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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.
Guys i am using this phone from past 2 months and no problem whatso ever but since past 2 days its bugging a lot......when ever i connect my phone to a charger or USB then it works perfectly but the moment i unplug the charges the screen turns unresponsive and starts to lag...i tried restore factory settings but was of no help....!! please help as soon as possible!!!
I have the same behaviour here.
The phone is a Yoigo i9103 with 2.3.4 Android
I dont remember the factory kernel version.
The screen is irresponsive sometimes, slow and phantom most of the time. i can't hold touch (like when move a desktop icon or scroll a list) for more than 3 seconds, the screen acts as if I have removed my finger.
I reset to factory defaults and installed a 2.6.36.4-ardatdat kernel (V.1.5) and it have been working nice for a few days. Now its working bad again.
I have done factory reset again, removed screen protector (perhaps static issue), wipe cache, wipe davik, wipe battery stats, remove sd card and nothing.
When I plug the cable (from charger or from USB) it works smooth again instantly.
I tested with 456MHz max, 216MHz min governor interactive with the cable pluged and it works fine. Screen is smooth and response is fast and accurate.
Do again with 1000MHz max, 216MHzmin governor performance without cable and its irresponsive again.
So, I think its not a CPU work issue.
Question for people who know about capacitive screens or smart people in general
Could be something like the screen have static charge and when the cable is plugged the phone is well grounding, so it works fine again??
Sorry for my english
It might have to do with the voltages....
Herpderp Defy.
@ Romwe
It could be what you are saying but there could be many other factors at play other than that also.
We can't be sure if grounding is actually helping in reducing it by passing the static charge through the ground thereby increasing responsiveness, though its certainly possible.
I would suggest you to take it to the service center as they would simply change the motherboard or the screen.
Do update here whatever you do.
Ok. Ill do
This morning i plugged the phone to the car charger, its not a samsung's one its from an old blackberry, when i take the phone again, about 1h20', the screen was black and the phone does not respond.
Did a reset ( 7'' power button ) and the phone works again.
Now the interesting part: i have unplugged it about 1 hour ago and the phone still thinks its charging...
The battery reads 84% now, 3970mV and status charging
The screen is smooth and fast as when the phone is plugged.
This things are freaking me out :what:
Ill do a battery reset later.
Sent from my GT-I9103 using XDA
maybe its a micro usb port problem... I'm facing some unresponsiveness while charging, and when unplug my phone my screen sometimes make to fail the long press, and can't make long press touch for example like keeping the status bar in the middle... I solve it by blocking the screen and turning it back on. It always has been like this from day 1, so I think that's a bug that i should to bear with.
There's something definitely wrong with the hardware now that its showing wrong status of being charged when the charger is not even connected.
I feel the screen could be just fine as it is working fine when the system feels/judges its connected to a power source even though when it is not. There could be something wrong with the motherboard or as George said it could be the micro USB which is faulty.
If you take it to a service center I think these guys will simply flip your motherboard for a new one.
Keep updating us here.
same problem here with my sgr
Exactly i have a same problem here ,,,,,
with my galaxy r what to do???
Help me please
sacfire said:
Exactly i have a same problem here ,,,,,
with my galaxy r what to do???
Help me please
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Go to service center because it is probably a hardware problem.
Keep updating us here....
Romwe said:
Ok. Ill do
This morning i plugged the phone to the car charger, its not a samsung's one its from an old blackberry, when i take the phone again, about 1h20', the screen was black and the phone does not respond.
Did a reset ( 7'' power button ) and the phone works again.
Now the interesting part: i have unplugged it about 1 hour ago and the phone still thinks its charging...
The battery reads 84% now, 3970mV and status charging
The screen is smooth and fast as when the phone is plugged.
This things are freaking me out :what:
Ill do a battery reset later.
Sent from my GT-I9103 using XDA
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When plugged u set to governer interactive and unplugged it is governer performance? I feel thats the issue. Set it to interactive for unplugged as well. Plus make sure ur voltages are not UV more than 25mV. Wipe battery stats once fully charged.
If nothing helps, then its surely h/w issue.
onevakprison
ZeXzr said:
Go to service center because it is probably a hardware problem.
Keep updating us here....
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i allredy go to the service center but last 2 months ago my phone was droped when i am travling in train and litil bit scracth on back panel cornner thats why he told the phone will not repair in warrenty
just because of a scratch ur device warranty voids?
Have u told ssc guys that ur phone fall and got scratches?
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Well even i had the same problem.....but on a very temporarily basis..
i.e. the problems starts by its own and gets resolved by its own...it happens only for a few minutes....
I wonder how others are facing it for a longer period of time.
xlm13x said:
just because of a scratch ur device warranty voids?
Have u told ssc guys that ur phone fall and got scratches?
Sent from my GT-I9103 using Tapatalk 2
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i told them but he never excepted my phone .....
Romwe said:
I have the same behaviour here.
The phone is a Yoigo i9103 with 2.3.4 Android
I dont remember the factory kernel version.
The screen is irresponsive sometimes, slow and phantom most of the time. i can't hold touch (like when move a desktop icon or scroll a list) for more than 3 seconds, the screen acts as if I have removed my finger.
I reset to factory defaults and installed a 2.6.36.4-ardatdat kernel (V.1.5) and it have been working nice for a few days. Now its working bad again.
I have done factory reset again, removed screen protector (perhaps static issue), wipe cache, wipe davik, wipe battery stats, remove sd card and nothing.
When I plug the cable (from charger or from USB) it works smooth again instantly.
I tested with 456MHz max, 216MHz min governor interactive with the cable pluged and it works fine. Screen is smooth and response is fast and accurate.
Do again with 1000MHz max, 216MHzmin governor performance without cable and its irresponsive again.
So, I think its not a CPU work issue.
Question for people who know about capacitive screens or smart people in general
Could be something like the screen have static charge and when the cable is plugged the phone is well grounding, so it works fine again??
Sorry for my english
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I have this problem too with my phone.
But I have found some sort of "fix" for it, though it doesn't seem to last very long.
When I get these problems I use a semi-wet wooden toothpick and cleans the chargerport (microUSB port). And after that it seems to work better.
My guess is that the system seems to recognise some sort of charge-trigger and that may interrupt the touchinput-sequence.
This is only my own thoughts and experience but it seems to work for me, soo I figured I could share it with all of you!
Cheers!
90% problem solve
FranzJesus said:
I have this problem too with my phone.
But I have found some sort of "fix" for it, though it doesn't seem to last very long.
When I get these problems I use a semi-wet wooden toothpick and cleans the chargerport (microUSB port). And after that it seems to work better.
My guess is that the system seems to recognise some sort of charge-trigger and that may interrupt the touchinput-sequence.
This is only my own thoughts and experience but it seems to work for me, soo I figured I could share it with all of you!
Cheers!
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its not your guess its fact buddy,,,,
your solution prity good for me ,,,thanks
but when i unplug the phone thinks he is charging ,,,why ?
whatever but my phone now working good because last days
my phone unplug from charger he thinks he charging but phone working good ,sometime his battery indication normal when i unplug the charger but phone working not good too lagy with touchscreen ,
but after your solution my phone working smooth whatever battery indication normal or charging
thanks again
if you have any solution for this battery indication problem pls replay me
thank u very much
sacfire said:
its not your guess its fact buddy,,,,
your solution prity good for me ,,,thanks
but when i unplug the phone thinks he is charging ,,,why ?
whatever but my phone now working good because last days
my phone unplug from charger he thinks he charging but phone working good ,sometime his battery indication normal when i unplug the charger but phone working not good too lagy with touchscreen ,
but after your solution my phone working smooth whatever battery indication normal or charging
thanks again
if you have any solution for this battery indication problem pls replay me
thank u very much
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I could have found a solution:
It seems the problem is all related to dirt in the microUSB-port.
I cleaned the port very much, and made sure it was clean even in the tight area between "ground" and the "stick" where the power comes from.
I used a small piece of standard writingpaper and folded it once and stuck it between ground and the "powerstick". I also used a thin knife, like a razorblade to get it clean.
But now it seems all problem I had has disappeared!
Hope it helps others
I never had such problems ;-)
Birki96 said:
I never had such problems ;-)
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Since there is a solution , there's no need to rub salt into their wounds
This was sent from a Galaxy Ace. Problem?
Hello guys.
I installed Slim Bean 4.1.1 version(3.0.31 Semaphore) few months ago(from this THREAD) on my Galaxy S I9000, and everything worked really well, until last week.
First problem- my speakerphone started to automaticly turn on on every phone call, and my screen sometimes used to rotate randomly after I turn display on. I couldn't fix this, but I think somehow my phone turned on the dock mode, but I didn't know how to switch it off. I also couldn't connect my phone with computer, when I connected it, it just charged battery. And this lasted about for a week, until today. Today everything came back to normal, speakerphone wasn't activated on calls, and I think screen stopped rotating when screen was off, but when I wanted to charge my batter, the phone didn't show any signs of charging, like I didn't put charger in. I'm left with 4% of the battery, I tried to charge it through pc cable, but It didn't work either.
So, is there a solution, can anyone help me?
I forgot to mention, I never updated Slimbean, it's still on 4.1.1. version.
Thank you in advance, and sorry for my bad english.
Could be a bad battery. Try using the phone on A/C power, with no battery installed, & see if you get the same weird behavior.
post-mortem said:
Could be a bad battery. Try using the phone on A/C power, with no battery installed, & see if you get the same weird behavior.
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You mean connected to charger, without battery at all?
It won't turn on like that at all. I never knew that was even possible tbf.
Maybe some devices won't, but AFAIK, most devices should power on & be functional, which doesn't help diagnose your problem.
Now it's working, I fixed it somehow, I pulled battery out couple of times, and did couple of restarts, so it's finally charging. And now it's back to old problems where my speakerphone turns on automaticaly on every phone call.
I get the feeling that the problem's gonna come back. 1st priority should be to charge the battery fully.
I did that last night. What's next? :laugh:
I'm guessing it's either a bad motherboard, or a bad battery. Be prepared for the worst.
post-mortem said:
I'm guessing it's either a bad motherboard, or a bad battery. Be prepared for the worst.
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Battery is working well(at the moment), so I don't see how could damaged baterry affect software problems such as automaticaly turning on the speakerphone, and not being able to connect phone with PC.
You'd be surprised what abnormal voltage levels can do to electronic devices.
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You'd be surprised what abnormal voltage levels can do to electronic devices.
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Okay, I'll probably change it in few days.
Now, I have other problem.. I wanted to install Slim Bean 2.7, but when I enter recovery mode, do full wipe, installation aborts around 26% saying, "E: Error in /sdcard/Slim-i9000-2.7.0-OFFICIAL.zip (status 0) ", and above "installation aborted".
You sure that ROM was intended for your device? Sounds like the difference between update-script and updater-script. Different devices use different methods to flash ROMs.
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You sure that ROM was intended for your device? Sounds like the difference between update-script and updater-script. Different devices use different methods to flash ROMs.
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The file name is Slim-i9000-2.7.0-OFFICIAL, it is the right ROM surely?
I have no idea. You need to check the thread from where you downloaded it.
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I have no idea. You need to check the thread from where you downloaded it.
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I will, I need 2 or 3 more posts. Anyway, tnx for your time friend.
Hoping someone can help, haven't found any threads about this particular problem.
I bought a used "One X" that was totally stock and seemed to work OK. I rooted it, unlocked the bootloader, and got S-off. I then installed the newest version of Viper XL. Everything worked fine for a while but after a couple days I went to use it and it was totally dead. Battery was half charged a minute before and now nothing. Plugged it into a wall charger and USB and got nothing, not even an orange light. After trying to reboot and hard reboot it for 20 minutes I quit and just plugged it in and left it.
Checked it a few hours later and it was still the same but just for fun I tried a hard reboot again and it launched right away. It worked with no problems for another day and then same thing. When I got it restarted this time I downloaded and ran the latest RUU exe file to eliminate any problems the Roms might be causing, but no, just happened again today and was hours before I got it restarted, this time just by holding the power button.
Any ideas? All help appreciated.
Its somewhat of a known problem, but unfortunately an unknown cause, and I haven't seen any real solutions. Battery drops suddenly, no LED light, but charging for several hours brings it back. Usually happens at night, for some reason. But yours seems much more frequent than other cases I've heard. I've maybe only had this happen twice in the year+ I've had this phone. If this keeps happening every day, or close to that, its obviously a big problem.
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Its somewhat of a known problem, but unfortunately an unknown cause, and I haven't seen any real solutions. Battery drops suddenly, no LED light, but charging for several hours brings it back. Usually happens at night, for some reason. But yours seems much more frequent than other cases I've heard. I've maybe only had this happen twice in the year+ I've had this phone. If this keeps happening every day, or close to that, its obviously a big problem.
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One extra detail I left out. The phone seems to be truly off, as when I get it restarted it doesn't appear the battery was drained at all. It's basically a brick that randomly decides to come back to life. Even if I only leave it plugged in for 15 minutes and then unplug it and try restarting again, it basically comes to life with a full battery.
Strange. Maybe related to the issue I mentioned, maybe something different.
Since you ran the latest RUU, don't think there is much else that can be done. Might be a hardware issue. I would tell the seller and see how they respond. They will probably swear they didn't have the issue. But it doesn't hurt to bring it up.
My problem is little different but almost same.
BrashL said:
Hoping someone can help, haven't found any threads about this particular problem.
I bought a used "One X" that was totally stock and seemed to work OK. I rooted it, unlocked the bootloader, and got S-off. I then installed the newest version of Viper XL. Everything worked fine for a while but after a couple days I went to use it and it was totally dead. Battery was half charged a minute before and now nothing. Plugged it into a wall charger and USB and got nothing, not even an orange light. After trying to reboot and hard reboot it for 20 minutes I quit and just plugged it in and left it.
Checked it a few hours later and it was still the same but just for fun I tried a hard reboot again and it launched right away. It worked with no problems for another day and then same thing. When I got it restarted this time I downloaded and ran the latest RUU exe file to eliminate any problems the Roms might be causing, but no, just happened again today and was hours before I got it restarted, this time just by holding the power button.
Any ideas? All help appreciated.
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redpoint73 said:
Its somewhat of a known problem, but unfortunately an unknown cause, and I haven't seen any real solutions. Battery drops suddenly, no LED light, but charging for several hours brings it back. Usually happens at night, for some reason. But yours seems much more frequent than other cases I've heard. I've maybe only had this happen twice in the year+ I've had this phone. If this keeps happening every day, or close to that, its obviously a big problem.
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My phone was working flawlessly then I connected it to usb, Display turned blank (gray) then It is dead as a brick. No lights no charging signs of life
Avikar said:
My phone was working flawlessly then I connected it to usb, Display turned blank (gray) then It is dead as a brick. No lights no charging signs of life
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Put the phone on the wall charger (not connected to your computer) for several hours (overnight) and see if there is any change.
Not sure if it's the same problem, but I had something similar happen a couple days ago while on CM 10.2 nightly:
Sudden power drop
I threw a couple logs in there, just in case they were useful.
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Put the phone on the wall charger (not connected to your computer) for several hours (overnight) and see if there is any change.
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Charged it for the whole night still the same dead phone no response... No vibrations, no screen and no LEDS.
Avikar said:
Charged it for the whole night still the same dead phone no response... No vibrations, no screen and no LEDS.
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Try the bootloader button combination. Then try it while connected to the wall charger. Similarly, just try booting normally while connected to the charger. It makes no sense, but I've seen at least one guy where this worked (bootloader button combo while connected to charger), when nothing else would make the phone boot.
Other than that, its not looking good. No LEDS, and the phone can't be read by the computer, you're pretty done. Odd that just connected to USB did this. Maybe some hardware failure related to the USB port?
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Try the bootloader button combination. Then try it while connected to the wall charger. Similarly, just try booting normally while connected to the charger. It makes no sense, but I've seen at least one guy where this worked (bootloader button combo while connected to charger), when nothing else would make the phone boot.
Other than that, its not looking good. No LEDS, and the phone can't be read by the computer, you're pretty done. Odd that just connected to USB did this. Maybe some hardware failure related to the USB port?
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Yeah even i can't digest the fact that making my phone S-off installing CM 10.2 didnt do any bad but a connection to USB killed my phone
Hi
I was wondering why my s8+ doesnt show screen anymore? Ive had it completely drained its battery and since then its screen wont turn on? I can hear the volume buttons responding and even vibrating when the sound gets turned off and when charging the led is flashing red.
Also the computer doesnt recognise my phone after pluggin the phone in the comp. It rather sees "samsung mobile composit device"
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Sounds like deep discharge bug
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Sounds like deep discharge bug
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Yeah but is it possible to fix this?
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Yeah but is it possible to fix this?
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Ahh the more i read it dont sound like it as when they dishcharge they are totally dead no life
Have you tried holding power volume down and bixby for like 7 to 10 seconds to force a reboot
From the sounds of it. The device is functional. Almost sounds like a busted OLED
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Ahh the more i read it dont sound like it as when they dishcharge they are totally dead no life
Have you tried holding power volume down and bixby for like 7 to 10 seconds to force a reboot
From the sounds of it. The device is functional. Almost sounds like a busted OLED
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I tried and the screen still wont show anything. Whenever the s8 connects with pc it gives a error device not recognised message.
Ive tried all the bootings every combination possible but it just wont boot i think.
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I tried and the screen still wont show anything. Whenever the s8 connects with pc it gives a error device not recognised message.
Ive tried all the bootings every combination possible but it just wont boot i think.
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**** that's not good. Most def sounds e like hardware issues. If it's depressing discharge try wireless charger and USB at the same time. See if that helps. I'm curious to know if it even tries to charge on wireless. But have it on wireless and plug in USB sometimes that jump started them
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**** that's not good. Most def sounds e like hardware issues. If it's depressing discharge try wireless charger and USB at the same time. See if that helps. I'm curious to know if it even tries to charge on wireless. But have it on wireless and plug in USB sometimes that jump started them
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i dont own a wireless charger though...
TheMadScientist said:
**** that's not good. Most def sounds e like hardware issues. If it's depressing discharge try wireless charger and USB at the same time. See if that helps. I'm curious to know if it even tries to charge on wireless. But have it on wireless and plug in USB sometimes that jump started them
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Is it recorded to actually jumpstart the s8 though?
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Is it recorded to actually jumpstart the s8 though?
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People with the deep discharge bug have said this works. Say about 60% if the time. But again theirs are totally lifeless. No vibrations no LED. And after a total dead battery
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Is it recorded to actually jumpstart the s8 though?
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Back in the day this affected Samsung's still i remember my Galaxy stellar did this but we remove the battery and wire in wires to jump start. My daughter's tab e does it all the time and i leave it plugged in sometimes for days and it starts charging and comes back to life
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