I got my sgs2 about a month ago and its been like a dream, battery lasts for a long time phone runs ultra smoothly no glitches and nothing weird has been happening, but these last few days its just been really weird.
1) it started randomly going into driving mode, i dont even know how to activate it or what it does, but i think its draining my battery
2)When i was watching a tv show on my phone it thought that there was an hdmi cable connected and wouldnt let me hear anything through my headphones. i exited it several times but it still though there was a cable connected. Then i went straight home and quit it from the task manager and it worked with the headphines but that might have been a coincidence.
3)When i connect the charger it takes a while to realize that its charging and sometimes stops charging and says that the battery is too hot or too cold but when i feel the phone it feels completely normal.
4)When i connect the usb cable, other than taking a while to realize that its connected to a charger it doesnt realize that its a usb so i cant transfer files with my computer which i do often
5)I pressed home before and it took me to some sort of clock which i imagine is for a dock but i have no such thing
6) Even after using the phone for a while and using several apps the android os has used 59% of my battery, when usually its the display that uses about 30 or 40%
none of these things had happened before and now they randomly started all at once, i havent downloaded any shady apps so i doubt its malware
any ideas?
thanks
Are you using a stock firmware or custom?
Have you tried resetting back to factory default?
camiloorozco said:
I got my sgs2 about a month ago and its been like a dream, battery lasts for a long time phone runs ultra smoothly no glitches and nothing weird has been happening, but these last few days its just been really weird.
1) it started randomly going into driving mode, i dont even know how to activate it or what it does, but i think its draining my battery
2)When i was watching a tv show on my phone it thought that there was an hdmi cable connected and wouldnt let me hear anything through my headphones. i exited it several times but it still though there was a cable connected. Then i went straight home and quit it from the task manager and it worked with the headphines but that might have been a coincidence.
3)When i connect the charger it takes a while to realize that its charging and sometimes stops charging and says that the battery is too hot or too cold but when i feel the phone it feels completely normal.
4)When i connect the usb cable, other than taking a while to realize that its connected to a charger it doesnt realize that its a usb so i cant transfer files with my computer which i do often
5)I pressed home before and it took me to some sort of clock which i imagine is for a dock but i have no such thing
6) Even after using the phone for a while and using several apps the android os has used 59% of my battery, when usually its the display that uses about 30 or 40%
none of these things had happened before and now they randomly started all at once, i havent downloaded any shady apps so i doubt its malware
any ideas?
thanks
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seems like majority of your problems are linked with the micro USB port, try resetting your phone and see if that helps. This is weird though.
It happened once to me on my sgs but that was because I inserted the charging pin without realising it was wet but it went back to normal a few days later and I changed my charger.
i was also starting to think it would be a micro usb problem,
would a factory reset fix it?
if so how would i back up my apps so that i have the same apps with the same progress on them, is it even possible?
or should i just wait and see if it goes back to normal?
I am also having this issue now. I've tried a factory reset with no effect. The phone is now largely unusable. Did you get a resolution? If so, how?
im having the same problem too .. wish it's just a software issue!!
the problem solved itself after a couple of days, i took out the battery and left the phone alone for about a day and after it worked fine again, not sure if it was the time or leaving it without battery but its working normally again
I'm having this exact problem - phone switches into driving mode, then says MTP is connected - then it switcheds to a strange lock-screen I have never sen before. It's really strange. I flashed a nandroid backup from a few months back and still the problem is there. I'd flash back to stock and send it in - but I can't connect to Odin via USB because of the problem. Is there anyway to convert a Stock rom to a CWM flashable file?
I'm desperate to get this sorted.
Experiencing the same. Has anyone a proven solution for this?
My phone, sorted itself out - should I say my wife sorted it out - by mistake. What I think she done was hold down the home button, and then pressed the power off button together and held them untill the phone switched off. When my phone came back on again - she had somehow removed the -Exclamation Triangle of the kernel counter and removed the problems from this post - that I'd been experiencing for abouyt 5 months prior.
Go figure - I now have a SGS2 that works beautifully again and has also had any kernel counter and Custom Rom flashing notifications removed altogether. I wish I knew why this worked, as I'm sure their are many who would like to remove the Triangle without a jig.
The other option that seeemd to work for other people was to clean the MicroUSB port of the device with a dry, clean toothbrush - though this did nothing for my problem. Good luck -I know how frustrating it is.
Help Please
Guys, I am Facing the EXACT same problem.
1.Driving mode on/off automatically
2.Showing a lockscreen which shouldn't have existed on this planet.
3.Hanging up unconditionally. Have to restart phone.
4.Sudden "mtp connections" and because of that "Media Scanner"
I own a Galaxy note just 1 month old! I was so angry that i wanted to sell this. But i couldn't adapt to any other smaller screens so, guess ill try fixing this.
1.It definitely is something related to usb port (Since i cannot charge my phone, i use an external charger)
2.Took my beloved to a samsung service centre, they said phone is waterlogged and showed me the motherboard, saying"IC MIGHT be damaged"
3.Cost for repair - $200
4.Cannot afford that. I am guessing they were bluffing cause i saw the shiniest motherboard ever
5.Please fix this, or ill be stuck with a Nokia 500 !!
6.I can, however afford changing the usb connector, anyone successful with that?
Edit: Did my homework and found out that its definitely a usb port problem. Solution:Clean the usb port. Ill try try it and get back to you ppl. Oh and about 20% of the world's population is facing the same problem.
Edit(2): SOLVED!!!
1. Turn Off phone
2. Remove battery.
3.Take a Brush with hard bristles(Toothbrush/Artist's Brush)
4.Take a pin.
5.Take your own sweet 15mins to perfectly clean the micro usb port using the brush. Nicely and Tidily, give all possible strokes to flawlessly remove any dirt in there.
4.Then take your pin(Be careful here) and gently insert it into the gap between that small metallic micro slab and the bottom part of the usb Connector and gently move it up, VERY GENTLY!!!
5.Clean the battery's charging plates using a cloth, i used my own T-Shirt.
6.Put battery in and REBOOT.
7.Clean the charging pin of the charger using the safety pin/Brush or both.
I have it on for 15mins and no problems. Removed and put the charger again and again, still no problem. After waiting for 1 week, i am able to charge it using its charger! Now lets see whether it lasts......:-/
Edit(3): So, my phone acted up again last night, with driving mode and car dock. I used the pin solution, No problem till now. its Peacefully charging. Bah! it really is annoying
Edit(4): Now, its been 24 hours since my last solution, and phone hasnt acted strange. I guess after another 12 hours ill rule out the permanent solution. Which i used.
same here
Well.. I'm having similar issue. Battery drain and random driving mode/voice search sometimes. It all started after last OTA update and rooting without changing a ROM to custom. I've clean out USB port and no result. Maybe it's time to scan system with AV or unroot device...
eihwazz said:
Well.. I'm having similar issue. Battery drain and random driving mode/voice search sometimes. It all started after last OTA update and rooting without changing a ROM to custom. I've clean out USB port and no result. Maybe it's time to scan system with AV or unroot device...
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The problem is the stock firmware
Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk 2
Phalanx7621 said:
The problem is the stock firmware
Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk 2
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I've loaded CM9 on my international Galaxy Note and the car mode still pops up randomly all of the time.
ckeswar critics,
davearose said:
I've loaded CM9 on my international Galaxy Note and the car mode still pops up randomly all of the time.
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I had the same issues 2 weeks after i bought my galaxy s2. Took it to Samsung customer care and they replaced the micro usb port. Haven't had a single issue since.
PS: Try to dry out the port and the phone if it is a water logging issue. I used a hair drier to do that. Luckily the tab that indicates water damage hadn't changed colour.
Had same issue with my Samsung Galaxy Note - randomly going in and out of driving mode, used a dry, soft toothbrush to clean out the USB Charging port, so far so good.
Make sure to flick the bristles of the toothbrush back and forth with your thumb first as you might see a lot of dust fly off of it.
Don't use anything hard like a pin or needle as you might scratch the contacts.
archer2009 said:
Had same issue with my Samsung Galaxy Note - randomly going in and out of driving mode, used a dry, soft toothbrush to clean out the USB Charging port, so far so good.
Make sure to flick the bristles of the toothbrush back and forth with your thumb first as you might see a lot of dust fly off of it.
Don't use anything hard like a pin or needle as you might scratch the contacts.
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Same here with my gs2... Resolved the issue using some contact spray on my micro USB port.
camiloorozco said:
I got my sgs2 about a month ago and its been like a dream, battery lasts for a long time phone runs ultra smoothly no glitches and nothing weird has been happening, but these last few days its just been really weird.
1) it started randomly going into driving mode, i dont even know how to activate it or what it does, but i think its draining my battery
2)When i was watching a tv show on my phone it thought that there was an hdmi cable connected and wouldnt let me hear anything through my headphones. i exited it several times but it still though there was a cable connected. Then i went straight home and quit it from the task manager and it worked with the headphines but that might have been a coincidence.
3)When i connect the charger it takes a while to realize that its charging and sometimes stops charging and says that the battery is too hot or too cold but when i feel the phone it feels completely normal.
4)When i connect the usb cable, other than taking a while to realize that its connected to a charger it doesnt realize that its a usb so i cant transfer files with my computer which i do often
5)I pressed home before and it took me to some sort of clock which i imagine is for a dock but i have no such thing
6) Even after using the phone for a while and using several apps the android os has used 59% of my battery, when usually its the display that uses about 30 or 40%
none of these things had happened before and now they randomly started all at once, i havent downloaded any shady apps so i doubt its malware
any ideas?
thanks
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It's just a software problem, the reasons might be:-
1) you might have opened and closed some huge apps randomly and very rudely..
2) You are low on space on the internal MMC Card
3) Your phone might be performing the restarting apps re scheduler
Solutions:-
1)Factory Data reset will not help as the cache section might be corrupt.. neither the android 3e will help...
2) a)Use odin and download the Latest firmware package from Sammobile's Website.
b) for tutorial on flashing, go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2488942.
c) Do not touch the phone after processes and restart was observed...
d) Again get into download mode and re flash the same Firmware again...
e) Restart the phone holding the HOME key, (it won't do anything by itself)
f) it will surely fix your Phone
3) Message me if any problem persists...
avaneesh3 said:
1. Turn Off phone
2. Remove battery.
3.Take a Brush with hard bristles(Toothbrush/Artist's Brush)
4.Take a pin.
5.Take your own sweet 15mins to perfectly clean the micro usb port using the brush. Nicely and Tidily, give all possible strokes to flawlessly remove any dirt in there.
4.Then take your pin(Be careful here) and gently insert it into the gap between that small metallic micro slab and the bottom part of the usb Connector and gently move it up, VERY GENTLY!!!
5.Clean the battery's charging plates using a cloth, i used my own T-Shirt.
6.Put battery in and REBOOT.
7.Clean the charging pin of the charger using the safety pin/Brush or both.
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I registered on this forum just to say that this is a great solution. It looks like my phone is saved now
Hope it will not happen again.
So my issue is that my phone believes that the battery is out of power. Weather the phone is on or off it charges just fine when connecting the charger, it just doesn't show any indication. When it's on it reacts by activating the display when connecting the cord.
I found a workaround to boot up the phone though, but I'd like to be able to know what's left of the battery anyhow!
To boot up my device I have to disconnect the battery and connect the charger. That way I'm able to boot up download mode. Once I'm there I reconnect the battery and choose start. The phone boots just fine and I don't experience any issues at all.
It all happened when I switched out my cracked display for a new.
I even tried replacing the battery, as well as the flex cable connecting the USB port to the motherboard.
The only thing I could imagine be wrong would be some hardware sensor failing, but then again I don't see how that could have happened.
Is that sensor on the motherboard?
A thing I haven't yet tried is a factory reset. Would that have any impact?
No ideas, huh?
pingaan said:
No ideas, huh?
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You can try a factory reset but I don't know if it makes any difference since it sounds like an hardware problem.
Sorry :\
It's a hardware problem... Head to the service centre & let them know how it happened. They'll diagnose your problem.
Hello I have this problem: the tablet is completely discharged and when the attack power appears to me the image of the battery but turns off almost immediately and then reappears the same image, and so all the time that the cable is connected, no reloading in fact the tablet. The tablet power on hand, makes me see the samsung screen but being drain properly turned off, even with an attached power cord.
If I understand your post correctly and assuming that you have tried various cables and chargers already, my first thought is that the battery connection internally needs to be checked.
Then there would be follow up things to check like the charging connection and the battery itself. There's a thread about screen flickering that describes issues with the battery connection inside the tablet. What is your situation with regards to warranty and your interest (and technical skills) in order to repair the unit yourself vs having someone else like a repair center do it?
muzzy996 said:
If I understand your post correctly and assuming that you have tried various cables and chargers already, my first thought is that the battery connection internally needs to be checked.
Then there would be follow up things to check like the charging connection and the battery itself. There's a thread about screen flickering that describes issues with the battery connection inside the tablet. What is your situation with regards to warranty and your interest (and technical skills) in order to repair the unit yourself vs having someone else like a repair center do it?
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I opened it and removed the battery connector. But the problem persists. You say that I have to bring it to service?
Yes flickering the image of battery, but non recharge the tablet.
yes is the socket connector of battery. i re-soldering it and now all ok. Thanks
I just changed my battery and after I did that I saw rainbow colored vertical lines when booting up when I tried to change to the old battery the issue persisted, then I charged my phone because I thought maybe because its a new battery it needs that or something and then my phone actually booted up but I saw only a black screen (i knew it booted up because i seen the charging light powered on) it stays black even if i boot to recovery or bootloader, what to do?
Sounds like a hardware problem. Did you check for any loose or broken connections?
It's the ribbon cable for the screen, mic, usb port etc. that goes right over the battery OR the connector of that cable.
Try to replug, or heaten the connector on the mainboard while the cable is NOT plugged in with a heatgun (but ONLY the connector or something will break)
I fixed a mainboard with heaten the connector so it resoldered itself
YayJohn said:
I just changed my battery and after I did that I saw rainbow colored vertical lines when booting up when I tried to change to the old battery the issue persisted, then I charged my phone because I thought maybe because its a new battery it needs that or something and then my phone actually booted up but I saw only a black screen (i knew it booted up because i seen the charging light powered on) it stays black even if i boot to recovery or bootloader, what to do?
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I have the same issue, too. Problem occurs because of the flex cable which connects almost everything in the phone and it is sold approximately $5 or $6 at eBay or AliExpress. I ordered one in my country and replaced it. Problem solved but when the phone is fully charged, I try to use Instagram or Twitter etc. (which causes to run the phone at high frequences) and phone freezes, reboots itself. I do not know what to do for proper fix.
burakkazel said:
I have the same issue, too. Problem occurs because of the flex cable which connects almost everything in the phone and it is sold approximately $5 or $6 at eBay or AliExpress. I ordered one in my country and replaced it. Problem solved but when the phone is fully charged, I try to use Instagram or Twitter etc. (which causes to run the phone at high frequences) and phone freezes, reboots itself. I do not know what to do for proper fix.
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that should not having to do anything with that flex cable, maybe you backup andy try another rom @Stock and see if the error still occurs?
234herobrine432 said:
that should not having to do anything with that flex cable, maybe you backup andy try another rom @Stock and see if the error still occurs?
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I've been using this phone since 2014 and from 4.4.4 KitKat to 6.0.1 Marshmallow (and almost all custom roms from 4.4 to 8.1.0). When this problem occured, firstly I tried another rom including the stock roms. Nevertheless, it was not about firmware. Also I tried old flex cable and for 2 weeks it worked again. By the way, screen flickering appeared again and now I replaced the new one and trying to manage this situation
Five days ago, when transferring data from my phone to my laptop I suddenly received a moisture detection warning, in absolutely dry conditions. The phone was getting a bit warm, but everything else was normal. The warning does not disappear. I tried clearing the USB port, restarting in safe mode and a factory reset. Charging wirelessly works fine, but I cannot charge or transfer files. Any ideas? Or simply contact Samsung's sevice centre?
If it's stock and unfiddled, I would contact service.
Update: I took the phone to Samsung service and the motherboard (with the usb port) was replaced under warranty.
M1chiel said:
Update: I took the phone to Samsung service and the motherboard (with the usb port) was replaced under warranty.
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Amazingly, my S10e has now started to do this. Only since the latest update. Had it plugged into a powerbank and charging and all of a sudden it threw a notification. Once it started it kept doing it till I unplugged.
RobboW said:
Amazingly, my S10e has now started to do this. Only since the latest update. Had it plugged into a powerbank and charging and all of a sudden it threw a notification. Once it started it kept doing it till I unplugged.
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At the service center they told me that the connectors may have been bent, causing a kind of short circuit.
I charged it on a wall plug which didn't cause the issue, same cable too. Maybe something with the powerbank current delivery. I call a software bug to do with the charging data at this point but just stuck it on charge again. See what happens. It's on the wall plug. If it doesn't trip the moisture warning I'll charge next time on the powerbank again.
Edit:
It charged via wall plug to full without throwing the error.
I also suddenly had a huge change in battery life and got notifications for power use and app crashes so I think the last recent update altered settings or introduced a problem.
I've uninstalled anything I don't really need in the phone and uninstalled Lawnchair Launcher, gone back to stock One UI launcher. See how it fares. Will look at app and power settings again soon too.
If it continues I'll back up and reset it.