Hi, my smartphone sometimes start to a continuous multimedia scanning (like when you plug/unplug from the cable used to connet the device to a pc) without any reason. I stop for some hours and the for fews minutes it start his madness. Any idea? I have updated to last version with android 2.3.6
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Andrea
Do you have an SD card in the device? Is it of decent quality? With a generically branded card in my old tablet it would display the same sort of behavior.
I have tried to remove the sd card but nothing. This morning it was very bad, when I disconnected the battery charger it started to scan multimedia for an hour. I tried all: switch it of, removed sd, removed battery and then, when i was totally full of his beep-beep it stopped. Now it is in silence. I think could be an usb problem because during his madness if reconnect the battery charger i stopped. Another things, it all started when updated to 2.3.6 from 2.3.5, a bugged release? Or, i have to call an exorcist? ty 4 your help
Got my new GS6 a week ago and now i went to transfer some images and when i connect it to the computer it makes the USB connected sound and suddenly starts disconnecting and reconnecting like crazy, has anyone else experienced this? gotta get my hand on a replacement cable just in case thats the problem..
Yeah it's the cable
soapBro said:
Got my new GS6 a week ago and now i went to transfer some images and when i connect it to the computer it makes the USB connected sound and suddenly starts disconnecting and reconnecting like crazy, has anyone else experienced this? gotta get my hand on a replacement cable just in case thats the problem..
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Same problem here and mine s6 is only 26 days old.... support told me it's the cable but refused a replacement... what the hell right?
I have the same thing and have tried a few cables. Did you get to the bottom of the issue? My laptop is a dell xps15 and it happens with W8.1 and Mint17 (on the same laptop).
soapBro said:
Got my new GS6 a week ago and now i went to transfer some images and when i connect it to the computer it makes the USB connected sound and suddenly starts disconnecting and reconnecting like crazy, has anyone else experienced this? gotta get my hand on a replacement cable just in case thats the problem..
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its the cable.. same issue here..when I use a ps4 controller-cable i have no problem
Yea... I think it has a lot to do with the placement of the port on the phone and and a filmsy input. I tried tried a sturdier cable and it works waaaaay better.
Samsung support did offer to send me a prepaid envelope for my cable. ... then wait 2 weeks for testing... then if it was found to be defective a replacement would be shipped free of charge, but if it was defective due to user abuse then they said they'd send me a repair bill........... SERIOUSLY wtf?
I'm not kidding, this was their solution when I spoke to support.
Well it really was the cable, went out and bought a new one, exactly the same and it works fine, so the one i got in the box was faulty, after some googling it seems this has happened to a fair bit a of people already,
i still use the crappy cable to charge with... although it did stop charging half way through once :silly:
It's a USB Power setting
1. Go to Power Options on your computer
2. Click 'Change plan setting' on your chosen plan.
3. Click 'Change advanced power setting' on your chosen plan.
4. Expand 'USB Settings' .
5. Expand 'USB selective suspend setting' and change it to disabled.for On battery and Plugged In
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It's a USB Power setting
1. Go to Power Options on your computer
2. Click 'Change plan setting' on your chosen plan.
3. Click 'Change advanced power setting' on your chosen plan.
4. Expand 'USB Settings' .
5. Expand 'USB selective suspend setting' and change it to disabled.for On battery and Plugged In
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I tried this and still it doesnt work. I changed the cables , I changed the PC which I am connecting to and still no fix. I keep getting disconnected continuously.
I'm having the same problem with Galaxy S7. It keeps disconnecting data after it has been plugged in a few seconds. It's not a cable issue, I've checked on 8 different cables.
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I'm having the same problem with Galaxy S7. It keeps disconnecting data after it has been plugged in a few seconds. It's not a cable issue, I've checked on 8 different cables.
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Flash a different ROM. I had this on my s6 e+ on stock nougat. I went to Dr ketan ROM and it stopped
I heard it could be due to using a fast charging cable. The phone attempts to draw out more current than the USB port of the computer allows, forcing it to disconnect/reconnect repeatedly. Try using an older/less-current-rated cable. Alternatively, if you don't actually need to access the files and are just charging the phone, you can go to Window's Auto Play (search in start menu) and set your phone to "Take No Action"
I wanted to throw out a few other tricks to try, for whoever comes across this old thread when googling.
I don't 100% have an idea of why this happens, or why this worked, but it did.
First thing is, the cable really does matter. If you're using a cheapo cable that doesn't do fast charging, or a data-only cable, get a nice cable. If you're using a nice cable, try a non-fast-charge cable or the one that came with the phone.
My fast-charging cable has worked for a while but I recently tried to transfer a large 2 gig movie to the phone's secondary SD card, and it kept disconnecting / timing out.
What worked for me is go to developer options (google it, there's some code you have to enter to unlock these settings) and then usb debugging. It was disabled and I enabled it. The transfer then worked smoothly.
Weirdly, another transfer right after did NOT go smoothly, and the fix for me was to disable usb debugging, then enable it again. Then the file transferred normally, even though it took a few minutes.
Lastly, one file refused to transfer that was sitting in a particular folder. I'd get an error instantly. The folder was the cache folder for a popular video downloading app. Even a tiny text file from that folder, refused to copy. But files from other folders worked. I finally figured out that for whatever reason, the phone (or maybe windows) didn't like copying straight from this folder. Not sure why. Some permissions thing? Anyway - I copied the file I wanted from the cache folder, to a folder I use all the time. Then from this new folder to the phone. Worked smoothly, no error.
Hope these tricks help someone.
Having a weird issue with my GS6. Unrooted and has been working perfectly. The other day I noticed when I plug the charger in, the screek flickers and goes black & some female voice starts rabbiting on about Gear VR. My phone stays in a black screen, doesnt respond to anything and only works when i force off & turn back on. I then check the open applications & Gear VR Setup Wizard is the first app thats open. Checked in application manager, won't let me disable these (options greyed out).
Any ideas? Tried clearing cache, yet to try a backup & full reset as phone does not want to connect to computer either. Still charges when connected, just doesn't show up in the file manager.
I have the same issue with my device.. what did you do with yours ?
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I have the same issue with my device.. what did you do with yours ?
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I managed to figure it out. Basically it was down to a metal frame type case I had on my phone at the time. When this case was on & the cable was plugged in, it must have caused some sort of short when the metal from the cable made contact with the metal case, tricking the device into thinking there was the galaxy gear vr headset attatched.
I removed the case. Now every time I plug in, the phone charges normally. Every time I plug it into the pc, the file manager shows up. Back to normal operation & no other signs of the Gear VR application.
TLDR: Metal frame cases interfere with the micro usb cable connection.
I took it to service and they changed the charging port. It was still in warranty period. Now everything is back to normal. I hope it stays this way..
I have trouble charging my S7 edge, It simply refuses to charge shows me that I have plugged in my USB charger by giving me a white lightning symbol but then disappears after 3 seconds or so and does not charge..
Here is a what happens after experimenting.
extremely Slow charge and fast drain - My phone stays on in "Download Mode" whilst plugged in - 4/5 hours later I had 26% after 30 mins mild use took it down to 13%
No USB Connection detected? - Whilst I had some battery life I have no USB connection in either ODIN / FIle transfer at all with my computer
No Wireless Dock Charge - I Attempted to charge my device by wireless , it also refuses this.
I'm confused , surely just a battery issue would still allow file transfer? If it was just a USB issue - why does it charge in download mode? why no wireless charge?
Weird?
Thanks
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Pretty much noob here.
I have a Galaxy S3 Neo running non-rooted LineageOS 18.1 and the TWRP bootloader. It has a broken USB circuit. The Port looks fine after taking it apart but getting power or data connected is a 1/100 chance.
Because of that I attached an external charging circuit (TP4056) and while im at it upgrade it to 3 18650 cells for fun. This setup works fine except for one issue:
Androids internal battery meter is completely useless, due to the capacity being at least 4x the original and it not being able to measure charging as that is done by an external circuit. As soon as you "empty" the battery (wich it thinks way too early), it will not go up again unless i disconnect the battery and charge it to 100%, then reconnect.
My current "fix" is to connect via network debugging and run `dumpsys battery set level 42` wich keeps the phone from shutting down and just read the voltage with a small LED voltmeter thing I glued on the back, but having to connect to my PC every reboot sucks. I tried running the same command from a terminal emulator on the android device wich just states it could not find the service 'battery' even though it works via adb and 'battery' clearly is in the services list, even from the terminal emu. I tried smuggleing the command into a /system/etc/init/*.rc file as a oneshot service via TWRP's text editor but that did not change anything, probably because i did something wrong.
Idealy the solution would
* run automatically or be otherwise permanent
* prevent shutting down
* not require recompiling lineage