I recently picked one of these up for $4 and it works great..
very simple..and seems to charge fast.
figured I'd pass it along
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Have to pull battery out?
Fail
its for a spare battery ya knuckle head..
you can just plug the phone into a usb cable if you want to charge the phone...that goes without saying...
lol..
Lord60 said:
Have to pull battery out?
Fail
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I was waiting for someone on here to pick one up before I pulled the trigger even if its under $5. Dont like letting gadgets go to waste.
Portable universal battery charger
Check out this portable universal charger on the realreviewsdotin site
Im sorry if this had been posted before i didnt really find it. could have been asking the wrong questions and in advance thank you for pointing me in any direction or any help. okay to the issue, i bought some cheap china batts on ebay just to keep charged in my pocket for boarding (music, video, pandora rip throuh batts) or just for whenever. i norm just use the oem samsung battery but when switching it the other day i must had missed my pocket and dropped my oem off the lift or something. when i use these other non oem batts the phone says cannot connect to battery. i cant not charge it (not a problem because have like a just batt charger so i swap back and forth) or my comp wont see it cuz of the usb wont connect. how do i fix this besides buying a new oem batt? (hurttin on cash between xmas and moving into my first place) for 30 bucks i can just deal for now. and fixes at all?
From what I've heard, the phone will not recognize a non-OEM battery so you will just have to continue using the separate battery charger for now. Just keep them all charged I guess until you can save up for an OEM battery.
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I use the Seidio battery and it works fine.
how much and where can i find one?
I can confirm your issue. I purchased 4 batteries with 2 wall chargers in October for $20 shipped and my facinate will not reconize them. Besides having to charge them in the wall charger they work great. Hate to say this but you will need to buy either a wall charger to charge them or an OEM battery...
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yeah i bought the same thing u did 2 batt and 1 charger X2 so im good on the charging just no data transfer to my sd card.....or charging while im in bed. oh well thought id ask thanks for your help
hi guys
my friend got a used galaxy s and he found that the charging is very slow either by usb or with the adapter!!
it chargs 1%+ just for half an hour
but when he removed the battery and plug it on other external adapter it get charged very fast!
i knoow it is strange problem!!
any idea can help??
thankx
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*he but a stock firmware>
-he got a new battery an d still sam problem!!and also he renew his adapter but still same!!
Sounds the faulty hardware - ask samsung?
And, you posted this in the wring section newb.
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Almost certainly bad hardware. My first i9000 had a problem with charging, so they just swapped it for another.
Take it in and try another.
i am not really into it and it could be absolutely nonsense xD sry if so
could it be that your charger is only for ~220-240V and you are trying to charge it in a country with ~110V
PhilAd said:
i am not really into it and it could be absolutely nonsense xD sry if so
could it be that your charger is only for ~220-240V and you are trying to charge it in a country with ~110V
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no way
if it is 220V or 110v
i have usb way to charge it>>no diffrents!
I have a plugin charger & a USB charger. When I plug my USB charger, it charges quite fast. But with the wall charger, there seems to be a problem. I discovered that my daughter had tried to push it in the wrong way & has bent the pins way too little. Now, when I have to use the wall charger, I need to shift the phone a few times for it to connect. Is it possible to bend the pins INSIDE your phone socket? Is that why it isn't connecting properly?
always the phone is showing charging so no way for desconnectiing the charger or the pin inside
Don't know if this is your problem but the charger that came with my phone was very slow, it would take about 6 hours to do a full charge. I bought one off the internet designed for a blackberry and it charges my phone in 2 hours now.
Hello guys
My galaxy S4 is not charging :crying:, I checked the charger and it worked on another phone, So I think the wrong is in the phone.
Oh, and sometimes it charges but after 10 or 15 minutes charging it starts to connect and disconnect continuously from the charger.
What is the solution?
Edit: The wall charger.
7mada said:
Hello guys
My galaxy S4 is not charging :crying:, I checked the charger and it worked on another phone, So I think the wrong is in the phone.
Oh, and sometimes it charges but after 10 or 15 minutes charging it starts to connect and disconnect continuously from the charger.
What is the solution?
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Car charger or wall charger? I noticed my car charger does not plug into the phone as snug as the wall charger & have similar issues you described. However, wall charger works flawlessly.
John The Rhino said:
Car charger or wall charger? I noticed my car charger does not plug into the phone as snug as the wall charger & have similar issues you described. However, wall charger works flawlessly.
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wall charger
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wall charger
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Perhaps go to At&t store & see if you have the same problem with a charger there. If so, then it could be a hardware defect which I presume is covered by warranty.
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Perhaps go to At&t store & see if you have the same problem with a charger there. If so, then it could be a hardware defect which I presume is covered by warranty.
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Could it be a software problem?
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7mada said:
Could it be a software problem?
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Anything is possible but always start simple. Most likely it is the charger, start there. If you try different multiple chargers and get the same results, BINGO there's your problem. Warranty replace phone, (you're already at the At&t store) you're Golden.
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Anything is possible but always start simple. Most likely it is the charger, start there. If you try different multiple chargers and get the same results, BINGO there's your problem. Warranty replace phone, (you're already at the At&t store) you're Golden.
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It always says "Dock connected" from time to another.
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It always says "Dock connected" from time to another.
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Yes you may be connected, but perhaps the pins are damaged, missing, dirty or don't line up to the phone port properly to charge the phone. Start with the charger first. Save yourself a lot of time & guessing.
Any other help?
Mine did the same thing. So I went down and did the next thing and got the note 3 for the taxes and monthly payments. I also ordered the USB motherboard off eBay since I've takin one apart before. Going to replace that so it will be fixed and on eBay it goes. The phones in mint condition but have to charge and swap batteries. I couldn't handle it. Believe it or not, what started it was I had charger plugged into phone and unplugged charger from wall and took phone into another room and plugged into another plug without ever unplugging from phone. When I plugged it in wall it had a small little arc and that was the last time it charged.
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There really is no other help. You gotta figure out if its your charge port or the charger.
If u can't replace with warranty there is 2 other options.
1. Buy the s4 wireless charge kit. Its like 80 bucks on eBay.
2. Get a universal battery charger and 2 spare batteries. And just swap batteries everyday.
3. Buy the charging port on Amazon or eBay and pay a electronic store to swap it out. Or do it yourself if u can handle it
Fixed mine today. Took maybe 15 min. And $7.00. To eBay it goes.
Simple as pie, just use ifixit to do it.
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sandman7793 said:
Fixed mine today. Took maybe 15 min. And $7.00. To eBay it goes.
Simple as pie, just use ifixit to do it.
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I am in the same situation and have just ordered the parts. I did a sample teardown and it appears to be pretty simple to do it. I'll report back in a few days, but my USB is for sure dead as it won't read either on a PC or Mac, or charge via a car, wall, or USB cable in a computer. I bought the Samsung S4 battery charger and kit, and the old battery works in there, so I know it's not the battery. However, the battery's "water damage" sensor is now pink, so I presume that the nasty humidity in North Texas this spring has killed the USB board. At any rate, hopefully, the fix is en route.
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I am in the same situation and have just ordered the parts. I did a sample teardown and it appears to be pretty simple to do it. I'll report back in a few days, but my USB is for sure dead as it won't read either on a PC or Mac, or charge via a car, wall, or USB cable in a computer. I bought the Samsung S4 battery charger and kit, and the old battery works in there, so I know it's not the battery. However, the battery's "water damage" sensor is now pink, so I presume that the nasty humidity in North Texas this spring has killed the USB board. At any rate, hopefully, the fix is en route.
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Well, the part and tools arrived and it was an easy replacement. The phone now charges like original. However, and this is a much larger issue, I cannot get and mobile data or any sort of non-wifi connectivity. I am thinking this board, which supposedly contains the antenna, is defective. It appears I can have EITHER network connectivity or sound, but not both. When I put the small plastic cover that also contains the speaker back on, it instantly kills my GSM connection to AT&T. With it off, I am getting a solid 4G LTE connection, and with it on, no signal at all other than wifi.
I've searched here and on the web, and the only thing I see so far is sending back the new USB board and hoping that the next one works in all areas.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Well, the part and tools arrived and it was an easy replacement. The phone now charges like original. However, and this is a much larger issue, I cannot get and mobile data or any sort of non-wifi connectivity.
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Double check the antenna cable connections at both ends. If you still have problems, try installing your old board back and see if data/wifi works. If it does, then the new board is probably defective.
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Double check the antenna cable connections at both ends. If you still have problems, try installing your old board back and see if data/wifi works. If it does, then the new board is probably defective.
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The new board was defective, but they sent a replacement that worked better than the original. I also ended up finding out that the 1st replacement board had shorted the antenna cable, so I replaced that. My my son is now using the S4 with no problems. Long story short, he left his S3 on my car and it got destroyed, so I got an S5 and he got the S4...
All in all, to get back on track, this was an easy repair for anyone. I was surprised at how easy replacing just about anything other than the screen itself would be.
Ok first of all this is freaking terrible, I was using a cheap charger instead of my expensive charger and I had my hotspot on and the charger couldnt handle it so the phone just turned off, now it doesn't charge with any cable but it does indicate that is charging but its not, its draining. Yes I took the battery and swapped it with another s4 but the battery still works. I was litterally hustling but now I have to spend money to fix this. What is going on?
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Ok first of all this is freaking terrible, I was using a cheap charger instead of my expensive charger and I had my hotspot on and the charger couldnt handle it so the just turned off now it doesn't charge with any cable but it does indicate that is charging but is not is draining. Yes I took the battery and swapped it with another s4 but the battery still works. I was litterally hustling but now I have to spend money to fix this. What is going on?
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Try replacing the battery or charger check if it works.. And battery does drain while charging if u continue using the phone.. Keep the phone idle with data/hotspot off.. If its charging then ur phone is normal and you don't need to replace anything.. And yeah use a proper charger.. Don't try to charge it from laptop/pc USB.. It won't give proper results to come to a conclusion.
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Ok first of all this is freaking terrible, I was using a cheap charger instead of my expensive charger and I had my hotspot on and the charger couldnt handle it so the just turned off now it doesn't charge with any cable but it does indicate that is charging but is not is draining. Yes I took the battery and swapped it with another s4 but the battery still works. I was litterally hustling but now I have to spend money to fix this. What is going on?
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It's interesting how can people even do this ? we buy 500-600$ phone and then charge with a ****ty 3-4$ , from what i've heard it's so wrong to charge with a cheap charger as it can screw up the whole mainboard due to it's quality and low power output (lower than original charger)
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Try replacing the battery or charger check if it works.. And battery does drain while charging if u continue using the phone.. Keep the phone idle with data/hotspot off.. If its charging then ur phone is normal and you don't need to replace anything.. And yeah use a proper charger.. Don't try to charge it from laptop/pc USB.. It won't give proper results to come to a conclusion.
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Actually now I tried a different usb PORT not cable and left it charging over night and the phine was charging but it only charged about half way.
eltexmexalex said:
Actually now I tried a different usb PORT not cable and left it charging over night and the phine was charging but it only charged about half way.
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Charging the phone thru a computer USB port is slower based on the output (500 mA) compared to the original charger that came with the phone (2.0 A)