So my Nexus 5 sometimes won't charge. For example, I plug it in at 5%, and after an hour, it is still at 5% or lower ,often even at 0%, so when I unplug it, it instantly turns off. Sometimes it charges fine to something like 20%, then it stops and battery slowly starts to discharge. There are days when it's perfect, absolutely no trouble. I should also mention that when it charges normally, the charger plug is warm-hot, when it doesn't charge, it's cold.
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It's hardware. Either the cable, the charger, or the phones mini USB port.
Try a different charger and cable for starters.
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So my Nexus 5 sometimes won't charge. For example, I plug it in at 5%, and after an hour, it is still at 5% or lower ,often even at 0%, so when I unplug it, it instantly turns off. Sometimes it charges fine to something like 20%, then it stops and battery slowly starts to discharge. There are days when it's perfect, absolutely no trouble. I should also mention that when it charges normally, the charger plug is warm-hot, when it doesn't charge, it's cold.
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Its the hardware, maybe the battery or something and its also happening to LG G2 (N5 brother), so LG's faults.
But Google posted oficcially some ways to fix it, you only need to power off the phone and plug it. Wait 30 minutes and then turn it on again, leave it charging and this time probably works.
It doesn't happen to often, but when it does, its really annoying.
I remember having this issue but only with wireless charging. Seems like an issue with the wire.
I had this issue with my Galaxy Note. It was actually a faulty chip on the motherboard that was causing my charging problems... None the less, I would first check your cable and then the micro USB port.
I have 3 chargers and 2 USB cables, tried all the possible combinations, nothing. What should I look for about the USB port?
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I have 3 chargers and 2 USB cables, tried all the possible combinations, nothing. What should I look for about the USB port?
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My 5 year old daughters Galaxy tab 3 is the same. I can tell the plastic part of the mini USB port is snapped. So only the wires are holding it together. It will charge... But only when it's laying on a stable surface, untouched and sometimes I have to wiggle it til it's charging, then leave it alone til it's done.
Does it say it's charging? For me, even if it isn't charging but is plugged in, it says "Charging (AC)".
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Yeah, our tab makes the plug in noise over and over til it's good.
But just cause it says it's charging doesn't mean every pin is making proper contact with the charger or device.
I cleaned the phone's USB port with a toothpick and compressed air and so far, it's working all right again.
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Oh well, it's doing that again. Charged 80% in 7 hours. Cleaning USB port didn't help.
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my N5 does this but with wireless charging..
sometimes i put it on when i go to bed, and i know it starts charging
in the AM i see its lower ... checking the batt stats it shows that it charged for a few mins then stopped
dunno yet whats up, it happens sporadically.
Any chance software could cause this? Rolling back to 4.4/4.4.x or resetting factory settings would help?
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Any chance software could cause this? Rolling back to 4.4/4.4.x or resetting factory settings would help?
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that could be next step.
if a factory reset doesnt help, then u have a hardware problem. Does the batt info says "healthy" or "good" for the battery?
have u tried using a toothpick to ensure all usb pins are clean of dust?
maybe u can get another battery and change it... if a cell is going bad inside the batt it can do that too
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I cleaned the phone's USB port with a toothpick and compressed air and so far, it's working all right again.
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Good thinking. Glad to hear it's working better now. :good:
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that could be next step.
if a factory reset doesnt help, then u have a hardware problem. Does the batt info says "healthy" or "good" for the battery?
have u tried using a toothpick to ensure all usb pins are clean of dust?
maybe u can get another battery and change it... if a cell is going bad inside the batt it can do that too
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Where can I see battery info?
I have 1.5yrs of warranty left, there's no point for me to try and change the battery on my own.
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Today it didn't charge, so I decided to restart. When I had just powered off, a fully charged battery icon came on the screen and stayed for about 15 seconds. Then the screen flashes black and started showing the charging battery icon.
Anyways, I am going to flash the phone back to stock when I have time, if that doesn't help then it's going back for repairs.
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download CPU-Z as the simplest way to tell
go to the Battery tab and it will tell ya the "Health" of the battery. Mine says "Good"
Another trick is to buy a wireless charger. If this ever happens to me I'm doing that.
This has happened to me months ago and I tried everything. Turned off my phone to charge, tried different cables...nothing worked.
Then I started charging my phone with a blackberry charger and it has been successfully charging my phone ever since. And it charges faster than the original charger. When you plug the charger into the phone, it's very solid, whereas the original charger is somewhat flimsy. Not sure if that may be the case. But that's what I did!
Hope this helped!
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My girlfriend has told me the past few nights she puts the phone on the charger and overnight somehow it's turning it self off... She wakes up and its dead. I have no idea what it could be. I haven't had a chance to experience it myslef yet.
Any ideas?
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Bad Charger?
Have you tried a different one?
Phone overheats and turns off?
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Use setcpu make profile select screen off minimal set at 200mhz
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Assuming ur rooted
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I think I've had the same issue. To clarify by dead do you mean powered off? Several times I've put my phone on to charge at night and woken up to a phone that is powered off.
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No her phone is not rooted. Its bone stock. She's had it since launch day. I've never herd of a phone shutting off during charging. Unless she's doing something that she don't know.
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Maybe try charging it during the day and keep an eye one he notification led. If it starts flashing alternating green/amber then it is overheating. That would be my guess anyways.
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Any reason why it would be over heating? Bad charger or battery?
I've never experienced my evo over heating and its even overclocked to 1115ghz.
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Dead as in off and dead battery.
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Is she plugging into a wall outlet to charge?
If so, I would try a different plug. It's possible the location she is plugging into could have a bad outlet (tripped breaker, etc).
Also, can you verify that the charger and cord are working?
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Is she plugging into a wall outlet to charge?
If so, I would try a different plug. It's possible the location she is plugging into could have a bad outlet (tripped breaker, etc).
Also, can you verify that the charger and cord are working?
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Im gonna check out the outlet shes using and what not. I may even trade her my Evo charger and cord for hers and see what happens. But if anything we just may go exchange it for another one. Best buy gives you 30 days.
I also have this issue with my Thunderbolt. I've tried different outlets and different chargers. I have yet to figure out any sort of pattern. It just happens when I get up some mornings. When it finishes starting up its just fine.
I had the same exact problem, I actually made me late for work. But who cares.
It was dead battery and all. Phone wouldnt even come on after plugging it in. Needed minimal charge to even turn on.
I found the cable and charger were the problem. I am now using my charger from my N1 with out any problem. I used the same charger for my N1 and low and behold I had a dead N1 in the morning. scrap the ****ty charger and purchase an after market or go to VZ store and ***** and moan and possibly they'll spot you a new one.
Definitely a charger issue though, at least for me.
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I had the same exact problem, I actually made me late for work. But who cares.
It was dead battery and all. Phone wouldnt even come on after plugging it in. Needed minimal charge to even turn on.
I found the cable and charger were the problem. I am now using my charger from my N1 with out any problem. I used the same charger for my N1 and low and behold I had a dead N1 in the morning. scrap the ****ty charger and purchase an after market or go to VZ store and ***** and moan and possibly they'll spot you a new one.
Definitely a charger issue though, at least for me.
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Thanks for the info... Like i said im gonna try my Evo charger and see if it works. But i may just have her go exchange it for a whole new phone and everything.
definately seems like a bad charger.
Should be pretty easy to find out though. Just plug it in and bring up the battery widget. keep an eye on it, and see what happens..
Really strange problem guys...
My phone is always "on charge" , the icon in the notification bar is the charging one, even widgets are displaying the "on charge"...
the fact is that it's unplugged !!
i've tried removing the battery and the phone didn't turn on, so i put it on charge and it finally did turn on...
After unplugging it again it still shows "on charge". So i turned it off again and this time it showed the battery loading screen, but I can turn it on this time....
Suggestions ?
the phone is working fine now but i smell a major hardware fault....
Sounds like what I had recently.
It started by simply smoking out the USB connector when I plugged the phone in to charge, then it displayed similar symptoms: did not accept charge from the wall wart, the USB-cable worked, but no data transfer was possible. It did show as charging, but the charge animation continued even when I unplugged the phone from the USB, so I assumed it was bogus.
When turned off, it reacted to the AC charger similarly: battery displayed, then the displayed stayed on when I unplugged it.
The repair shop accepted it under warranty, and fixed it, but the repair slip was left unfilled, so I'll never know what they actually did and what the diagnosis was. All I know is that the motherboard was not swapped out, as I retained all my data.
check with Samsung, if you're still under warranty!
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Clean the usb port with a dry tooth brush and some compressed air mine does this from time to time as well as others. Also I believe ics has a small charge animation bug or something like that
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I've done some cleaning (man, the USB was dirty as hell !), now everything is working fine again except for one thing
when i turn off the phone, it shows the "in charge" icon for about 10 seconds, then it disappears...
could it be an ICS bug ? i'll be relieved if it's just a software bug...
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I've done some cleaning (man, the USB was dirty as hell !), now everything is working fine again except for one thing
when i turn off the phone, it shows the "in charge" icon for about 10 seconds, then it disappears...
could it be an ICS bug ? i'll be relieved if it's just a software bug...
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Mine does that from time to time still too, others have reported the same I think maybe they lowered voltage to it or something and now its more finicky I dunno it still charges and mounts so I'm rolling with it
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Mine does that from time to time still too, others have reported the same I think maybe they lowered voltage to it or something and now its more finicky I dunno it still charges and mounts so I'm rolling with it
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oh well, if i'm not alone then it's fine !
thanks !
Cheers mate. This helped me.
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Bad News,
i'm back at square one....
The phone is still showing "on charge" even when unplugged...
And now when i plug the charger in , the phone charghes to 100% in about 5 minutes....
Obviously it goes from 100% to a normal level in a matter of minutes...
I hope it's a battery issue and not a USB fault... gonna try a new battery in the next few days...
So lately I've been running into a rather annoying and inconvenient problem with my beloved S3. The thing doesn't charge well, at all. Plugged into the wall, via USB, via fast charge USB...I just can't get it to charge. I went to bed last night with the phone at around 30%, plugged it into the wall, and when I woke up 7 hours later it was at 55%....not ideal. Same result when I left it plugged into my computer overnight. At first I thought it was the wall charger, but that was ruled out when I found that I couldn't charge over usb either. My current suspect is a faulty usb cable, and unfortunately I don't have another one to test. What are the odds its damaged contacts on the inside of the phone? is there a way to test/look for that? FYI I'm running beans jellybean build 2, but this problem started when I was still on ICS. Any ideas as to what could be causing it? I've noticed high android system usage (over 50%), but I doubt that accounts for the drain I'm seeing. Any help figuring this our would be appreciated.
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I had this exact same issue, eventually it stopped charging at all.
Turned out to be a fault of the phone. Called Verizon, they sent me another battery to try, didn't fix anything, they then did a warranty exchange. Got a refurb phone and it works great.
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Thanks for the intel. Im actually on a refurb right now due to some issues with my launch device. Was your replacement covered under warranty at no cost? Unfortunately for me I'm abroad so I can't exactly go in to a Verizon store or call them to ship a replacement.
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Do wipe the battery stats and see - wouldn't probably solve the issue but worth trying !
I too have USB problems. A normal car charger will work but when I use my USB wall/laptop/car it won't charge much. When i sleep it stops charging and I wake up to 70% battery or so. I don't know if its my cable (which it probably is) or if its my phone. Where do I go about replacing my USB?
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Try Amazon dude, cheap quality cables are easy to come by
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I too have USB problems. A normal car charger will work but when I use my USB wall/laptop/car it won't charge much. When i sleep it stops charging and I wake up to 70% battery or so. I don't know if its my cable (which it probably is) or if its my phone. Where do I go about replacing my USB?
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For me I think it is my AC adapter. My phone charges faster plugged into my macbook than my wall charger.
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I'll try to find a new cable and see if it works. Other than that I'm at a loss. I think I've had this problem before and fixed it with a complete drain, followed by a full charge from the wall (with phone off). I can't remember if it was this exact same situation though, and also have no idea why said solution would work.
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thats crazy...my device charges in 2.5hrs plugged into the wall.
Does Samsung sell the USB on their site? I don't like things that aren't exactly made for my phone.
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Does Samsung sell the USB on their site? I don't like things that aren't exactly made for my phone.
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Amazon: OEM Cable
Although I don't think you'll have any issues with any generic cables, I've used many different cables from other phones, monoprice, amazon, etc and haven't had any issues with charging any phone I have.
Alright I just had my phone plugged in for over 7 hours to get it to 100%. I'll give a progress report when I try to charge it again. Fyi it just dropped 2% in less than a minute.
UPDATE: battery still horrible. Went back to tw nandroid to rule out the possibility of a JB leak bug
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Doubtful that anyone will see this, but there's a new development. My phone's LED indicator turned green to signal a full charge while the phone was still at 91%.... whatever that means
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Do wipe the battery stats and see - wouldn't probably solve the issue but worth trying !
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This was debunked by a lead Google engineer. It's Snake Oil ----- does nothing.
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Amazon: OEM Cable
Although I don't think you'll have any issues with any generic cables, I've used many different cables from other phones, monoprice, amazon, etc and haven't had any issues with charging any phone I have.
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I want the one that came with my phone. I'm currently using that cable, until I find the EXACT USB that came with a Galaxy S3.
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Mine was doing that same **** before it broke when it stopped suddenly just after impact with concrete.
I was about to reflash the synergy rom I was on hoping that would fix it.
Did a reinstall fix the charging issue no now you've just got a wrong indicator or is the charging issue still there.
I totally attribute this to a degrading OS... Now I'm not so sure...
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Still persists after multiple ROM flashes. I'm gonna get a new cable and see if that works.
Update: yup it was the cable. At least it's not the phone
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Glad you sorted your issue.
Last night, out of the blue, my new to me refurb from asurion decided to not charge either.
Unplug, reboot, plug back in.. charging as normal. Wtf?
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Well, its back at it.
At 16% earlier today the phone was plugged in, charged fine, fell on its face. Unplugged, battery pull, charging again then slows. 6 hours later it was up to 75% where its slowly been losing charge while plugged in.
Any idears?
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On Amazon you can buy a battery with a standalone charger you could charge and swap batteries till you can get a new phone if it is now warranty replaced
Does anybody have any ideas what I can do to resolve my issue:
Most times whilst my phone is on charge it will lose its charge gradually. This is of more annoyance when it's below 15% and the notification pops up every second until I refit the cable again and again.
I know I can turn this notification off but it let's me know if my phone will actually charge once I've fit it right.
I have tried using many different chargers and non have helped, I have also replaced the cable flex as I thought it was an issue with the micro usb port but that hasn't helped either.
My options now are to replace the actual battery or get a new phone. I've had this since day one so I'm hoping a switch if the battery would help just wanted your ideas...
Thanks!
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AshleyNG2 said:
Does anybody have any ideas what I can do to resolve my issue:
Most times whilst my phone is on charge it will lose its charge gradually. This is of more annoyance when it's below 15% and the notification pops up every second until I refit the cable again and again.
I know I can turn this notification off but it let's me know if my phone will actually charge once I've fit it right.
I have tried using many different chargers and non have helped, I have also replaced the cable flex as I thought it was an issue with the micro usb port but that hasn't helped either.
My options now are to replace the actual battery or get a new phone. I've had this since day one so I'm hoping a switch if the battery would help just wanted your ideas...
Thanks!
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bro if your battery icon is showing that it is charging and and yet it discharges then a reboot should fix the issue when it happens. if your phone is easily disconnected from the cable then the microusb on your phone seems to have loosened. if you have warranty get it fixed.
You have a qi charger?, if factory reset won't work then it must be your USB slot or battery, if it doesn't drain that fast disconnected then its your USB plug
Install betterbatterystats and see if you get anything related to otg or slimport wakelocks,
I had this problem on my first Nexus 5, no matter what cable/charger i use, it used to discharge whilst charging and also used to disconnect/reconnect from usb even if slightly touched. Solution was to RMA the device and the replaced device didn't had that problem, i think problem lies with the micro usb jack on the phone. If it's software issue for you, you can try rebooting in safe mode to see if some app is causing this or factory reset.
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Install betterbatterystats and see if you get anything related to otg or slimport wakelocks,
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Solution was to RMA the device and the replaced device didn't had that problem, i think problem lies with the micro usb jack on the phone. If it's software issue for you, you can try rebooting in safe mode to see if some app is causing this or factory reset.
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bro if your battery icon is showing that it is charging and and yet it discharges then a reboot should fix the issue when it happens. if your phone is easily disconnected from the cable then the microusb on your phone seems to have loosened. if you have warranty get it fixed.
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Thanks for the response guys, I've replaced the USB port already and that hasn't fixed it. I'll try installing BBS and see if I find those wakelocks but I doubt that's the cause....
Does this sound like a fault in the battery? I'll give safe mode a shot, good idea!
I would RMA it but I bought it from Google day one and I think they only offered a years warranty
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You could get a wireless charger and see if that works.
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You could get a wireless charger and see if that works.
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Was waiting for somebody to suggest that Obvious comment, where's MrGenerous to donate me one? :sly:
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Have you checked what kind of power is being drawn while charging? With trying different cables and charger?
To see if its just not getting the current. It's likely not, but good to check.
If the USB port was replaced, I'd guess something wasn't done right, or something else was damaged...
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Was waiting for somebody to suggest that Obvious comment, where's MrGenerous to donate me one? :sly:
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I have no money in my name. ?
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Have you checked what kind of power is being drawn while charging? With trying different cables and charger?
To see if its just not getting the current. It's likely not, but good to check.
If the USB port was replaced, I'd guess something wasn't done right, or something else was damaged...
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What's the best way to check the current draw?
This issue was there with the original USB port which prompted me to replace it but to no avail....
I've just had my phone on charge for the past hour and it's gone from 10% TO 4%, just pulled the charger out and put it back in and now it's charged up to 11% :what:
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What's the best way to check the current draw?
This issue was there with the original USB port which prompted me to replace it but to no avail....
I've just had my phone on charge for the past hour and it's gone from 10% TO 4%, just pulled the charger out and put it back in and now it's charged up to 11% :what:
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Your port may be flaky it sure could be.
There's apps to check current, but Gsam will do it to. You can hit refresh in gsam a few times to see it fluctuate.
There's likely more sophisticated apps, but I haven't used any.
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What's the best way to check the current draw?
This issue was there with the original USB port which prompted me to replace it but to no avail....
I've just had my phone on charge for the past hour and it's gone from 10% TO 4%, just pulled the charger out and put it back in and now it's charged up to 11% :what:
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You can use Current Widget to monitor current draw and log the results if needed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manor.currentwidget&hl=en
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Darth said:
Your port may be flaky it sure could be.
There's apps to check current, but Gsam will do it to. You can hit refresh in gsam a few times to see it fluctuate.
There's likely more sophisticated apps, but I haven't used any.
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You can use Current Widget to monitor current draw and log the results if needed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manor.currentwidget&hl=en
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I've logged the current draw when it refused to charge, can anybody help decipher what is going on, I'm assuming there is not enough data here to do that other than to prove that I'm not going crazy...
Code:
2015/02/06 17:27:13,560mA,40%,3.847V,23.2°C
2015/02/06 17:28:17,116mA,41%,3.892V,22.9°C
2015/02/06 17:29:17,120mA,41%,3.892V,22.9°C
2015/02/06 17:30:39,133mA,42%,3.853V,22.4°C
2015/02/06 17:31:48,92mA,42%,3.853V,22.4°C
2015/02/06 17:33:05,23mA,42%,3.853V,22.4°C
2015/02/06 17:34:39,24mA,42%,3.853V,22.4°C
2015/02/06 17:35:39,332mA,42%,3.853V,22.4°C
2015/02/06 17:36:47,16mA,42%,3.853V,22.4°C
2015/02/06 17:38:07,5mA,42%,3.853V,22.4°C
2015/02/06 17:39:08,338mA,42%,3.853V,22.4°C
2015/02/06 17:40:27,277mA,42%,3.853V,22.4°C
2015/02/06 17:41:38,26mA,42%,3.853V,22.4°C
2015/02/06 17:42:48,93mA,42%,3.853V,22.4°C
2015/02/06 17:44:10,1100mA,42%,3.853V,22.4°C
2015/02/06 17:45:21,18mA,41%,3.64V,21.1°C
2015/02/06 17:46:28,202mA,41%,3.64V,21.1°C
2015/02/06 17:47:52,1863mA,41%,3.64V,21.1°C
2015/02/06 17:49:09,934mA,39%,3.463V,24.0°C
So for 22 minutes on charge from 40% it charged up to 42% then discharged down to 39% :crying:
Can anybody suggest where I can buy a reliable genuine replacement battery which isn't crazy expensive? (Or should I be buying a new phone??)
Holy moly you have a fast discharge rate if that is accurate. 2 amps?! Try charging from safe mode (hold power button, instead of tapping the power off option hold it down and it will give the option for safe mode). See if that helps.
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Suddenly I'm having charging problems. It's not the cord going bad. It's actually the part that plugs in. If I wiggle it one direction it loses connection.. It also won't fast charge anymore. The other day I'd plug it in and it would say dock connected instead of charging... There's a possibility water or condensation got into the charging port on my phone but I'm not sure. Any ideas on how to fix?
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Factory Reset?
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Suddenly I'm having charging problems. It's not the cord going bad. It's actually the part that plugs in. If I wiggle it one direction it loses connection.. It also won't fast charge anymore. The other day I'd plug it in and it would say dock connected instead of charging... There's a possibility water or condensation got into the charging port on my phone but I'm not sure. Any ideas on how to fix?
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I just started having the same problem a couple weeks ago, it's super finicky now. I was rooted on 5.02 and tried to fix it doing everything I could think of. Finally, ended up using the verizon software utility thinking maybe that could do something since even with my phone powered off, the phone would see the cable plugged in for a second but then would disconnect from it. Everything up to that point seemed to be a hardware issue to me but this seemed to be software or something else and was the reason I chose to use the verizon software. Anyway, using their support software only removed my root and brought me up to marshmallow and that didn't fix anything.
I've done tons of things and nothing has helped. I've just settled on the fact that something hardware has happened even though this began in the middle of the night while the phone was on the charger and untouched. I just ended up going through all my usb cables and found some that work better than others. Some fast charge sometimes others never do. I figure I'll just live with it until I get the S7 or htc 10 or something else.
It's a total mystery to me though as to what happened. The phone wasn't dropped or anything around the time it began doing this, just seemingly came out of nowhere. I do miss not having this problem!
Well, it's weird because if I plug it in and push the charger thing upwards it switches to fast charging.. I guess I'm gonna go buy another USB cable and see if it's the problem. No way am I going through another factory reset too much stuff on my phone.
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Chadly said:
Well, it's weird because if I plug it in and push the charger thing upwards it switches to fast charging.. I guess I'm gonna go buy another USB cable and see if it's the problem. No way am I going through another factory reset too much stuff on my phone.
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I wouldn't, didn't do anything for me.
With your phone off, what does the charging do? Every single one of my cables would show that they were plugged in and charging , even the ones that weren't doing anything at all when plugged in to the phone while the phone was booted up, but then immediately would disconnect.
Sometimes you can get dust or lint in the charging port. Turn the off, no power an gently use a needle to try to clean the port.
Hope this helps.
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There's also the wireless charging option in the meantime if truly a hardware defect.