Dead battery charger - Nexus S General

Barely a week in and my nexus battery charger stopped charging. Anyone encountered this problem w/previous samsung phones? now, I gotta plug the usb in my laptop to charge which is taking longer. Also got a scare when the phone wouldn't tilt sideways for watching videos and typing on the keyboard. Good thing that problem was temporary. Should I worry about this or no?

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Well my charger died also this morning, I brought it back and they tested it, said it worked, but still gave me another I would definitely bring it back buddy, don't take the chance!

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Phone won't charge :(

I'm on my phone now so I can't find the thread on this if there is one. I thought i was the only one with the issue, but I found an article on engadget.
I have a best buy protection but no best buy has any, anymore.
I'm going to make this quick, which was the best solution for getting a replacement? My 30 day ran out, and no best buys have any atm. I'm going to call like once a week and hope some get some in, and hope they don't lie about it.
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Go to the store...
iNerd18 said:
I'm on my phone now so I can't find the thread on this if there is one. I thought i was the only one with the issue, but I found an article on engadget.
I have a best buy protection but no best buy has any, anymore.
I'm going to make this quick, which was the best solution for getting a replacement? My 30 day ran out, and no best buys have any atm. I'm going to call like once a week and hope some get some in, and hope they don't lie about it.
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Take it to the store to at least set them in motion to get you another. Also, another store might have one. Possibly a drive, but worth it. In any case the best thing to do is to let them see it and know about the problem.
my brothers and my phones were doing this as well. turned out it wasnt the usb port but it was his cable. the cables htc sends are pretty weak. ive gone through 2 so far. you could try a new cable. my evo has bungee jumped off my night stand a few times...wont charge right unless i put side pressure on cable...after new cable charges fine.
ive had the same thing just recently happen to me. i bought some cheap cables off of ebay and they worked for a week or so then my phone stopped charging and being recognized as being plugged in then i tried the cable supplied by HTC and same thing! Now, its very sporadic. None of the cables i have work in the front usb ports (1 in a separate installed card reader and 2 infront of the case), SOMETIMES the HTC cable will work with the ports in the back and the only time i can get a consistent charge and data signal to the computer is through a powered usb hub(power cord to the wall) with the HTC cable, one of the cheap chinese cables i shortened fro 3 feet to about 2 and another small cable (maybe 1-1.5ft) cable i got in desperate times at microcenter. The fact that in consistently works in the powered hub tells me that somehow, something with the amperage needed to register as plugged in or charged has changed or gone wrong on the Evo side because my machine is a well built custom build computer and i tested it in 2 other high-end custom builds i did for friends of mine and i have the same problem through all of their usb ports as well, so i know its not my motherboard giving me lip. i would like to here another statement from HTC soon about this as more people start becoming more vocal about this issue.
BTW, this literally started happening to me 2 days ago and i got mine on release day. HW REV: 02
It seems all too strange to me that this little incident surfaces on the internet basically the EXACT same time i experience it. Sounds like a little quality control in some parts used in the charging circuit got over looked and we have the same part going at about the same time for alot of people.
Wow, you are the first person that I have seen complain about this:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/23/htc-evo-4g-suffering-occasional-micro-usb-port-issues/
I must change the comment I made there now.
Evidently on the last update they changed something vital. Mine won't charge via the computer at all. It just stays at whatever percentage it's presently at. It won't drain either though. I've tried three different batteries too. All the same thing. The only way I can charge is by plugging it into the wall socket.
badong1050 said:
my brothers and my phones were doing this as well. turned out it wasnt the usb port but it was his cable. the cables htc sends are pretty weak. ive gone through 2 so far. you could try a new cable. my evo has bungee jumped off my night stand a few times...wont charge right unless i put side pressure on cable...after new cable charges fine.
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Ditto the included cable stopped working within 2 weeks, and I've gone through 3 car chargers. I have yet to get a good micro usb charger/cable they are all junk
Wouldn't you know it... As soon as I post something about it, it starts charging again. It charges really slow though. It's taken four hours to charge from 62% to 82% via the computer. It's not even worth it. I'll just have to charge it via the wall plug.
I kind of had the same issue today after installing a new ROM. I removed the HTC Sync earlier to get Revolked 3 working. But after that my phone USB cord wouldn't charge, or even connect. It would for a few seconds, then it would just act like it wasn't plugged in. But installed the HTC Sync again, and was back to normal where my PC would charge the phone.
Hopefully this insight helps someone.
AcIdC0R3 said:
Wouldn't you know it... As soon as I post something about it, it starts charging again. It charges really slow though. It's taken four hours to charge from 62% to 82% via the computer. It's not even worth it. I'll just have to charge it via the wall plug.
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Thats because it "trickle" charges via the USB.. This is why they say if you are having battery issues to charge your phone this way.
Yeah I have the same problem with my phone not charging I was transferring files back and forth and after that it started messing up and I have to put the phone In a weird position for it to charge...very slowly might I add...very weird though that this started at the same time endgadget posted up the article
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Bootloop need to RMA

Hi,
I have ASUS Transfer I've treated a like a baby. I'll root my galaxy nexus and put 3 ROMs on it a day, and have dropped it a dozen times, once into the bathtub and last weekend when I camping it started to rain while I was asleep. The damn thing got waterlogged. I was able to dry it out on my defogger and had it working again within a couple days.
The transformer I rooted once, but I got some strange error after about a week every time I tried to install anything, so I decided to just frig with my phone and let my tablet be. Then they forced ICS down my throat and it was draining the battry so bad I left it connected to the charger, which got bent because I was using it all the time plugged in and occasionally forgot how short that cord is. I bought a USB extendor but it was too late, that stupid cable was already coming apart.
Anyway, it will no longer connect to the computer, and that was alright, I had FTP. I was going to order a replacement cable, it was getting dicey whether it would even charge or not. In fact, I called someone on Amazon yesteday that a reasonable price.
And then last night, I plugged it in and it made an electical buzzing sound while it was charging. I didn't really pay much notice because I have a power inverter and it was not drawing any more than usual. The next reboot though all it's doing is flashing the ASUS screen and then powering off and then deciding to power on again and repeat x1000.
I have an RMA # and I don't want the battery to be flat dead when I send it in or I'll get back a repaired tablet with a battery that will last half the time of this one. LiIon's hate being discharged and left dead.
Is there anything I can try besides the factory reset thing? I let this thing update itself back to stock firmware and lost root and never did put a custom recovery on it.
Failing that, does anyone know how to get this thing to just power off and stop trying to load. 1000 times is quite enough. I feel sick about this because I love the damn thing and this like watching a cancer patent wheeze.
Thank you.
May it rest in peace
If there's no USB, or anything and it's stuck, you just need to let the battery die :/
Your kidding right? Let it dieeeeeee
Make sure in the RMA notes you ask for a new battery too, Sorry, there's nothing you can do without USB and with a bootlooper Dx Unless you open it, which = void warranty anyway.

Nexus 7 boots and shutdown

My Nexus is now unuseable. 2 nights ago I had it plugged in all night and it did not charge. Last night it charged. However, now it boots comes up to the homescreen and shutsdown. Other weird things have happened like seeing speckles on the screen and last night the screen was unresponsive.. I can't get it to boot in safe mode because it shuts down before I can bring up the safe mode screen. After it shuts down I can't do anything with it. About 5 minutes later the charging indicator appears and I can reboot again. I had charging problems before. Google was supposed to send me another charger but never did. I rooted and unlocked it. Now I may be stuck with a broken tablet? Any suggestions? Google is closed on Sunday. Thanks.
Sounds like a hardware issue, possibly with the GPU on the Tegra 3 chip, although I could be wrong.
In any case, I would recommend waiting till tomorrow and contact Google.
Did you do anything with your tablet like flashing a custom ROM or anything like that?
charge with ur phone charger for an hour and see.
Problem solved???
OK it looks like I solved it. The charger is BROKEN and not providing any power to the tablet. When the tablet booted up to the homescreen, there was not enough charge in the battery to sustain it so it shut down. Fortunately, I bought a very nice blackberry charger on Ebay and now that the tablet is plaugged into it, the tablet is working. THANKS for your concern guys. I will be calling Google to have them send the charger they promised me.
THANKS!
have you ever gotten any asus products as you know asus are half baked there useless ill just sell it

Nexus 5x usb port melted

Hi all.
This morning I woke up as usual and tried to unplug my phone from the charger with one hand. It didn't un plug.
I had to force unplug because charger plug melted inside the phone usb port.
A black smoke came out from the charger plug
The result is an unusable nine months old phone, a burned out night stand, and its original cable (with original charger) completely melted inside the phone.
It's a luck it happened in the morning.
I see someone else did already have the same issue.
LG shoud think about it. Maybe there is a defective stock of cables that should be checked and replaced.
Cheers,
David.
PS I cannot post images, its a long time i do not enter here and my account did not exist anymore
So now i'm a newbie again!!!!
Private message to me and i'll send you the images.
I just bought mine last November 2016 and I'm aware of this issue before i got my phone. Since i got mine, i didn't attempt to charge it overnight because of this issue. I just charge my phone while i'm preparing to get to work and by the time i'm ready to go out (which takes me 30 mins to prepare) as nexus 5x has quick charge capability which is really fast, from 15% to 85% in just 35-40 mins.
Although phones should be really handle the charging limit once the battery hits 100%, but i think the charger (which has a 3.0A) can't do this. Do you still have your warranty up? its better to send your phone to LG with the charger and they might issue you a new phone.
yoorie016 said:
I just bought mine last November 2016 and I'm aware of this issue before i got my phone. Since i got mine, i didn't attempt to charge it overnight because of this issue. I just charge my phone while i'm preparing to get to work and by the time i'm ready to go out (which takes me 30 mins to prepare) as nexus 5x has quick charge capability which is really fast, from 15% to 85% in just 35-40 mins.
Although phones should be really handle the charging limit once the battery hits 100%, but i think the charger (which has a 3.0A) can't do this. Do you still have your warranty up? its better to send your phone to LG with the charger and they might issue you a new phone.
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Actually, you shouldn't care about time charging. When phone is fully charged, the charger should turn off or not charge the phone.
It's more than ten years I charge devices in the night. Never ever happened a thing like this.
I'm curious what LG will answer to me......
I also charge my previous phone (Sony Xperia Z3 Compact) every night and plugged it out in the morning. But When i heard that Nexus 5x has this issue, i just charge my phone before i go in the office, since i'm fully utillizing its fast charging feature.
I already read some thread here and there are some particular model of chargers that doesn't pass some test.
My charger model is: DONGDO (MCS-N04ED)
My Phone Unit: LG-H791
It happened to my phone before, with the usb a to c cable from Google, I charged it from a notebook usb port, and soon after, I smelled some plastic burning. The device was unplugged, and the phone charge normally with another cable over usb or with a wall socket. I called Google and they are willing to exchange for a new cable
I charge mine every night for a year with stock charger and never had problems
giegi said:
Actually, you shouldn't care about time charging. When phone is fully charged, the charger should turn off or not charge the phone.
It's more than ten years I charge devices in the night. Never ever happened a thing like this.
I'm curious what LG will answer to me......
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hilla_killa said:
I charge mine every night for a year with stock charger and never had problems
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Maybe this issue is isolated only for some specific unit. what's your device model?

completely dead s5

so i have a g900f s5 and i fully charged it overnight, phone still working, then i unplugged it and went out, went to unlock it about half an hour later and the screen wouldnt turn on, yanked the battery and tried to get into download mode and nothing, no led indication or vibration, i imagine its completely dead and nothing but a board replacement will fix it, would a usb jig work to fix it, i dont have one on hand but can get one made by a friend
has anyone else had this issue or am i left with a brick
any help is appreciated
Toby0897 said:
so i have a g900f s5 and i fully charged it overnight, phone still working, then i unplugged it and went out, went to unlock it about half an hour later and the screen wouldnt turn on, yanked the battery and tried to get into download mode and nothing, no led indication or vibration, i imagine its completely dead and nothing but a board replacement will fix it, would a usb jig work to fix it, i dont have one on hand but can get one made by a friend
has anyone else had this issue or am i left with a brick
any help is appreciated
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Have you got a friend or person you know who has a S5?
The first thing I'd do is see if the battery is shot, which I think is more likely the case.
A similar thing happened to my 2 year old S4 (with a battery that wasn't in the recall batch) where the phone would just charge to 100%, died after a minute or two, than takes 2 hours just to go to the charging screen saying 0% charge.
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nah the batterys fine my mother has an s5, albeit stock unrooted and all that jazz and it goes fine in her phone
she actually uses my battery as a spare
EDIT: when i plug it in i can see the led flickering red very faintly
it also heats up rather fast to temps that i would consider not safe for a phone
Toby0897 said:
nah the batterys fine my mother has an s5, albeit stock unrooted and all that jazz and it goes fine in her phone
she actually uses my battery as a spare
EDIT: when i plug it in i can see the led flickering red very faintly
it also heats up rather fast to temps that i would consider not safe for a phone
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sounds like your S5 suffered the kiss of death
yeah i thought so
i think im SOL

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