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Battery simply won't charge, have a few hypotheses

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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salas2324 said:
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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salas2324 said:
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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nikufellow said:
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.

heffe2001 said:
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

[Q] (Help!) My Galaxy refuses to start in any manor!

So I have a Stock Non-Rooted year old Galaxy s 4g that just turned off on me one day. I have tried everything to get it turned on. It does not bring up the battery charging screen when plugged in, and it refuses to boot into download mode. I suspect a hard brick, but I don't know what would cause it. Not only did it just turn off, it was at exactly 60% battery life and it shut down when I was trying to email my friend.

Take the battery out of the phone and put it on a flat surface like a kitchen counter. See if you can rock the battery back and forth and see if there is a bulge in the center, it shouldn't rock. Mine did this to me a year after I bought it and replacing the battery solved it.
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I would jump on amazon.com and buy a battery....you can find them for $5-7.00 all day long there.
You can even buy the battery for the vibrant at that price or lower and they work just fine.
I have 4 vibrant batteries i use with an external charger.

I know that the battery works, because i tried it in my friends galaxy, and his worked fine.

Tried his in yours?
How's your cable? Try a different one. I've got a handful that won't charge my phone, but, will work on my wife's Samsung (and some that will/will not charge my company phone)...
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Yeah, I did try his in mine, and it still wouldn't charge. I did try with another cable, still no results

Power it up and root the darn thing. Then install an ics rom. Hopefully your problem will resolve.
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nicky89107 said:
Yeah, I did try his in mine, and it still wouldn't charge. I did try with another cable, still no results
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And it won't boot up correct?

Yes, and it wont go into recovery or download mode

Man that sucks. Best advice I can give you is to call Samsung. If it's under a year they will warranty it. If it's over a year they may charge you. There a pretty good company when it comes to honoring their warranty so it's worth a shot. Sounds like critical hardware failure to me.

Sony sw2 dead after 3 days

So had my watch 3 days and it's dead won't turn on just starts with Sony logo then turns off sometimes it just lights the back light for few seconds then shuts off called Sony looks like I'm sending it back. I tried the usual pc companion and global update no joy. So looks like it's going back 5 to 7 days return.
Anybody else got any issues with there's.
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Seems like I also have the same problem but mine only powers on on charging and only display the sync part and then switches off again
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Ahyricks said:
Seems like I also have the same problem but mine only powers on on charging and only display the sync part and then switches off again
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The same happened to me, clean the pins of the charger and the watch then reset (15s aprox. press of power button) and it should work properly again.
hope it worked
bests
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marcgear said:
So had my watch 3 days and it's dead won't turn on just starts with Sony logo then turns off sometimes it just lights the back light for few seconds then shuts off called Sony looks like I'm sending it back. I tried the usual pc companion and global update no joy. So looks like it's going back 5 to 7 days return.
Anybody else got any issues with there's.
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Very good. I wanted to order it today but when i read this Feedbacks ill wait until another better Version of the smartwach has been released -_-

Mine is about 5 days old just stopped working this morning won't even power on anymore
Edit it seems the battery was just dead when I got home and plugged it in it turned on and starting charging, I charged it overnight and was sure it was fully charged - at least it is working now !
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Exact same problem!
Hi, I just got my smartwatch 2 about 3 days ago and today I wake up to find it dead, the battery was fully charged when I went to bed and in the morning the thing just wouldn't turn on, sometimes the screen lights up slightly but is still blank, just like you said. Holding the power button down to reset it just brings up the sony logo and that soon disappears so I'm left with an expensive dead toy which the PC wont even recognise. Not happy :/

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Hi, I just got my smartwatch 2 about 3 days ago and today I wake up to find it dead, the battery was fully charged when I went to bed and in the morning the thing just wouldn't turn on, sometimes the screen lights up slightly but is still blank, just like you said. Holding the power button down to reset it just brings up the sony logo and that soon disappears so I'm left with an expensive dead toy which the PC wont even recognise. Not happy :/
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That sucks. I bought one that was just DOA and wouldn't recognize either. Then got a second one which is working now for 5 days so far. Not really impressed with Sony's quality control at the moment.

Problem sorted, for now...
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That sucks. I bought one that was just DOA and wouldn't recognize either. Then got a second one which is working now for 5 days so far. Not really impressed with Sony's quality control at the moment.
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Just an update:
After plugging in to a mains charger and leaving it for 5mins (blank screen and no sign of any life in the thing) I installed Sony's update utility and thought I'd give it one more go. I plugged in the watch (at first it tried to install driver and failed), then after opening the update programme and finding the smartwatch 2 option and re-plugging in the watch & tapping the power button quickly once, boom the computer detected the watch (it said the battery level was now 76% so that rules out a dead battery as I only charged for a few mins). From then onwards the update programme installed the relevant drivers and allowed me to reinstall the firmware. Finally managed to get some life into the watch, but, and there's a but...ever since I managed to reinstall the firmware the smartwatch kept crashing or freezing at a certain time and not responding to any inputs, no matter how many times I reset the watch, but I eventually fixed it!
I've had to uninstall all the smart extra apps and reset the watch a few more time and connect to my phone with a fresh setup and now finally things seem to be working again, but it's been a whole lot of hassle and not what I was expecting at all, let's just hope it lasts...

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Just an update:
After plugging in to a mains charger and leaving it for 5mins (blank screen and no sign of any life in the thing) I installed Sony's update utility and thought I'd give it one more go. I plugged in the watch (at first it tried to install driver and failed), then after opening the update programme and finding the smartwatch 2 option and re-plugging in the watch & tapping the power button quickly once, boom the computer detected the watch (it said the battery level was now 76% so that rules out a dead battery as I only charged for a few mins). From then onwards the update programme installed the relevant drivers and allowed me to reinstall the firmware. Finally managed to get some life into the watch, but, and there's a but...ever since I managed to reinstall the firmware the smartwatch kept crashing or freezing at a certain time and not responding to any inputs, no matter how many times I reset the watch, but I eventually fixed it!
I've had to uninstall all the smart extra apps and reset the watch a few more time and connect to my phone with a fresh setup and now finally things seem to be working again, but it's been a whole lot of hassle and not what I was expecting at all, let's just hope it lasts...
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this worked for me!!!

kish3n said:
this worked for me!!!
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Good to hear! Personally I think its some of the apps that corrupt the firmware on the watch and as it tries to reconnect to the phone to relink the apps you've installed it just ends up in a loop...just hope Sony releases some kind of updated more stable firmware soon!

wont connect to pc
hi my watch is working fine but i want to update the software.when i connect the usb and immediatly press power button nothing happens on watch and pc shows usb device not recognised,and when i remove the usb cable and press power button so it turns on... is it the driver issue or watch firmware?
i am using windows 8 64bit

http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/tools/ update-service/
This will help you unbrick your smartwatch 2. I crashed mine 2 hrs after setup. Lol enjoy.

dirtymindedx said:
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/tools/ update-service/
This will help you unbrick your smartwatch 2. I crashed mine 2 hrs after setup. Lol enjoy.
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Just had this happen to my 2 day old Smartwatch 2.
I switched it on after charging to see 2 of my apps not showing on the watch, Smart Camera and Call Handler, both bang up to date and still showing in the Smart Connect app on my Samsung S3. All other apps seemed fine at this point. So I switched the watch off and back on again to be greeted by a garbled display on the watch..switched it back off and on again and this time it only booted as far as the Sony logo.
Thanks to the help on this thread I downloaded the Sony update tool which allowed me to reinstall the firmware and i'm now back up and running.
I do have a theory as to what might have caused the problem. I used a mobile phone mains charger to charge the watch for the first time just before the problems. I am going to stick to using the supplied usb lead and connecting it to my laptop from now on. I dont know if this will help stop the firmware from corrupting but i'm not taking any chances....

ruggs1234 said:
Just had this happen to my 2 day old Smartwatch 2.
I switched it on after charging to see 2 of my apps not showing on the watch, Smart Camera and Call Handler, both bang up to date and still showing in the Smart Connect app on my Samsung S3. All other apps seemed fine at this point. So I switched the watch off and back on again to be greeted by a garbled display on the watch..switched it back off and on again and this time it only booted as far as the Sony logo.
Thanks to the help on this thread I downloaded the Sony update tool which allowed me to reinstall the firmware and i'm now back up and running.
I do have a theory as to what might have caused the problem. I used a mobile phone mains charger to charge the watch for the first time just before the problems. I am going to stick to using the supplied usb lead and connecting it to my laptop from now on. I dont know if this will help stop the firmware from corrupting but i'm not taking any chances....
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Enjoy, Glad it worked out.

dirtymindedx said:
Enjoy, Glad it worked out.
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After 2 weeks I have this same issue. The update tool won't recognise the watch though so I think I have to return it.

EndOfLevelBoss said:
After 2 weeks I have this same issue. The update tool won't recognise the watch though so I think I have to return it.
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Sorry if this is too obvious and you've already done it many time. Did you do the whole "turn off watch", run program, plug the USB end in your computer and then plug in the microUSB end into your watch and in less than a second after plugging the microUSB into the watch, press and hold the powerbutton on the watch?
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/tools/ update-service/

Adso3000 said:
Sorry if this is too obvious and you've already done it many time. Did you do the whole "turn off watch", run program, plug the USB end in your computer and then plug in the microUSB end into your watch and in less than a second after plugging the microUSB into the watch, press and hold the powerbutton on the watch?
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Honestly I tried it over and over. I tried pressing, holding, everything with the update tool running immediately after plugging in the USB cable. After an hour of messing about I gave up and arranged to return it. I know it worked for others but it definitely didn't work for me.
I would have accepted a replacement but it wasn't an option so I'm getting the money back and I decided to go for a Pebble instead. I really liked the Smartwatch 2 but I did realise when using it that the colour screen and touchscreen were less important to me than the core experience (watch + personalisation + notifications). Fingers crossed I'll get all that with the pebble and not need to charge it quite so often.
Thanks for trying to help!

I had it running for a few weeks but eventually I started seeing some weirdness. Firstly it became less responsive and then it will reboot on its own. Yesterday it failed completely where it will hardly remain turned on for a while. So yesterday I connected it to sony update software and update was presented. I flashed that update, after that it won't reboot, no response at all, as if bricked. After 20-30 minutes it started responding but this time it was even worse. Literally unusable. Backlight won't turn on, it won't register touch on right hand side of screen except on left hand side icon row. Can't swipe either.
Infact this is pretty much useless now.
Never expected such a poor quality device from such a reputed company. A piece of ****.
Not sure if warranty will be honoured on this as I don't even have receipt on purchase from ebay. However I have full box and all accessories. If this is not sorted this will be last piece of electronics I will buy from sony.

I'm still waiting for mine to come back from repair been over a month now.
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Dawn my watch started stuffing up today. Would keep buzzing and resetting showing the Sony logo. Plugged it in to charge and it seems to be stuck on 0% battery and gets pretty warm when charging. I need to try out the tips suggested to see if it fixes it.

[Q] Red 'x' on Battery when Unplugged

I've had a look and can't find anything specifically matching my issue...
I've recently acquired a Tab 2 7.0 off eBay, and I've updated it from 4.1.1 to 4.2.2, the official upgrade. The Tab is stock and unrooted. I've been using the original travel charger to charge it (5v, 2A). There is no issue with charging, and the Tab discharges normally, it lasts about two days per charge.
My problem is that while the device is unplugged, there is a red 'x' on the battery. So the device for some reason thinks it's charging, but not getting enough power. In actual fact, because it is unplugged, it is getting NO POWER. With GSAM Battery Monitor installed, GSAM advises "Charging: Time to Full: Calculating - check back later".
There is no other issue with the Tab. Any idea what this might be, and if I can repair it myself?
Thanks for your help...

I did not have this kind of issue with my Tab since one year.
I think you should factory reset your tab which will solve your problem.
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treb1971 said:
I've had a look and can't find anything specifically matching my issue...
I've recently acquired a Tab 2 7.0 off eBay, and I've updated it from 4.1.1 to 4.2.2, the official upgrade. The Tab is stock and unrooted. I've been using the original travel charger to charge it (5v, 2A). There is no issue with charging, and the Tab discharges normally, it lasts about two days per charge.
My problem is that while the device is unplugged, there is a red 'x' on the battery. So the device for some reason thinks it's charging, but not getting enough power. In actual fact, because it is unplugged, it is getting NO POWER. With GSAM Battery Monitor installed, GSAM advises "Charging: Time to Full: Calculating - check back later".
There is no other issue with the Tab. Any idea what this might be, and if I can repair it myself?
Thanks for your help...
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Try to change the wire and ac adapter
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elcocolo50 said:
Try to change the wire and ac adapter
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I have an original Galaxy Tab as well, so I will swap around the leads. As I say, there's no issue with charging, it's just the battery symbol when the Tab 2 is discharging. And it doesn't give me an estimate of time left before the battery drains.
I've already factory reset the Tab, but may try that again if there is no other way in a day or two...
Thanks for your suggestions.

treb1971 said:
I have an original Galaxy Tab as well, so I will swap around the leads. As I say, there's no issue with charging, it's just the battery symbol when the Tab 2 is discharging. And it doesn't give me an estimate of time left before the battery drains.
I've already factory reset the Tab, but may try that again if there is no other way in a day or two...
Thanks for your suggestions.
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OK I said that because my friend have same problem and I use the charger and cable from other tab and the X gone.
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Even stranger...
When I plug the cable into the Tab, even though it is unattached to a power source, the red x disappears.
Then when I unplug it, the x returns.
To be clear, the cable is detached from the plug and carrying no power, at this point.
I tried a factory reset, no joy. I did try wiping the cache while in recovery but got an error.
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I think you should go to customer care .
Its seems hardware issue as i felt.
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caronaakk said:
I think you should go to customer care .
Its seems hardware issue as i felt.
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Thanks, that would be a shame. As I bought it cheaply off of eBay, it's probably not under warranty any more, so I would have to pay Samsung for the fix - which kind of negates the benefit of the cheap deal from eBay...

Ohh.
I was also suffered from display issue out of the box fault.
My tab display is blinking very fast at 50% or less britness.
I requested to replace and give new but they did not give new and replace only display even though problem was not solved.
Finally i forgot that i have that kind of problem... Haha
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Charging problems, please help

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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Chadly said:
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.