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[Q] Galaxy SII not charging

Hi
My SII is not charging any more. When i plug in charger (phone is off), i sometimes see the battery and a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark.
I bought a new battery and a new phone charger (both original). Phone worked well because battery was at 70%. when i plugged it, again not charging.
I sent it to warranty and after 3 weeks they sent it back. Battery was at 15%. I plugged the phone but it's not charging
The USB is clean (no dirt in it). Never dropped the phone down.
I don't know what to do. Sending it to warranty is not an option because they are idiots.

SpiderCata said:
Hi
My SII is not charging any more. When i plug in charge(phone is off), i see the battery and a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark.
I bought a new battery and a new phone charge (both original). Phone worked well because battery was at 70%. when i plugged it, again not charging.
I sent it to warranty and after 3 weeks they sent it back. Battery was at 15%. I plugged the phone but it's not charging
The USB is clean (no dirt in it). Never dropped the phone down.
I don't know what to do. Sending it to warranty is not an option because they are idiots.
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Well, plug in charge and wait 10 minutes. If not react, then i think it's charger problem. Look at the battery and check its Volts. If ex. 3.7V then you need a charger which can charge such battery.

[important] charger issues

Guys, take this one very seriously.. It just happened to me..
I was at my cousin's place when my phone's battery was at its lowest level and I was sharing photos using bluetooth. After some time, the battery reached 1%, so I immediately connected to the charger (Charger of Croma edition of HTC Explorer) then the phone immediately switched off. After that, I waited for couple of minutes, which is the time taken by the phone to boot after it is completely discharged. I noticed that the RED LED is not lit, which normally indicates that the phone is charging. After that, I took another charger (Charger of Samsung Galaxy S Duos) and put the phone on charging, left it for 2 minutes, then again I noticed that the RED LED is not lit up.. After which I disconnected the phone from the charger and removed battery from the phone, reinserted, tried booting, only the RED LED flashed for 3 times.. Then I connected to the charger again.. Still, it did not charge.
After which I came home, removed battery, held the power button for 4-5 seconds.. Then put it on charging through Sony charger, and then the phone was charging normally..
So, I would like to say that DO NOT USE CHARGERS FROM OTHER MANUFACTURERS. It will unnecessarily trouble you.

I'm using my old samsung charger (longer cable) and i have no problems with charging.
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saurabh007 said:
Guys, take this one very seriously.. It just happened to me..
I was at my cousin's place when my phone's battery was at its lowest level and I was sharing photos using bluetooth. After some time, the battery reached 1%, so I immediately connected to the charger (Charger of Croma edition of HTC Explorer) then the phone immediately switched off. After that, I waited for couple of minutes, which is the time taken by the phone to boot after it is completely discharged. I noticed that the RED LED is not lit, which normally indicates that the phone is charging. After that, I took another charger (Charger of Samsung Galaxy S Duos) and put the phone on charging, left it for 2 minutes, then again I noticed that the RED LED is not lit up.. After which I disconnected the phone from the charger and removed battery from the phone, reinserted, tried booting, only the RED LED flashed for 3 times.. Then I connected to the charger again.. Still, it did not charge.
After which I came home, removed battery, held the power button for 4-5 seconds.. Then put it on charging through Sony charger, and then the phone was charging normally..
So, I would like to say that DO NOT USE CHARGERS FROM OTHER MANUFACTURERS. It will unnecessarily trouble you.
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Both chargers you mentioned are for devices with small battery man.Thus, it will take more time to charge the phone depending on mV provided by the charger.
I can assure you, if you had put the charging on for a while,it would have started charging!

Hnk1 said:
Both chargers you mentioned are for devices with small battery man.Thus, it will take more time to charge the phone depending on mV provided by the charger.
I can assure you, if you had put the charging on for a while,it would have started charging!
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I left the phone for charging on Croma edition of HTC Explorer for about 10 minutes.. And on S duos's for about 7-8 minutes.. I think, that's enough..

saurabh007 said:
I left the phone for charging on Croma edition of HTC Explorer for about 10 minutes.. And on S duos's for about 7-8 minutes.. I think, that's enough..
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Sometimes, the chargers you are using have their ends worn out/damaged cable and you might find out the slow rate of charging. In phones with small battery capacity (mAH), it will make little difference.
Amperes are different for all chargers according to your battery mAh. (Xperia L has 0.8 while Nexus 7 has 2 (2013 model) while older Nexus 7 has 2.35. The more the current flows through your battery, the quicker it will charge! But remember, it might affect your "battery life".
I use between Nokia,samsung, Nexus (Asus & LG) and Sony chargers and all of them work with all devices. However, last year my Sony charger use to charge my phone in 6 hours, while my PC did in 2 hours and HTC Sensation charger did it in only 45 minutes. (Sony did the same time when charger didnot have a problem.)
Once again, if you know electronics/electrical systems well, I am sure that regardless of your charger model, its the only ampere and your battery mAh that decides how long it will take your phone to be fully charged!

Other problem with xl. while charging with Samsung charger touch screen response having in trouble. But in xperia charger it become normal.

mukulatri said:
Other problem with xl. while charging with Samsung charger touch screen response having in trouble. But in xperia charger it become normal.
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I guess that's the issue with voltage provided by the charger to the phone.. Some people say that it happens to them with Sony charger too.
Sent using Sony Xperia L from India

I use my Old Galaxy S2's charger, seems to charge faster and I think my XL charger is broken anyway, the USB cable charges it but the charger doesn't seem to, randomly.
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AayushDhuria said:
I use my Old Galaxy S2's charger, seems to charge faster and I think my XL charger is broken anyway, the USB cable charges it but the charger doesn't seem to, randomly.
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Why don't you replace it under warranty?

saurabh007 said:
Why don't you replace it under warranty?
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Too lazy to go to Sony CC, Lol. BTW don't accessories only have 6 month warranty?
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AayushDhuria said:
Too lazy to go to Sony CC, Lol. BTW don't accessories only have 6 month warranty?
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Yeah.. Accessories have 6 months warranty only..

I need some help :[

So... I purchased a t-869 tab from someone.
-I got it at 100% battery, immediately plugged it in.
-It was on and plugged in, battery dies. Doesnt charge at all.
-Wont charge when off.
-Doesn't show the X over the charging icon, shows the proper lightning bolt animation.
-Did a factory reset through recovery, booted with 100% battery. (immediately after showing 0%)
-Stayed on for about an hour, didn't charge when plugged in.
-Died again.
Any ideas? I have 3 Samsung chargers, 1 rocketfish. All act the same way.
It will stay powered on when plugged in without any problems.
I figured it was a software issue based on all my searching.
Flashed CWM and CM11, no dice.
Tried to flash the kernel for the t869 in the PA thread, but now it's stuck at the CM screen..

i flashed the PA rom and GApps, it booted.
still won't charge.
safe to assume my battery is dead? any way to test/confirm?

so... unplugged it.
it died.
I try to turn it back on, no chance whatsoever.
I plug the usb cord in, BUT NOT into the wall, it boots with 100% on the battery.
WTF? guess i'll see how long it lasts.
seems to be dropping fast. plugging it in shows charging, but doesnt stop it from decreasing.

Are you using the original charger and cable ?
JFigure said:
seems to be dropping fast. plugging it in shows charging, but doesn't stop it from decreasing.
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Are you using the original charger and cable ?
1 Are you using the original galaxy tab charger (I found that the newer/cheap chargers only "surface" charge mine )?
2 Have you tried a other charging cable (could be a data cable your using charges really slow battery % keeps decreasing?)?

matthys said:
Are you using the original charger and cable ?
1 Are you using the original galaxy tab charger (I found that the newer/cheap chargers only "surface" charge mine )?
2 Have you tried a other charging cable (could be a data cable your using charges really slow battery % keeps decreasing?)?
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yes. I have 3 original samsung cables and one rocketfish.

JFigure said:
yes. I have 3 original samsung cables and one rocketfish.
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OK and what charger are you using ?

matthys said:
OK and what charger are you using ?
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Tried all with the same result

Fast charging stopped working

My S6 is 2 weeks old today and I noticed that fast charging (using adaptive charger I got in the box) has stopped working
Yesterday at work I put my phone on charge and went back to it after 20mins and noticed it had stopped charging.
I thought maybe it the 2pin plug point so I changed plug points and it starts charging.
Come back later and it stopped charging.
Changed plug point again and the same thing happened.
Getting irritated I put it on my wireless charge mat instead.
Today I decided to test the charger and low and behold it's now working but it's charging at the normal rate.
I tested this by using my old S4 charger and I got the same time to full message.
Before when I plugged in my adaptive charger it said fast charging now it just says "Cable charging"
Do you guys think it's my phone or my adaptive charger?
I don't have another adaptive fast charger to test with
EDIT: I was running XtreStoLite ROM, I used ODin and reloaded the latest AOD8 Vodafone SA firmware but still fast charging isn't working.

I'd say it's the charger. There have been instances of them shorting. The last Note 4 I had did the same thing.

Perhaps a silly question, but am I right in thinking that the fast charging only works when the battery is below 20% or so? I tried plugging mine in yesterday when at 40% charge and it just said 'cable charging' (using the out-the-box charger and cable)

alanjrobertson said:
Perhaps a silly question, but am I right in thinking that the fast charging only works when the battery is below 20% or so? I tried plugging mine in yesterday when at 40% charge and it just said 'cable charging' (using the out-the-box charger and cable)
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When you use the fast charger, it'll say fast charging no matter how full your battery is.

Gboss01 said:
My S6 is 2 weeks old today and I noticed that fast charging (using adaptive charger I got in the box) has stopped working
Yesterday at work I put my phone on charge and went back to it after 20mins and noticed it had stopped charging.
I thought maybe it the 2pin plug point so I changed plug points and it starts charging.
Come back later and it stopped charging.
Changed plug point again and the same thing happened.
Getting irritated I put it on my wireless charge mat instead.
Today I decided to test the charger and low and behold it's now working but it's charging at the normal rate.
I tested this by using my old S4 charger and I got the same time to full message.
Before when I plugged in my adaptive charger it said fast charging now it just says "Cable charging"
Do you guys think it's my phone or my adaptive charger?
I don't have another adaptive fast charger to test with
EDIT: I was running XtreStoLite ROM, I used ODin and reloaded the latest AOD8 Vodafone SA firmware but still fast charging isn't working.
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Geez boet, how much does an S6 go for in SA?

I am having the same problem with my S6.
The fast charge doesn't work afree a week.
Last night I plugged in @ midnight with the original charger and cable at 5% and all apps shut down
It said "charging" and not "fast charging".
530am....only 97%.
This is pretty frustrating. It seems to have stopped in the last couple days.
Thoughts?

If you connect the USB cable to your PC and it detects your phone, it's proof that it's the adaptive charger. It happened to me on my Note 4, and I had it replaced with the warranty. Problem solved. Try it and you won't have any more problems. Garanteed!

Japultra said:
When you use the fast charger, it'll say fast charging no matter how full your battery is.
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Thanks - have now realised that I had to push the USB cable extra hard into the charger - that switched it from showing 'charging' to 'fast charging'

luckyluis said:
If you connect the USB cable to your PC and it detects your phone, it's proof that it's the adaptive charger. It happened to me on my Note 4, and I had it replaced with the warranty. Problem solved. Try it and you won't have any more problems. Garanteed!
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Oddly...when I connect it to my computer...it charges (slowly of course).
But the computer never detects it.

Update
@Biggenz the S6 32gig is around the R9000 mark
@BoondckSaint try another Adaptive Fast Charger, apparently even the Qualcomm ones work too. If it still doesn't fast charge take it into SCC.
@alanjrobertson my problem started out like that, I'd have to unplug and re-plug the cable in then it would work. Now more often than not it just doesn't Fast Charge
So, I took my phone in to Samsung Customer Care and after trying numerous chargers my S6 would just say "Cable Charging" and never show "Fast Charger Connected" in the notification bar.
They tested my charger on another S6 and S6 Edge and they both worked fine and Fast charge was working. Had the correct "Fast Charger Connected" in the notification bar too.
I had to leave my S6 there and they will repair it. The technician said it's either the USB connector is faulty or the mainboard needs replacing.
I'm abit disappointed now as my s6 is only 2 weeks old and it's already had to be booked in for repairs.

Hopefully no such issues for me - it seemed to be very much linked to the USB plug at the charger end not being the whole way in but will be keeping a close eye on it!

alanjrobertson said:
Hopefully no such issues for me - it seemed to be very much linked to the USB plug at the charger end not being the whole way in but will be keeping a close eye on it!
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I hope its just the USB plug m8. I'm suffering without my S6

Gboss01 said:
My S6 is 2 weeks old today and I noticed that fast charging (using adaptive charger I got in the box) has stopped working
Yesterday at work I put my phone on charge and went back to it after 20mins and noticed it had stopped charging.
I thought maybe it the 2pin plug point so I changed plug points and it starts charging.
Come back later and it stopped charging.
Changed plug point again and the same thing happened.
Getting irritated I put it on my wireless charge mat instead.
Today I decided to test the charger and low and behold it's now working but it's charging at the normal rate.
I tested this by using my old S4 charger and I got the same time to full message.
Before when I plugged in my adaptive charger it said fast charging now it just says "Cable charging"
Do you guys think it's my phone or my adaptive charger?
I don't have another adaptive fast charger to test with
EDIT: I was running XtreStoLite ROM, I used ODin and reloaded the latest AOD8 Vodafone SA firmware but still fast charging isn't working.
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Have you tried depleting battery all the way down until S6 goes off by it self? Then charge it while is off all the way to 100% or leave it all night. Then see difference. Also one hint which is not quite related to your problem,but just for people to know. Fast Charging is NOT working from 50% and up to 100%. This is normal. So Fast Charge works from 0%-50%,NOT ABOVE!

stefan063 said:
Have you tried depleting battery all the way down until S6 goes off by it self? Then charge it while is off all the way to 100% or leave it all night. Then see difference. Also one hint which is not quite related to your problem,but just for people to know. Fast Charging is NOT working from 50% and up to 100%. This is normal. So Fast Charge works from 0%-50%,NOT ABOVE!
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The Samsung Care Center replaced the USB port on my phone and its fast charging again perfectly. Wasn't anything to do with the battery thankfully.
Before replacing the USB port the phone always showed "Cable charging" whenever it was plugged into the fast charger.
Now it shows Fast Charging in the notification area.

I am also having the same problem with mine it can be seen in odin but no mtp no matter which computer i use ... (yes drivers were correctly installed) also not showing fast charging with stock charger and about 4 different cables that i know work with it in the past. My phones been flashed will this void my warranty for usb repair ?

xionation said:
I am also having the same problem with mine it can be seen in odin but no mtp no matter which computer i use ... (yes drivers were correctly installed) also not showing fast charging with stock charger and about 4 different cables that i know work with it in the past. My phones been flashed will this void my warranty for usb repair ?
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I took mine in and they fixed it. This was at the Samsung centre in my city. Took them a week because they didnt have any USB ports at their branch and had to wait for it to be couriered from Johannesburg

I'm having the exact same issue with my S6. Only a couple of months old and only showing Cable charging and intermitantly stops charging. I'd say definitely charging port. I've tried the samsung fast charger, the sony z4 tablet fast charger, my aukey quick charge 2.0 car charger and my aukey portable quick charge 2.0 portable battery. Bit annoyed

Same issue here. comp does detect it then it drops over and over. same with whatever charger im using or cord. 2 months old 920W8.
i see one of these in my future.........................
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...Port-Flex-Cable-Mic-Flex-Repair-/231521417652

Yes. same like mine. Just push the cable extra hard into the charger. it works! thanks!

mine ose as you say but their was an inbetween stage off it booting in to the vertual reality app seriously anoyying but then just wouldn charge then started fast charging for a day then again to vtgear what ever its called then stopped charging completely n then would only charge at cable charge rate ( 4 hours till charged ) its currently at samsung repair center im waiting aan email

Z3 D6603 does not do anything anymore

Hey Guys,
i recently did change the Display on my D6603 Z3. It took some for the Display to arrive, so i did not charge the Smartphone at that time.
After changing the Display my Phone only gets a Red LED when plugged into the charger but none of the Reset combinations seem to work.
Also does the LED stop after sometime. Anyone has an idea what could be wrong ? Its a constant bright RED light.

Mine did a similar thing if I remember correctly. The LED should at least change colour when charged, stays red= battery not charging. I changed my battery and has been fine ever since even though it is a cheap one off ebay!
Presume you've pressed the tiny yellow reset button that's next to the sim card.
Just stick a new battery in it's not like it'll ever be waterproof again! lol
jim

I did change the Battery but it seems like somethin is wrong with the USB Port. I got the Z3 Running now but suddenly i am not able to load it anymore. Its on and i have 40% Battery but when i put in the USB Cable nothin happens. Also its not regocnized when putted into the PC. Any tipps ?

nokio11 said:
I did change the Battery but it seems like somethin is wrong with the USB Port. I got the Z3 Running now but suddenly i am not able to load it anymore. Its on and i have 40% Battery but when i put in the USB Cable nothin happens. Also its not regocnized when putted into the PC. Any tipps ?
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Try charging via the magnetic port.

I tried that. It does not really work. When it connects then disconnects then connects again for about 15 times or more . The LED blinks orange the whole time. after that it starts chargin but it charges 10% in 6 hours
what i also noticed it that i wont get the message anymore that when the cover of the usb plug is unplugged.
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Try charging via the magnetic port.
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seems that battery was to cheap and or the battery chips are broken.

TjNiko said:
seems that battery was to cheap and or the battery chips are broken.
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what are the Battery Chips ? It is an original Battery from another Z3. I have 3 here now and got the same problems with all of them. It seems like that the charging power is not constant but it charges then stops then charges. Repeats like 2 times per second.

welleither u should try to getg an 2A charger and proper cable and retry. else ur usb port (z3 ones) might be defective