Dear XDA-community,
My Nexus 5 (D821 32GB) only charges while in bootloader mode.
Symptoms:
It spontaneously stopped charging in a normal way yesterday. By that I mean, that my Nexus 5 does not charge while switched on. While switched off, it loops the following way: it switches on, shows battery logo with the lightening, then goes to the logo that shows an empty battery (even though it isn`t empty, this logo usually shows loading progress, in my case it is not animated, meaning it just stays "empty"), after what the phone switches off and it goes back on again.
My temporary solution:
To circumvent that, I found out that it always charges while the bootloader screen is on (bootloader version: HHZ20h), and sometimes charges while in recovery mode (I have TWRP 3.0.3.0). So I used this method to load the battery.
My troubleshooting:
After extensive search on Google, the only reasonable thing that was said in one of the forums was that probably Android 6.0.1 detects some kind of danger to charging my battery and refuses to do it (I had the Xtrasmooth 6.0.1 custom rom with Xposed installed, stock kernel). Next thing I did was installing the app "Ampere" which told me that my phone`s battery, even though close to 3 years old, is in "good condition". Assuming that it is the OS that is messing with my charging issue, I completely wiped my phone, only leaving TWRP and an unlocked bootloader.
Please note:
I have tried all kinds of cables and chargers, even tried connecting to the PC to charge. My original charger works perfectly fine, and the charging port itself is clean. Like I said, the phone charges only while in bootloader. Battery life is also normal.
Question to you guys:
Here I am, with a fully wiped Nexus 5, ready to install a new custom ROM and being unsure what the issue might be.
Can anyone help me get my phone back to charging while the phone is on?
Is there a way to separately flash/work with usb connector drivers?
Thank you in advance :fingers-crossed:
Update 1:
Flashed latest factory image and returned phone to complete stock, problem persists. Why would the charging port not work while the phone is on?
Update 2:
Enabled USB debugging. Phone is not only not charging, but also cannot connect via USB to my computer as MTP (it is simply not recognized at all). In Windows Device Manager, it does not show up at all, even under "Other devices" (I uninstalled all possible drivers to see if it Windows 10 would react to it getting plugged in, it does not). I believe the problem is not the hardware of my phone (as it can charge and connect to the PC while in bootloader, fastboot commands work, could not manage to get the ADB commands to work in recovery), it must be some kind of internal driver issue.
Hi,
I have exactly the same issue. I have tryed all. I flash my Nexus 5 to Android 5 and the to 4.4.4 but nothing worked. Have you being able to fix the problem?
I also think this is not a hardware issue since I have changed the charging port and nothing happened and the same with the battery.
Santiago
It could be a defective USB flex cable. There are 4 pins: 2 for charging, 2 for data transfer. It's possible for the phone to charge and not be recognized as a phone when connected to a computer.
audit13 said:
It could be a defective USB flex cable. There are 4 pins: 2 for charging, 2 for data transfer. It's possible for the phone to charge and not be recognized as a phone when connected to a computer.
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5 pins...
Yes, there are 5 pins but I throught 2 were used for data, two for power. I admit I was wrong in this belief.
http://pinoutguide.com/CellularPhones-A-N/smartphone_microusb_connector_pinout.shtml
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Hi All,
Just thought I'd share my.. well so far resolution to the problem I was facing. So I purchased a Nexus 5 from eBay and sure enough it ran out of the 4% battery it had, however after leaving it to charge I noticed once turned on the battery was still at 0%. I tried a different charger (Plus and USB) and again still didn't work. I read various fixes such as leaving the phone turned off and charging it for an hour, also disconnecting the battery from the mainboard and holding the power button for 15 seconds but neither worked.
I then went to flash the stock ROM but to do this it's recommended you have 60% battery so I wasn't going to risk it as it may end up being bricked but as I got to that stage I looked back at my Nexus and it was 9% charged. It seems that through following the Stock ROM flash tutorial I put the phone into "USB Debugging Mode" while connected to my laptop, it seems in this mode it charges fine. To me it seems there is a software issue (may very well have been caused by the restore carried out before the phone was sent to me" I'm going to leave it charging via USB and perform a full stock flash and root hopefully this should permanently sort the problem.
Ok
Sent from my Nexus 5
Dear community,
I have a serious problem with my beloved Nexus 5 (black, 32GB).
Yesterday I recognized that the Device doesnt detect any kind of USB-connection.
Neither on a charger, nor on a computer/notebook. I tried several different cables and computer/chargers, but no differences.
When the device is powered off everything works properly. The Nexus is charging and I even managed flashing Android 5.0.1 via fastboot a few minutes ago (hoped that the system was the problem, but it doesn't seem so).
Device isn't rooted or modifed (recovery, system) in the moment cause of the os-flash.
Do you have any idea what the problem could be? :crying:
BrainChecker said:
Dear community,
I have a serious problem with my beloved Nexus 5 (black, 32GB).
Yesterday I recognized that the Device doesnt detect any kind of USB-connection.
Neither on a charger, nor on a computer/notebook. I tried several different cables and computer/chargers, but no differences.
When the device is powered off everything works properly. The Nexus is charging and I even managed flashing Android 5.0.1 via fastboot a few minutes ago (hoped that the system was the problem, but it doesn't seem so).
Device isn't rooted or modifed (recovery, system) in the moment cause of the os-flash.
Do you have any idea what the problem could be? :crying:
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Hey @BrainChecker
first of all it doesn't seem to be a Hardware defect, if it's working fine, when phone is off!
Seems like u created some kind of problem with connecting to ADB or any update etc...
I would recommend to backup all stuff u need and then going to recovery and make a factory reset.
If all is working fine u already see there was a problem in system.
If u have still problems, it seems to be deeper (but don't think so), which means kernel, bootloader etc...
Much success!
CHEERS
Thx for the fast reply
I reflashed Android 5.0.1 now, but I have still problems.
Now, the device is charging normally, but still doesnt connect to computer. And the charging symbol doesnt disappear when I plug my Nexus off...
BrainChecker said:
Thx for the fast reply
I reflashed Android 5.0.1 now, but I have still problems.
Now, the device is charging normally, but still doesnt connect to computer. And the charging symbol doesnt disappear when I plug my Nexus off...
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So check ur source for firmware and there's also the 5.0.2 out.
Try to flash this with a clean system.
Much success.
CHEERS
Thanks. Source is the official Google-Site for Factory-Images, MD5 is okay.
Where did you find a 5.0.2 for the Nexus 5 ? I'm finding only one for the Nexus 7.
Problem still is the same (Sytem reflashed), and even with a custom-kernel the are still there.
I'm really scared
EDIT:
a little bit more information. I reflashed 5.0.1, made a factory reset and even reflashed 4.4.4 (of course with a full wipe). Still problems.
Deinstalled all USB-Drivers (with USBDeview), changed the used ports on my computer and my notebook.
I tried custom kernel (hellsgod) and recovery (TWRP), no changes.
Still same problem. Phone is charging when plugged in (in the some cases, but NOT in every case). Charging symbol doesn't disappears after plugging off.
Computer doesn't detect anything. Neither in system-tray, nor in the device manager. But I recognized that for a realy short moment the "plug-in-sound" sounds twice (connect and disconnect), also for a very short moment the phone shows the debugging-icon...
USB in general seems to work in the system; I can use USB-OTG as normal.
I'm a little bit under stress, because I will leave Germany in a few days for several months. And 1.) I will need a working phone 2.) I don't want to spend money on a new one (travelling is very expensive...) and 3.) I don't really have the time and the nerves to work days on these problem...
:crying::crying::crying::crying:
I'd say that you have lots of old drives on the computer. Take them all off. I pulled out my hair over this. I took dozens out from old phones and my Nexus then it loaded a driver and a message came on the phone asking to recognise the computer...
Thanks for the tip, but it didn't work for me.
I removed all former smartphones, massstorages etc with USBDeview but my problem is still the same.
I recognized that on my dad's computer even the Windows-dialog for media devices opens...but theres still only the same short appearing of the mass-storage and debugging-symbol. Klicking on the Windows-dialog ends in nothing...
The problem:
My Z3 isn't charging at all, it's showing the charging screen and the red led is glowing for a few seconds, then it's turning off, showing the charging screen and the red led for a few seconds, turning off and repeats that without actually charging the phone. I can't turn it on, but I am able to get into flashmode by holding down the volume button and connecting it to my pc.
I already flashed the stock image. It's rooted and was running the latest official image. Locked Bootloader.
A few days ago it started changing the battery status every few minutes. Going from 12 to 50%, staying on it for a few minutes, going back to 20, to 6, just random numbers.
I used it today when it suddenly powered off. Despite being charged for one and a half hour in my car with the dock connector. Since then I am not able to turn it on or charge it.
What I already did:
Testing multiple chargers and cables, incl dock connector.
Tried to backup it with adb console, however it can't connect to my device. But I have zero experience with ADB, so I tried the flash tool from androxyde. It's connecting in flashmode and I was able to flash a stock image.
Am I able to backup the phone from the flashmode?
If not, am I able to wipe it so the service isn't able to view my personal data?
I hope somebody can help me :crying:
I was able to charge the phone now, I used both, the dock connector AND the USB connector cable. I don't know if it's damaging the battery but it seems to be broken anyway. Still giving out random numbers (was normal until it went past 10%, now it's jumping between 50% and the real number.
Sad thing is, I wiped all the data on the phone. Good thing is, if it wouldn't have turned on, nobody would be able to see my personal data.
It's time to give it to a service point I guess. I hope I get a new phone btw, seemed to have a faulty antenna as well the last weeks.
Right, so I got myself an AT&T LG G3 D850 from eBay refurbished and unlocked. And I'm pretty much in love with the device, but sadly I'm having some major issues with it.
First off, it absolutely refuses to switch to MTP or any other mode when connected via USB. The USB configuration seems stuck in Charging mode. I've hunted through the XDA forums again and again for a solution, but none of the ones provided have worked. I've tried several different cables, factory reset, several ROMs with no luck. If you plug the device in while it's turned on, whether to a computer or wall socket it won't even charge. In order to get it to charge I have to power off the device, turn it back on, connect the cable on the LG boot screen, and then it will charge the battery. I'd assume at this point its a bad USB port, but why would it still be charging at all if that is the case? Which leads me to believe this is related to my other problem...
I rooted the device with King Root successfully, installed TWRP manager and flashed the latest TWRP for my device. Since then I get an error screen on boot that says "Secure boot error 1003". When the device is turned off, it flashes between a screen with a battery icon that has that same error message on it, to the battery charging screen.. shuts off the screen, then does the process again. So the only way for the device to charge is the above mentioned method.
Just today I discovered that apparently the bootloader on these devices needs to be unlocked before flashing (no mention of this was found in the rooting instructions I followed). I'm guessing this secure boot error message is because my bootloader is still locked? Could this be the cause of my USB connection issues as well?
Currently I have a CM 13 nightly installed with TWRP and other than the above issues, the device seems to work fine otherwise. Before hand it was on stock Lollipop. Between all the threads I've read about this, I am just straight confused and lost at this point. I apologize if this is a re-posted issue, but I can't seem to find any info about it otherwise.
As a side note, I discovered the cable they shipped it with is damaged and doesn't work. I'm using the cable for my old Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-i337 - Canadian model). Could that also be an issue?
Thank you so much for any help! I really like this phone and I want to get it to work.
Hey, I'm - Chaorrupted X -.
I'm currently using Sony Xperia M2 - D2303, with custom ROM CyanogenMod 13 (Release Candidate 1).
Right now, my phone is experiencing slow charging issue. This happen since last week, I send my phone to the repair shop, to repair my USB charger port (again...). After I got my phone back, in 1 day I notice a very slow charging. It's much more slower than the normal slow charging. I play with my phone while charging, the battery is discharging slowly. It feels like I didn't connect the charger to my phone.
I also notice that there's no thunder icon in the battery icon, when I start charging up my phone, when my phone is still on. I also didn't hear any charging sound, when I connect or disconnect my charger.
But if I start charging my phone in off state (shutdown), then turn it back on, after it finish booting up, I can hear the charging sound, and there's a thunder icon inside the battery icon. The speed of charging is still the same, very slow. If I disconnect and reconnect back my charger, the thunder icon will gone, and I can't hear any charging sound.
When I connect my phone to my laptop, it will only charge my phone, and it's very slow as usual. I can't even transfer file, my laptop doesn't detect my phone. I tried to restart my laptop, restart my phone, connect the USB while restarting the phone, the problem is still there.
Every time I want to charge my phone, I must enable airplane mode, and put my phone to sleep, to charge it like normal (a little bit slow than normal). If I tried to charge my phone during shutdown (offline charging), my battery level will stay at/around 3%. If it's higher than 3%, it will discharge slowly until 3%, even while in charging mode. That time I realize that I need to charge my phone while it's still on, and enable airplane mode.
If my battery is fully discharged (0%), I need charge and wait about 30 minutes or an hour for my battery charge until 1% and above (max 3%, it's very rare to go beyond that), so I can turn on my phone, to charge it more than 3%.
There's nothing wrong with my USB charger, I already tried a different one (using my friend's), and I also bought a new one, it still doesn't solve my problem.
After a few days, my USB charger port was broken, again! Then as usual, I send it to the repair shop, but this time a different repair shop. Once I got back my phone, I can charge my phone back, but the problems is still there, nothing change.
I wipe everything (using TWRP) in the phone and flash the CyanogenMod 14.1, the problem is still the same, very slow charging. Then I wipe everything and flash the CyanogenMod 13 back, because I prefer a stable build for my daily use. As usual, the problem is still there
I wonder if I fully wipe my device, then shutdown, can I still charge my device? Sometimes I also wonder that if there's a corrupt file in my phone, a file that has something to do with charging, transfer file through USB, or anything that's really important...
I don't want to lose my Sony Xperia M2. There might be a solution to this. I just hope it's not a hardware fault.
Thank you for taking your time to read my thread.
Now, time to sit in the corner and think about my life.
Hi Chaorrupted X,
I'd try to do an update using EMMA to a stock ROM and see if that charging issue still present or not. Then you can flash TWRP and CyanogenMod again.
Have a good day.
Regards.
xavinux said:
Hi Chaorrupted X,
I'd try to do an update using EMMA to a stock ROM and see if that charging issue still present or not. Then you can flash TWRP and CyanogenMod again.
Have a good day.
Regards.
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Hey xavinux, thanks for the reply.
Actually that's a pretty good idea. But unfortunately, I can't connect my phone to my laptop. EMMA doesn't detect my phone.
Whenever I connect my phone to my laptop, it will only charge my phone. I can't do anything else like transfer file, or using ADB command.
- Chaorrupted X - said:
Hey xavinux, thanks for the reply.
Actually that's a pretty good idea. But unfortunately, I can't connect my phone to my laptop. EMMA doesn't detect my phone.
Whenever I connect my phone to my laptop, it will only charge my phone. I can't do anything else like transfer file, or using ADB command.
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Hi,
So ADB commands recognize your device.
If you haven't done this already, connect your M2 to your computer following this guide:
http://developer.sonymobile.com/open-devices/flash-tool/use-the-flash-tool-for-xperia-devices/
Regards.
xavinux said:
Hi,
So ADB commands recognize your device.
If you haven't done this already, connect your M2 to your computer following this guide:
http://developer.sonymobile.com/open-devices/flash-tool/use-the-flash-tool-for-xperia-devices/
Regards.
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What I mean is ADB doesn't recognize my device. Sorry if I confused you.
I tried to list the device in ADB command, but there's none in the list of devices attached. I also tried using command "abd reboot bootloader", it said "error: device not found".
Sent from my Sony Xperia M2 using XDA Labs
- Chaorrupted X - said:
What I mean is ADB doesn't recognize my device. Sorry if I confused you.
I tried to list the device in ADB command, but there's none in the list of devices attached. I also tried using command "abd reboot bootloader", it said "error: device not found".
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I've Ubuntu 14.04 on my Laptop and it detects the M2 without problems, can also connect to it with the "adb shell" command.
When I connect it to a Windows computer and although the device appears on the "Device Manager", have to install the corresponding driver to make adb and EMMA detect my M2.
And remember to connect your device to your computer as explained in this guide:
http://developer.sonymobile.com/open-devices/flash-tool/use-the-flash-tool-for-xperia-devices/
Regards.
xavinux said:
I've Ubuntu 14.04 on my Laptop and it detects the M2 without problems, can also connect to it with the "adb shell" command.
When I connect it to a Windows computer and although the device appears on the "Device Manager", have to install the corresponding driver to make adb and EMMA detect my M2.
And remember to connect your device to your computer as explained in this guide:
http://developer.sonymobile.com/open-devices/flash-tool/use-the-flash-tool-for-xperia-devices/
Regards.
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A few months ago, when my device is okay, with no issues, I can easily use EMMA and FlashTools. Both of the software does detect my phone. I used them to update my bootloader and flash FTF stock ROM. But now, I can't use them anymore.
My laptop is a triple boot. I got Microsoft Windows 10 Home, Linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Remix OS - Android 6.0.1 inside it. None of this operating system detect my phone. I even tried to connect on my friend's laptop, it's still the same.
I guess we can't use the USB cable to solve the problem.
Anyway, thank you very much xavinux for trying to help me.
Sent from my Sony Xperia M2 using XDA Labs
Hi. From today I have the same problem. Phone is charging very slow. Now is on charger and after 4 hours is only 11%. So what to do now? There will be connector problem or charging unit in phone? Someone have solution?
Hi
Its perfectly clear that it is a hardware issue
You are maybe facing one of those issuse that I have faced before:
1. The new usb jack is not original
2. The new usb is not for m2
Mine was repaired with an Xperia C one which worked only for 2 hours and bricked again
3. The five iron legs of the usb jack is not placed in thier right place on the board or one of the legs is corrupted
4. The AC Power adabter which located on the board is damaged (the AC Power and the usb jack are not the same) and it needs to be replaced
5. Normal phones consumes about 200 mA/h
If your phone is consuming much more than that then this means there is a flauty ressistence in the board or another problem in the AC Power
Good luck.