be by turning off the phone. i think it has to do with the usb port on the phone as i even had the battery changed and it still would discharge while on a charger.
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Recently my phone started to only "slow charge" no matter which method I use.
It charges so slowly when using anything other than my computer that it drains the battery.
I also get the notification "Battery is charging slowly due to low electric current of TA/USB connection."
I've tried multiple cord and wall plug in combos, factory reset, using a different battery, and resetting the battery stats with no solution.
The deck in my car used to recognize it as a mass storage device but now says no device found, it still says it is charging however.
Has anyone else ever encountered this issue?
This issue came out of no where and it is driving me crazy, does anyone have any other steps I can try to solve this?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Hi,
I've had the following symptoms:
a) Battery draining abnormally fast (usually lasts < 3-4 hours with no activity).
b) Phone is not detected by computer, computer is not detected by phone. Tried both Mac and PC with multiple USB cables. No media prompt, can't reboot/reflash.
c) Phone no longer displays "Charging via AC" but rather "Charging via USB", even when using multiple different USB chargers that should fast-charge. Qi wireless charging works.
d) Otherwise, phone is working fine.
A few weeks ago, I got a new battery, this solved the issue of the phone turning off or restarts with no explanation, often when about 80% charged. Upon bootup again a few minutes later, battery life is around 20% or less. Phone is not abnormally hot when this happens, so that energy is not being discharged. However, other symptoms above remain.
I assumed it was an issue with the USB port on the phone, since data pins are required for both fast charging and a computer connection.
I tried replacing the USB Flex cable with a new one, but I had the same symptoms after the replacement. I also tried a reset of the device, wiping user data, but the same issues remain.
a) Does this sound like an issue with the main board of the Nexus?
b) Any other troubleshooting steps I can try?
c) I previously unlocked the bootloader. Without a USB data connection, it's impossible to root/flash updates, right?
Lyrrad0 said:
Hi,
I've had the following symptoms:
a) Battery draining abnormally fast (usually lasts < 3-4 hours with no activity).
b) Phone is not detected by computer, computer is not detected by phone. Tried both Mac and PC with multiple USB cables. No media prompt, can't reboot/reflash.
c) Phone no longer displays "Charging via AC" but rather "Charging via USB", even when using multiple different USB chargers that should fast-charge. Qi wireless charging works.
d) Otherwise, phone is working fine.
A few weeks ago, I got a new battery, this solved the issue of the phone turning off or restarts with no explanation, often when about 80% charged. Upon bootup again a few minutes later, battery life is around 20% or less. Phone is not abnormally hot when this happens, so that energy is not being discharged. However, other symptoms above remain.
I assumed it was an issue with the USB port on the phone, since data pins are required for both fast charging and a computer connection.
I tried replacing the USB Flex cable with a new one, but I had the same symptoms after the replacement. I also tried a reset of the device, wiping user data, but the same issues remain.
a) Does this sound like an issue with the main board of the Nexus?
b) Any other troubleshooting steps I can try?
c) I previously unlocked the bootloader. Without a USB data connection, it's impossible to root/flash updates, right?
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What are you using to charge? Wall adapter or your PC's USB port?
Lethargy said:
[Battery Life Help] Troubleshoot battery issues here!
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What are you using to charge? Wall adapter or your PC's USB port?
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When I'm not using QI, I usually use a wall adapter.
I've used several different new micro-USB cables, with several different wall adapters that support fast AC charging with Android phones. This worked in the past, but within the past two months, it stopped working properly.
I usually only connect to the PC to load updates manually. I last did so for a Lollipop update a few months ago (5.0.1). Everything is stock, except that the bootloader is unlocked.
I'm specifically using external batteries and chargers that are designed to charge faster. All of them state "USB" instead of "AC" now on the battery settings, and the charging is very slow.
What he said ^^^^
And read posts 1 to 3 carefully in the battery help thread. If you still need help, read post 4 well. ?
Darth said:
What he said ^^^^
And read posts 1 to 3 carefully in the battery help thread. If you still need help, read post 4 well.
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Thanks for the reply.
While I did state that the battery is draining quickly, this might be due to apps installed or system configuration, and it isn't my main problem.
My main issue is that the AC charging doesn't work and the phone not being detected by any PC or MAC. This would appear to point to a hardware issue, since I can't even connect to the phone when in the bootloader/recovery. The posts in the battery thread seem to point towards looking at software reasons for battery drain, and not towards causes of slow USB (non AC) charging, and data over USB not working.
Yes, the battery thread usually covers drain issues. But if your phone dies in 4 hours with little use, something is seriously wrong. Could be hardware and all related....Likely is.
If you can't charge with an ac charger and cable, or have your computer recognize it, it's likely a bad port on the phone, or simply the cable. (Yes, I see you covered the cable... But just saying the options)
Your computer doesn't see it at all? It's not in device manager as an unknown device? Or it is?
Still like to see screen shots from gsam about the battery drain. And the stock battery graph.
Hi I have the folowing problem
Whit oem Cable i connect to wall charger it charges whit AC and i connect to external battery and it is charging whit USB. on other phones testet including Nexus 4 is charging whit AC on the external battery both 1A and 2A ports.
What could be her te problem?
Is the carging unit of the phone defectiv?
My phone is telling me it is slow charging because I am not using the original charger. Sometimes it charges, sometimes it SAYS it's charging when it is not, other times not at all. I entered ##7764726415 in to dialer to access the hidden menu and looked for a "fake battery mode", but I couldn't find any battery settings. I factory reset my phone with no results. Can anyone please help?
First off I would check your Charging cord. If that doesn't help I would highly recommend getting the correct stock charger for your phone. Charging from computer usb ports also will slow charge. I hope this helps