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Phone issues when charging with charger bought off ebay

I bought a charger from eforcity (respectable seller) for my HTC Hero. It works fine simply as a charger, but if I try to use the phone while it's charging it acts very odd, with home screens not moving properly, applications responding slowly or incorrectly, keypresses taking a while to register but in a different order than entered, etc., etc. I can only guess the charger is either giving too much juice or something and it's messing the phone up. When I unplug the phone, it almost instantly starts working normally, although on one or two occasions I had to reboot for it to work.
Also, I'm using Fresh 1.1 with the Gumbo kernel, not sure if this has anything to do with it.

I had a similar issue with a cheapo charger causing touchscreen problems on a G1. I'm guessing there's a bit of a high voltage leak, or a high frequency AC current coming through. That could change the voltage in the touchscreen grid, throwing off how it detects presses. I'd stop using that charger, it could fry sensitive components in your phone, or even give you a nasty shock.

stock hero charger is as follows:
input: 100-240v~0.2A 50-60Hz
output:5V ~.~ 1A
efficiency level IV
if yours is different than this, discontinue use

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just go to sprint and they will give you a new charger

what if you have a generic walmart brand car usb adapter but still use the htc cord...any problems with that ???

i used to have a prolem with an old moto razr charger on my hero, it would also slow down my phone. turns out the charger would show up as usb and not charger and that it wouldn't let my phone work correctly, i change to a blackberry charger and now no issues, also my good ole usb works fine, moto charger was just a little weird.
i think if the walmart car chager uses standard volts and ma then it should be fine

yea iits just a cigarette lighter adapter..i figured it would be cheaper than buying a whole new car charger....BTW i have like a million BB chargers...they work decent with android even though the shape is a little different...ive never tried just cause when i got my hero the dude was swearing up and down that they were different

EVO Charging issues

Please dont shoot me, I dont really know a lot about phones and didn't know where else to go. I dint have much luck on my specific issue when I googled it.
Anyway last Thursday I noticed that my EVO was not charging in my truck. My charger is one of those Igo chargers with the changeable tips. Then I get to work where I have the USB cord plugged into the wall socket adapter and noticed that it was not charging my phone. So I pulled the cord from the adapter and plugged the USB end into the computer....nothing.
I went home and plugged my phone into my wife's charger for her Epic and it charges just fine. I plugged her phone in my truck charger and it charged just fine. One of my coworkers also has an EVO so I plugged his EVO into my charger at work and it works from the socket and from the computer....
Took the phone to the Sprint store thinking its a bad charging port or something, well they wont work on my phone since it has Cyanogen on it. But they did plug it up to there charger and it charged just fine.
What should I do? I want to go back to a stock ROM and take it back to Sprint but since the USB port is not working for me I dont know how. For some reason when I go into restore and try to flash back there are no files!! I dont know what to do. I noticed that ROM Manager has a "Stock and Radios" section...but is this were I need to be? Any help would be GREAT!

When you plug it in to one of the charges that works, do you see the battery icon change to the one with the lightning bolt superimposed?

Yes. When I plug it into my wifes charger for her Epic 4G it charges normally also when Sprint did it, it also had the orange solid light on with the lightning in teh battery icon.

I've been having problems with all the adapters. The only way I can get a consistent charge is to plug the phone in with the cable instead of the docks I normally use. This morning I was using my phone plugged in and the cable touched the screen of my iPad and was registering as a touch. I think perhaps some of the shielding is bad on the cable. I'm going to try getting a new cable, maybe you should too!

I had the same issue, it was the usb cable. I was using a black berry wall charger and think the plug is slightly bigger and stretched the port. Used the HTC cable and it failed. Paid a dollar on amazon to buy a black berry usb and now works with out issue. If you push up or down gently on the cable, does it work?

No, moving the cable does nothing. I will say there is nothing wrong with the chargers because my wifes phone charges on my car charger but mine does not. My buddies phone charges on my work charger but mine does not. He also brought me his charger, again his charges mine does not.
My wife has the Epic 4G
My buddy has the EVO 4G
I have the EVO 4G
My phone will however charge on my wife's charger and when I took it to the Sprint store it charged fine on there charger.

Wow I am having a very similar issue (and there's a thread on it).
I thought it was the kernel I flashed but now I'm not so sure. My data cable works but no other charger I've tried works.
Maybe EVOs only last a year? lol It seems like several people are having very similar problems all of a sudden.

I had the same problem. I bought a gold tipped cable from radio shack. Haven't had the problem since.

I just think its so strange that my EVO stopped charging on two different chargers in the same day.

Same thing happend to my phone couple days ago. it sucks!

Wont charge need parts?

OK so seems my s4 wont charge ..Will sometimes but not always and as of late with it powered off and plugged in it just vibrates every few sec with nothing on the screen..
Best place to get the board and does it have to be for the att version or is the international the same?

Hey buddy... Had this exact problem 3 days ago.
Buy a new micro usb cable before replacing parts. I had 2 home and 1 car charger. Oddly it seemed they all stopped working. I was sure it was my board or phones usb port... NOPE!!!! I decided to pick up a high quality usb cable and now charges like new.
Hope this solves your issue. If not, I hope you are able to resolve your issue..

iamthealienus said:
Hey buddy... Had this exact problem 3 days ago.
Buy a new micro usb cable before replacing parts. I had 2 home and 1 car charger. Oddly it seemed they all stopped working. I was sure it was my board or phones usb port... NOPE!!!! I decided to pick up a high quality usb cable and now charges like new.
Hope this solves your issue. If not, I hope you are able to resolve your issue..
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Tried on several cables.. No go.. This more I started to remove some parts to get idea of swap and make sure its not dirty.
Now without the speaker and mic peice installed its charging while powered on. But if powered off it just vibrates every 3 sec.
I don't mind buying the parts as they are cheap but would like to buy from USA or a place that is known as there seems so many options..
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Interesting, I'm having a similar problem but mine only charges when the phone is off. I ordered this part, it comes with tools and has good reviews. It's supposed to arrive this week so we'll see how it goes.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HA3HW1A/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Good luck.

You might want to go with someone else for your part. I just received mine from Amazon Seller: Cellular ER, installed it and now I'm getting error "charging paused. battery temperature too low" and my Home button is not working. I verified the part is correct and made sure I installed it correctly. It appears to be defective. We'll see how responsive the seller is to my return request.

New problem

As you know, I got the note 3 and I love the phone. In the process of getting her back to un rooted stock and taking the update to 4.4.2, I noticed my battery was charging extremely slow. Or so I thought. I know there are a few different variants of the note 3 out so there are small differences in them. My particular note, the N900V, has the USB 3.0 charging port in it. Well I don't have a USB 3.0 charging cable but was told a regular cable will work also.
But with the regular cable plugged in I get a message on the phone that says "Charging will be faster with the original cable". O.k, I can see that. But here's the problem. The phone isn't charging at all and when the power is off the phone vibrates in pulses and I get strange screen flickers but no charging. Is this because you NEED the 3.0 charger for this phone or does it sound like the charging port is going bad? Or possibly the battery going bad?
Either way, they are simple fixes. I have changed the charging ports in the Note 1 and this phone isn't much different so fairly an easy task. Just wanna know what you guys think may be the problem here. So you guys know, it does charge on the computer, slowly, but it does charge. It however does NOT charge with the wall charger as explained above. The wall chargers I have are made for LG phones and are higher powered charges because LG's are power hogs so I figured they would also work great for the note 3.

cougar214 said:
As you know, I got the note 3 and I love the phone. In the process of getting her back to un rooted stock and taking the update to 4.4.2, I noticed my battery was charging extremely slow. Or so I thought. I know there are a few different variants of the note 3 out so there are small differences in them. My particular note, the N900V, has the USB 3.0 charging port in it. Well I don't have a USB 3.0 charging cable but was told a regular cable will work also.
But with the regular cable plugged in I get a message on the phone that says "Charging will be faster with the original cable". O.k, I can see that. But here's the problem. The phone isn't charging at all and when the power is off the phone vibrates in pulses and I get strange screen flickers but no charging. Is this because you NEED the 3.0 charger for this phone or does it sound like the charging port is going bad? Or possibly the battery going bad?
Either way, they are simple fixes. I have changed the charging ports in the Note 1 and this phone isn't much different so fairly an easy task. Just wanna know what you guys think may be the problem here. So you guys know, it does charge on the computer, slowly, but it does charge. It however does NOT charge with the wall charger as explained above. The wall chargers I have are made for LG phones and are higher powered charges because LG's are power hogs so I figured they would also work great for the note 3.
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Not all cables are created equal. My wife's s4 cable went out and I had one extra laying around and when she charged her phone she got the same message. I got lucky and found a cable on public transportation and we tried it and the message went away and her s4 charges like normal. I still use my s3 cable for my Note and it works just fine. Try a different cable and see what you get.

I tried a different cable but got the same result. So I looked around my house for another charger, I got a few, and what do ya know, a different charger worked and the phone is charging just fine now with the power on or off. I guess that charger was either faulty or the note just didn't like that one.....lol. But it's good to know before I went and spent money on a charging ribbon I didn't need. Thanks Gamer.

cougar214 said:
I tried a different cable but got the same result. So I looked around my house for another charger, I got a few, and what do ya know, a different charger worked and the phone is charging just fine now with the power on or off. I guess that charger was either faulty or the note just didn't like that one.....lol. But it's good to know before I went and spent money on a charging ribbon I didn't need. Thanks Gamer.
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Good, that's what's up...:victory:

Another issue I have come across is my sms and mms. I know allot of people are saying they have had or are having issue with them. My issue is sms is working and mms is working but when I receive a pic it comes in a second, separate text that reads "voicemail, (their name)". My ST voicemail number no longer works either. My notification for VM comes in Verizons number, with is *86 I believe, but that doesn't work either. I have to dial my number to get my VM.
I know these issues are most likely due to it being a Verizon phone trying to use ST AT&T sim and service. It's a PITA but hopefully you guys will know of ways to get these issues worked out.

nexus 6p can only charge on one direction of USB-C

Recently, my phone lost the main feature of USB-C charging. It can charge as normal ONLY on one direction. When i flip the USB-C connector to another direction, no charging. Anyone had this issue? I seemed to have this problem after updating to 7.1.2.
Note: i am using huawei stock charger and cable. Has been fine for a year.

Can you roll back to a previous release and see if it fixes it? If so that would at least rule out damaged pins inside the phones port or the cable itself. Same way if it doesn't fix it, you can narrow it down to a hardware issue. Then try another charger to see if it's the phone or the cable. Hope you get it sorted!

angle409 said:
Recently, my phone lost the main feature of USB-C charging. It can charge as normal ONLY on one direction. When i flip the USB-C connector to another direction, no charging. Anyone had this issue? I seemed to have this problem after updating to 7.1.2.
Note: i am using huawei stock charger and cable. Has been fine for a year.
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Last week my stock c to c charger stopped working. I had to use my Choetech A to c and it worked fine. I ordered a new one from amazon which arrived and is working.
After reading your post I tried my old charger, turned it around (like u said) and it worked. Then i turned it around again and it still worked. So cool! I have an extra charger!
Not so fast. I just went to check my phone and once again its stopped charging. Switching it around does nothing.
Could be as simple as a short in the cable but in my experience, if that's the case, you can usually get it to work by shaking, manipulating the wire.
Could all be coincidence and it was just time for a new charger but your post and my issue made me consider there's something else going on. Like you this happened shortly after updating to 7.1.2

Did either of you try compressed air to blow the cable end and phone connecter?

I tested another usb c to usb a cable. And it worked fine on both directions. So i think it's the stock cable or charger that is malfunctioning. I guess i have to buy new cable.

angle409 said:
Recently, my phone lost the main feature of USB-C charging. It can charge as normal ONLY on one direction. When i flip the USB-C connector to another direction, no charging. Anyone had this issue? I seemed to have this problem after updating to 7.1.2.
Note: i am using huawei stock charger and cable. Has been fine for a year.
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Very strange issue haven't heard of this before?

I have this same issue. I tried to buy a replacement board/port on ebay, but the piece I got was dead on arrival. The replacement wouldnt charge nor would the mic work so I put the old one back in. I have a few cables that are fine either way, and some that are only one way. annoying.

nowell29 said:
I have this same issue. I tried to buy a replacement board/port on ebay, but the piece I got was dead on arrival. The replacement wouldnt charge nor would the mic work so I put the old one back in. I have a few cables that are fine either way, and some that are only one way. annoying.
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So are you suggesting this is a phone issue or cable issue?

Let's call the situation a very expensive troubleshooting. I had bought higher end cables too going that was all it was, but that didn't help. I bought my 6p used, so i concluded that it was a bad Port from all is previous use and pocket lint. When i get good replacement I'll let you know if it helps. But that'll be a couple weeks i bet.

Had same issue. I ended up doing an insurance claim. Tried new cables and chargers no luck. It would only charge one way and would never fast charge

I have had the same issue, turns out it was the daughterboard that was faulty. Been trying to get hold of a replacement card but no luck so far..

this was a simple fix. ebay for roughly $12 and it is a very simple fix. one screw, two cables, presto fixo.
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