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Ughhhhh Girlfriend+Phone = Headache

Hey guys, im visting from the vibrant forum. My girlfriend and I have had our galaxies for about a month now. She returned hers last week after we discovered that no one could hear her on voice calls, and she was also having problems charging.
Now she has her new captivate, and it is rooted (stock firmware + kernel), and shes still having charging problems. Be it through the wall or computer, every once in a while the phone just wont charge unless you reboot the phone. The charging icon doesnt even come up. Last night it started happening so i took out her phone and plugged in my Vibrant and my phone started charging no problem. Any thoughts?
PS - the oddest thing is that when this problem is occuring, nothing happens when you plug it in EXCEPT the button backlight comes on, which signifies that the phone knows that its plugged in

TopShelf10 said:
Hey guys, im visting from the vibrant forum. My girlfriend and I have had our galaxies for about a month now. She returned hers last week after we discovered that no one could hear her on voice calls, and she was also having problems charging.
Now she has her new captivate, and it is rooted (stock firmware + kernel), and shes still having charging problems. Be it through the wall or computer, every once in a while the phone just wont charge unless you reboot the phone. The charging icon doesnt even come up. Last night it started happening so i took out her phone and plugged in my Vibrant and my phone started charging no problem. Any thoughts?
PS - the oddest thing is that when this problem is occuring, nothing happens when you plug it in EXCEPT the button backlight comes on, which signifies that the phone knows that its plugged in
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Is she using the stock charging cable that came with it? I have had mixed results with other cables.
Is it attached to a USB on the abck of the computer or the front? Some people have experienced lower voltage on front auxuliary USB ports compared to rear main USB ports.

Ughhhhh Girlfriend+ Boyfriend-Modded Phone = Headache ... FTFY.
Once you start making changes to your ladies phone, you OWN anything goes wrong.
If you wiggle the power cable, does the connection fluctuate? I had to return my phone and get a new one because of this.

joeybear23 said:
Is she using the stock charging cable that came with it? I have had mixed results with other cables.
Is it attached to a USB on the abck of the computer or the front? Some people have experienced lower voltage on front auxuliary USB ports compared to rear main USB ports.
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Stock cable+wart, happens when plugged into the wall too.
ScottyNuttz said:
Ughhhhh Girlfriend+ Boyfriend-Modded Phone = Headache ... FTFY.
Once you start making changes to your ladies phone, you OWN anything goes wrong.
If you wiggle the power cable, does the connection fluctuate? I had to return my phone and get a new one because of this.
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i know what im doing, i modded the **** out of my vibrant and the thing loves me for it. its not coincidence that its happened on two of her captivates. no loose cable...like i said when she said it was happening last night i immediately unplugged her phone and plugge din my vibrant and my phone charged perfectly

Is the battery door on it open all the way? It has to click. I know it seems silly to ask but that has been a common problem around here.

tanneji said:
Is the battery door on it open all the way? It has to click. I know it seems silly to ask but that has been a common problem around here.
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I was just thinking the same thing...

joeybear23 said:
I was just thinking the same thing...
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+2 as I thought the same thing when I first got mine before hitting the forums.
It's totally easy to reflexively reply "You calling me stupid? Of course I opened it all the way... see? ... <click> .... %&#&!%*!!!!"
It slides to a stop and the plug doesn't go in all the way. You have to push it the extra click to have it fully opened.
If that's not the problem then I seriously have to wonder what your girlfriend is doing to the phone to cause this. As you said.. it's not a coincidence that this has happened to two of her Captivates now...

Hopefully she never forced the cable into the phone. That would probably mess up the jack pretty nicely.

You said she replaced it. Did they just give her a new phone (as in no new battery back cover charging cable) or is everything new? If its the same battery, maybe its a bad battery. I only ask because I had to RMA my phone and I just got ther bare phone.

[Q] NS Does not realize USB is plugged?

Hi all
I just bought an i9020 today and when I plugged in the USB the phone is charging but the window for mounting storage did not pop up. It acted as if i simply plugged in a wall charger. I'm sure it's not the cable or the computer's hardware problem because I have three computers and three cables and I've tried different combinations and it still did not work. The old nexus one that I had, however, successfully recognized the USB cable and was able to mount and get into debugging mode etc.
Any ideas? If the phone is charging then it would reject the possibility of a damaged USB port correct?
I can't even fiddle with the drivers at this point because the phone doesn't even show up in device manager. i have tried unplugging the battery as another thread suggested but the results are still the same.
And also another problem is that when I power off the phone will freeze when it's about to shut down. This happens when the cable is plugged and once I unplug the phone will shut down. The same thing happens in bootloader.
P.S Even in bootloader fastboot was unable to recognize the device.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Ryan

Any ideas?
If it is a hardware issue I'll just send it back for a new one

This happened to me recently out of the blue. I flash a lot of ROMs so I thought maybe something on my device got messed up. I never did find a definitive answer as to why it happened, though. I also couldn't mount USB through CWM recovery.
But what fixed it was, I shut down the device, pulled the battery, waited 10 seconds, put battery back in, booted up, and I had USB connectivity again. I haven't lost connectivity since.
Since the battery pull didn't work for you, I would try and exchange the device for a new one.

tmcquake said:
This happened to me recently out of the blue. I flash a lot of ROMs so I thought maybe something on my device got messed up. I never did find a definitive answer as to why it happened, though. I also couldn't mount USB through CWM recovery.
But what fixed it was, I shut down the device, pulled the battery, waited 10 seconds, put battery back in, booted up, and I had USB connectivity again. I haven't lost connectivity since.
Since the battery pull didn't work for you, I would try and exchange the device for a new one.
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Take a pocket knife or something else thin and place it under the tab in your USB port in your phone and press it up just a little then try plugging in it
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i have the same problem

ZiggSVO said:
Take a pocket knife or something else thin and place it under the tab in your USB port in your phone and press it up just a little then try plugging in it
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
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Is this a hardware issue then? This worked for me but I'm not sure if it's a permanent solution. Should I still go get a new one?

if it's a hardware failure which component should be changed

ryanytchan said:
Is this a hardware issue then? This worked for me but I'm not sure if it's a permanent solution. Should I still go get a new one?
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Yes its a hardware failure. Not sure what actual component but its the USB port on the phone
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ZiggSVO said:
Yes its a hardware failure. Not sure what actual component but its the USB port on the phone
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
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can i change it

chungech said:
can i change it
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i've never torn my nexus apart
but I imagine that it could be swapped out. you'd probably need to know your way around a board with a solder gun lol. I would try to google that or atleast the tear down of the nexus to see what your in for and if its changeable.
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This is a 4G breakdown but I'm sure its almost the same for all variants?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127327

[Q] Phone shuts off when USB is connected?

Hey guys I stumbled on a problem that almost gave me a heart attack,
My phone shuts off after about 1minute when the USB is connected. I came back from school and plugged in my phone to my laptop then when i opened the app store it froze and shut off. The app store is responding, nothings wrong with it. Its just everytime I plug it in it shuts up.
I tried the Settings > Development > Screen on when connected, still doesn't help, It keeps it on a little longer like 2 minutes then it still shuts off.
Can anyone help?

52me52 said:
Hey guys I stumbled on a problem that almost gave me a heart attack,
My phone shuts off after about 1minute when the USB is connected. I came back from school and plugged in my phone to my laptop then when i opened the app store it froze and shut off. The app store is responding, nothings wrong with it. Its just everytime I plug it in it shuts up.
I tried the Settings > Development > Screen on when connected, still doesn't help, It keeps it on a little longer like 2 minutes then it still shuts off.
Can anyone help?
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Are you stock? If not what ROM are you using?
Are you using the supplied USB cable that came with the phone when you got it? If not try that.
Have you looked inside the plug for bent pins? Get a magnifying glass and look in there. Also see about dirt inside, especially LINT.
What recovery do you have installed?
Have you tried plugging it into a wall socket?

MasterDecker said:
Are you stock? If not what ROM are you using?
Are you using the supplied USB cable that came with the phone when you got it? If not try that.
Have you looked inside the plug for bent pins? Get a magnifying glass and look in there. Also see about dirt inside, especially LINT.
What recovery do you have installed?
Have you tried plugging it into a wall socket?
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Im using Mohan's leaked JB ROM with his kernel.
The USB cable is the one I have from my Galaxy Player, Ill try to use the other one.
I have Sk8r's CWM 6.0.2.3.
Thanks for that suggestion ill try it!

52me52 said:
Im using Mohan's leaked JB ROM with his kernel.
The USB cable is the one I have from my Galaxy Player, Ill try to use the other one.
I have Sk8r's CWM 6.0.2.3.
Thanks for that suggestion ill try it!
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My next suggestion would be to look into the Threads about Mohan's JB ROM, and see if others are having the same issue, as well as to maybe contact the Developer and let him know and see what he says about it. If all else fails, make a back up, and restore a stock ROM from SAMMOBILE, and see if it still has the problems. If not then you know it is the ROM, and not hardware, if it does, then you know that it is now a hardware issue.

MasterDecker said:
My next suggestion would be to look into the Threads about Mohan's JB ROM, and see if others are having the same issue, as well as to maybe contact the Developer and let him know and see what he says about it. If all else fails, make a back up, and restore a stock ROM from SAMMOBILE, and see if it still has the problems. If not then you know it is the ROM, and not hardware, if it does, then you know that it is now a hardware issue.
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I figured it out: It was the USB, even if I dont touch it my laptop keeps saying USB connected then disconnected. Thanks you saved me

52me52 said:
I figured it out: It was the USB, even if I dont touch it my laptop keeps saying USB connected then disconnected. Thanks you saved me
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You are more then welcome. It's funny though, how the smallest things bring the biggest worries. Now then drink a beer and relax, unless you have some idea of coding, then hit me up. There is where I need some help.

MasterDecker said:
You are more then welcome. It's funny though, how the smallest things bring the biggest worries. Now then drink a beer and relax, unless you have some idea of coding, then hit me up. There is where I need some help.
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I never bothered to learn coding, Im going to start now

Help needed. Usb not recognised after using fast charge

Usb not recognised after using fast charge. I cant get the phone to connect no matter what I do.
It just stopped working . Not even fastboot works...no odin., just charging works.. all of the sudden.
I appreciate any help.
I tried switching roms, kernels....

Even wierder is that when it ic powered off, and I voud connect it to power cord,..it wont show the small battery charging...it would just power on by its own
And if I power off while charging...it wont power on till I remove the cord....
It is so frustrating

No oppinions?!

Just disable fast charge whenever you want to use it with your computer.
(Experienced when I use Slimbean before)

khimois said:
Just disable fast charge whenever you want to use it with your computer.
(Experienced when I use Slimbean before)
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I did...but now ...on whatever pc or laptop I try to connect the phone...I get device not recognised...
It used to work well on all of them, all drivers installed everything set up.
I used hellybean latest build and I disconnected fast charge while it was plugged in....
I must have messed up my phone :banghead:

raducux said:
I did...but now ...on whatever pc or laptop I try to connect the phone...I get device not recognised...
It used to work well on all of them, all drivers installed everything set up.
I used hellybean latest build and I disconnected fast charge while it was plugged in....
I must have messed up my phone :banghead:
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Try WIPE Dalvik. Good luck!

Thenk you..I did try everything I could think of....flash older kernels , older roms.... nothing does it.

how did you fix it?

velishka said:
how did you fix it?
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I did not. I am using airdroid to copy my files
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I tried almost everything, and I think our issue is not bad flash, it's USB problem.
Take the very best USB cable that you have and then try this trick, see if it helps. It worked for me for very short period of time, but I decided to share. My result is on and off, but at least in one of the tries my PC recognized and connected
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFB5S-MWFL0

velishka said:
I tried almost everything, and I think our issue is not bad flash, it's USB problem.
Take the very best USB cable that you have and then try this trick, see if it helps. It worked for me for very short period of time, but I decided to share. My result is on and off, but at least in one of the tries my PC recognized and connected
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFB5S-MWFL0
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I found this trick online also. ..Maybe I will give it another go
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Ok, I permanently fixed it using this trick.
Here's what I did.
Turn off your phone, remove the battery. Take a nail polisher, apply on a tiny q-tip, and clean your usb port for few minutes. don't press to hard, you can break it. Make sure that q-tip is small enough to fit into the gaps.
Then take a needle and just scratch the usb port. do the same thing on the usb cable. Be careful.
Do it slow, and don't rush. It won't clean in 2 minutes. I spent around 20 min of cleaning and I have a working USB port again.
Good luck !

Hard Brick?

I believe I have a hard brick, but not sure about diagnosis or options. I put my phone on the charger last night, and it was dead this morning. I have been able to get it to boot twice only for it to shut off immediately due to lack of charge. I have plugged the phone into 3 different USB chargers and none of them appear to be charging my phone, however they all work on my Nexus 7. There is no LED on to indicate it is charging as it normally would. I cannot get into recovery or download mode. Any suggestions?
A little background about my specific situation:
I have had my S3 since launch, and have had no issues with it. I have had it rooted since the bootloader was overcome, and have run custom ROMS ever since. Most recently, I have been running CM 11 with the latest nightly being from early Feb. (not sure which date). I have CWM installed, and up til this point, my phone was working fine. I did get occasional random reboots since the latest nightly that I flashed, but the phone remained completely functional.
EDIT: It is not a brick problem, it is a charging issue. I can charge my phone in the car, but not through a wall charger or connected to a pc. When plugging into a pc, it does not register anything at all.

solido888 said:
I believe I have a hard brick, but not sure about diagnosis or options. I put my phone on the charger last night, and it was dead this morning. I have been able to get it to boot twice only for it to shut off immediately due to lack of charge. I have plugged the phone into 3 different USB chargers and none of them appear to be charging my phone, however they all work on my Nexus 7. There is no LED on to indicate it is charging as it normally would. I cannot get into recovery or download mode. Any suggestions?
A little background about my specific situation:
I have had my S3 since launch, and have had no issues with it. I have had it rooted since the bootloader was overcome, and have run custom ROMS ever since. Most recently, I have been running CM 11 with the latest nightly being from early Feb. (not sure which date). I have CWM installed, and up til this point, my phone was working fine. I did get occasional random reboots since the latest nightly that I flashed, but the phone remained completely functional.
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It's possible that your usb port is bad, but try to clean the inner contacts of the port first. You could try to plug into your PC instead of wall charger see if it works. In anycase if it worked with PC, but not wall charger or both, you need to replace the usb board which can be purchase for cheap on Ebay.

buhohitr said:
It's possible that your usb port is bad, but try to clean the inner contacts of the port first. You could try to plug into your PC instead of wall charger see if it works. In anycase if it worked with PC, but not wall charger or both, you need to replace the usb board which can be purchase for cheap on Ebay.
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I have plugged into my PC as well, and it does not work. It does occasionally vibrate though...

solido888 said:
I have plugged into my PC as well, and it does not work. It does occasionally vibrate though...
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Do you have an external battery charger or a spare charged battery? Give it a try and see what happens.

snackwells said:
Do you have an external battery charger or a spare charged battery? Give it a try and see what happens.
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Unfortunately, I do not.

solido888 said:
Unfortunately, I do not.
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Do you know of someone who has an S3? Perhaps try swapping batteries with a charged one from a friend/associate, or test with a spare from a verizon store. At least then you can rule out a charging/USB charge port/battery issue vs something else

snackwells said:
Do you know of someone who has an S3? Perhaps try swapping batteries with a charged one from a friend/associate, or test with a spare from a verizon store.
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I don't know anyone. I am going to try and seek help at the verizon store, but they seem so useless whenever I go, and I think they will be more motivated to sell me a new phone.

Well I got my phone to work. I pulled the battery off and just cleaned out some of the dust that had collected. I assume it was just not getting a good connection. Thanks for the suggestions though
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solido888 said:
Well I got my phone to work. I pulled the battery off and just cleaned out some of the dust that had collected. I assume it was just not getting a good connection. Thanks for the suggestions though
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Turns out, it only worked on my car charger. The problem persists outside of my car. I cannot charge either through a wall outlet or on a USB cord connected to a PC. I have tried 2 instances of each all with their own cables. My car charger works fine though.
Anyone experience a similar problem? I am going to try and wipe and flash a new ROM, hoping that will fix it.