I dont understand what could have happened. I have had my phone for months, but today it stopped charging when its plugged into my PC. It charges when its plugged into an ac outlet. Also when I plug it into the PC, my pc sees it, I can copy files to and from, but no charging.
Help Please.
Mike
mikebbass said:
I dont understand what could have happened. I have had my phone for months, but today it stopped charging when its plugged into my PC. It charges when its plugged into an ac outlet. Also when I plug it into the PC, my pc sees it, I can copy files to and from, but no charging.
Help Please.
Mike
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Never mind. I am a tool. I found the issue under batter options.
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Totally stock (but i don't think it matters).
Plug the phone in, orange LED comes on.
Hold it or place in on the counter five seconds later, LED is off.
Had the phone since 6/4.
Anyone else having issues?
Are you using the AC charger ? I have two Evos and one of the chargers does what you are describing. The orange LED comes on and then goes off after a while and the phone stops charging. Does it on both phones, the other charger works fine with both usb cables.
Are you using the USB charger with a computer or laptop or plugging straight into the wall with an AC charger?
This does make a difference because if you are charging with a USB + laptop combination you could be suffering from the computer going to sleep and disabling the USB ports power to conserve laptop battery life. If you are having the issue when plugging into the wall, try plugging into a computer and selecting the "Charge Only" option when your USB debug comes up. Once it does this, allow it to charge for a period of time and then turn the phone off, switch to AC power plug and see what happens.
Perhaps you had some kind of over voltage spike on the charger through the AC plug. I could see it possibly tripping something in the phone to stop taking charge to protect the handset.
Also make sure if you do use a laptop, use a USB 2.0 or better port. More power and faster connection. Gotta love it.
Your charger may not be sourcing enough current anymore (for whatever reason). I have seen the exact same behavior with USB car chargers that were only sourcing 100-150mA.
Have you tried plugging the USB cable into a modern desktop PC? (Some laptops have reduced current ports, so a desktop is a safer bet)
Its definitely a current issue. I tried to charge my phone using my bluetooth headset's wall charger, but I got the behavior you are describing. The bluetooth headset's charger just doesnt put out enough current.
Are you using the charger that came with the phone? if so, you may want to exchange the charger...
im having the same problem when i connect it to my desktop, it sees it for about 2 secs n then disappears. My computer at work has no problem seeing the phone. i wonder if i need a driver or something for my usb ports, anyone have any ideas??
tarheelsmj12001 said:
im having the same problem when i connect it to my desktop, it sees it for about 2 secs n then disappears. My computer at work has no problem seeing the phone. i wonder if i need a driver or something for my usb ports, anyone have any ideas??
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Probably not a driver issue, but that that rail from the power supply is either undervolted (say 4.6V instead of 5V), or can't provide enough current (amperage) or both. If I recall correctly, the Evo needs 5V @ 1A (+/- 3% tolerance).
Phone not charging
my phone has been charging fine since I got it... even been using the night desk clock app while sleeping at night for the alarm with it plugged in... everything was good...
With my phone about to die today, I plug it in to the wall charger, the led/batter indicator shows that it is charging... then POW.. it says I have a low battery and it needs to be plugged in... WTH??? it is plugged in!
The only thing I did today was flash the new boot.img for the cap fix over in Toast's thread...
Weird thing now is that I took my hero battery and put it in my EVO, plugged it into wall charger, and it stays charging... So, I put my EVO battery in my hero, plugged it in, and whola... it's now charging...
Please help as I am baffled.
MILH0U5E said:
The only thing I did today was flash the new boot.img for the cap fix over in Toast's thread...
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that's your problem right there. that custom kernel is known to have charging issues.
I'm having the same issue with my car charger consistently. Plus my AC charger less consistently. For example, I'll go to bed and plug it in, the next morning I wake up and see the phone is at 80% charge and isn't charging. At some point over night, it gave up. This is with the stock charger too.
So, i've tried charging my phone via computer twice now and every morning i do, i wake up with an all but dead device. While it says it's charging, it doesn't seem to do anything more than simply keep the device at minimal operational levels of energy. Anyone else experiencing this???
older computers and charging through a hub will cause this.
with my focus, it takes about 3 hours to charge fully using the computer or about 2 hour to charge using the included charger.
This happened to me last night
I have now had my phone 6 days. Each night, I have charged it by plugging into my computers USB port, so that I can sync that days podcasts. On each night, it has fully charged by the time I wake up in the morning.
This morning, I unplug the phone from the USB cable, and I notice that I only have one bar on the battery meter. I checked the USB cable where it plugs into the computer, and it appeared OK. I unplugged the USB cable from the computer, attached it to the wall plug adapter, and plugged it into the wall outlet. After about an hour, it looks like it has charged a bar or so.
So, maybe I just didn't insert the plug very well. Maybe. Crap.
Most PCs turn off the USB port during sleep. If that happens, your phone battery will be drained by the PC instead of charging.
Newer laptops now carry USB ports that will not turn off during sleep or off for the purpose of charging.
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So, maybe I just didn't insert the plug very well. Maybe. Crap.
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Perhaps, or it is not your fault and simply a bad cable.
Anyone else notice that it won't charge from a computer? (well monitor) With my Aria i ran a USB cable from my monitor at work to the phone. the monitor wasn't connected (USB) to the computer, and it would just work as a charger. Doesn't seem to work with the atrix. anyone else able to confirm?
more info. does in fact charge when connected to a computer. but due to security reasons the company does not want phones connected to the companies. That is why i was using the monitor. Going to have to look into why it doesn't work this way for this phone. or just buy a longer cable and use the wall plug.
Mines actually not charging when connected to my laptop, wall is fine. The phone recognizes that it has a usb connected, but it doesn't charge and battery state still reads as discharging.
Also wondering if this is an issue for anyone else
Mine charged extremely slow from my PC and my laptop, the wall charger does it much faster.
USB ports on a computer don't usually provide enough voltage to charge a phone as fast as they normally do when plugged into the wall. My motherboard actually has a piece of software that supposedly enables phones to charge faster when connected to a USB port, but i have yet to try such a feature.
I've had my Atrix plugged into my computer for roughly 3 hours now, and so far it's gone from 30% to 60%.
I wouldn't be the least bit concerned if it was charging slowly, it was actually lower after unplugging than it was when I plugged in, and no charge symbols appeared. But if I plugged it in the computer saw it and soon as I unplugged the message popped up saying low battery please reconnect charger, and when reconnected it went away.
But there was no charge symbol and under battery status it said discharging.
Now I just unplugged from wall charger (worked fine first time) and plugged back into laptop, its charging fine so hopefully it was a one time thing.
Ah, so thata what it is; I have had mine on here for a while now and im still at 60.
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Rooted Atrix
When i first plugged mine into my desktop computer, it wouldn't charge at all. I then installed that motosoftware that came with the phone and after it finished the phone started to charge, but very very slowly.
Every computer ive tried works fine.
But when i plug it into a wall charger(not one that came with atrix) it starts freaking out lol. "unplug to save energy!!" flash on & off 3/second...atrix charger works fine tho...lame
You need the driver off the motorola site to charge the phone from your computer.
Yea, computers work, monitors don't. I'm guessing that the USB hubs in monitors don't have enough juice, even though they did for my Aria.
I have recently purchased a Nexus 7 in order to do an in-car install.
When I am using the device and plug the charger in, everything is fine. However when I leave it for a while and the screen goes off, then I plug the charger in, nothing happens. I can then unlock the device, use it while it is plugged in and it is not charging.
I've tried doing it while it is plugged into my computer, it recognises it as a device and I can access it on my computer, yet it still doesn't charge. Again, when the screen is active and I plug the charger in, it works fine.
Any ideas as to why this is occurring?
Thanks
Hi guys,
my J7 behaves weird when I plug it to charge.It charges and then suddenly it freaks out it repeatedly flashes charging-not charging like the charger connects and the dissconects immediately.When I plug it in PC ,it won't recognize it,and shows message The last USB connected malfunctioned.
Don't know what to do,please help.
Tnx in advance
hucha said:
Hi guys,
my J7 behaves weird when I plug it to charge.It charges and then suddenly it freaks out it repeatedly flashes charging-not charging like the charger connects and the dissconects immediately.When I plug it in PC ,it won't recognize it,and shows message The last USB connected malfunctioned.
Don't know what to do,please help.
Tnx in advance
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If PC not recognize your phone, install Samsung Device Driver for PC, plug to PC again and PC will get correct Samsung phone
charger connects and the dissconects immediately : You shoukd check the charging socket and charger cord, if there is no problem with the accessories then I can say that the charger plug in your phone is the problem, you should replace or repair it.