My Focus started making the low battery sound yesterday while in my shirt pocket.
There was a critically low battery notice as well.
The sound was almost nonstop.
I put it on the computer to charge, it kept being recognized, not recognized as a USB device. when not recognized the message in windows was the USB device has a problem.
The batttery sound would come back on as the device was not recognized.
I pulled the battery and reinstalled. Finally the battery sound went away as long as the Focus was charging.
I removed the SD card, Sim, reset the phone.
This made no difference.
Today the sound is continuous if the phone is not plugged into a usb device.
The only way to stop the sound is to turn off the ringer.
Its over a year old. Any advice is appreciated.
wildbilll said:
My Focus started making the low battery sound yesterday while in my shirt pocket.
There was a critically low battery notice as well.
The sound was almost nonstop.
I put it on the computer to charge, it kept being recognized, not recognized as a USB device. when not recognized the message in windows was the USB device has a problem.
The batttery sound would come back on as the device was not recognized.
I pulled the battery and reinstalled. Finally the battery sound went away as long as the Focus was charging.
I removed the SD card, Sim, reset the phone.
This made no difference.
Today the sound is continuous if the phone is not plugged into a usb device.
The only way to stop the sound is to turn off the ringer.
Its over a year old. Any advice is appreciated.
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This behavior might be due to a weak battery or a faulty usb/charger assembly. Can you find someone with another Focus (or Samsung i9000) and swap battery to test?
wildbilll said:
My Focus started making the low battery sound yesterday while in my shirt pocket.
There was a critically low battery notice as well.
The sound was almost nonstop.
I put it on the computer to charge, it kept being recognized, not recognized as a USB device. when not recognized the message in windows was the USB device has a problem.
The batttery sound would come back on as the device was not recognized.
I pulled the battery and reinstalled. Finally the battery sound went away as long as the Focus was charging.
I removed the SD card, Sim, reset the phone.
This made no difference.
Today the sound is continuous if the phone is not plugged into a usb device.
The only way to stop the sound is to turn off the ringer.
Its over a year old. Any advice is appreciated.
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I remember quite a few people, my sis in included, experienced this a few months ago. It could be that your USB connector is shorting out. Check for debris in the USB port, any bent pins, and make sure you keep your USB port door closed whenever you're not charging. Here's one link I could find, and I'll see if I can hunt down the others I remember:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984909
I cleaned out the charging port, it did have a little lint in there. No fix with that.
I was looking at the inside of the connector well and I flexed the tab with the pins on it away from the side of the connector well it sits in, this made the problem go away for a while!
Later, it started again.
This time when I flexed it away, it didn't fix it. I flexed it toward the side, it finally shut up. for about a minute.
I plugged the usb cable in with nothing connected on the computer end and that silenced it!.
This won't last long as I now think the usb plug receptical on the phone is defective; either a broken solder joint or worse.
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Here is a head scratcher....
I have a Samsung Fascinate from Verizon, and just recently updated to the new 2.2, I now have no usb functions at all. Tried several times to install/reinstall/turn off/turn on pc, phone, etc to no avail... all I get now is USB is not recognized
here is the weird part,
when I unplug the USB from the phone it keeps charging.... is it really charging because it shows it is!!
try toggling USB debugging. It's under settings>applications>development.
If that doesn't work, I'd suggest uninstalling your Samsung drivers, reboot PC, reinstall drivers and see if your phone is recognized.
If that doesn't work and you can get your hands on another set of Samsung cables, try that out, as that happened to be my problem a few weeks ago.
I had this happen a while back. The PC would not recognize the phone at all, driver replacement didn't help, odin wouldn't recognize it either. I also experienced the charging indicator remaining on after the phone was unplugged. Remained this way for a couple of weeks. I tried multiple cables, ports, and computers.
It sounds screwy, but the only cause I could find was a dirty connector/cable. One evening, I cleaned out the cable connector and port on the phone with a piece of paper dampened with isopropyl alcohol. Following this action, the usb connected for the first time in two weeks, but not every time. Multiple cleanings were required and eventually the usb connection became reliable again. I haven't experienced the problem since.
Can't explain it but there it is. YMMV.
printing724 said:
I had this happen a while back. The PC would not recognize the phone at all, driver replacement didn't help, odin wouldn't recognize it either. I also experienced the charging indicator remaining on after the phone was unplugged. Remained this way for a couple of weeks. I tried multiple cables, ports, and computers.
It sounds screwy, but the only cause I could find was a dirty connector/cable. One evening, I cleaned out the cable connector and port on the phone with a piece of paper dampened with isopropyl alcohol. Following this action, the usb connected for the first time in two weeks, but not every time. Multiple cleanings were required and eventually the usb connection became reliable again. I haven't experienced the problem since.
Can't explain it but there it is. YMMV.
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same here, dropped phone over winter, salt prob got into the connector where it charges. battery meter would change wildly and wouldnt connect to usb. Cleaned usb port with a little iso alcohol and a thick piece of paper and it was perfect.
Mine did the same thing. It would and would not charge. Then it would keep charging after unplugging. I took it to Verizon and they gave me a new phone. No questions asked.
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This sounds like the perfect solution to people who have been complaining of terrible battery life!
....heyo
jeffro0625 said:
Here is a head scratcher....
I have a Samsung Fascinate from Verizon, and just recently updated to the new 2.2, I now have no usb functions at all. Tried several times to install/reinstall/turn off/turn on pc, phone, etc to no avail... all I get now is USB is not recognized
here is the weird part,
when I unplug the USB from the phone it keeps charging.... is it really charging because it shows it is!!
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Sry, if your saying your still stock then what are you installing reinstalling? If you don't wish to deviate from stock then taking it back for replacement might be your only option as it may be physical.
I've had my Galaxy S2 for 4 months now and now have a problem. When I plug the phone in, whether to USB or to the charger, it takes it a bit to recognize the phone is plugged in and to start charging. When I plug it in to USB it will charge after a minute, but I can not connect my phone to be mass storage. Windows can't detect it at all. If I disconnect the usb cable, my phone still thinks it is connected, with the notification for USB connection staying in the notification bar. In addition to this, my phone gets excessively hot regularly. I always make sure there isn't a runaway app, but that doesn't seem to matter.
Any one have any ideas?
I found a thread that describes my problem here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216163
I think I have solved the problem. I somehow managed to bend the USB pcb connector. I bent it back up towards the screen and everything is acting normal again. Read the link above for more information
I have been running the Google Play Edition from Danvhd for months without much issue.
The other day I went from 06/04/2014c to 06/08/2014 and everything seemed to be fine.
However, I did notice that my device was extremely slow when charging - and in some cases, it was draining while charging.
Started to grow a little more concerned so started watching the charge indicator when it was plugged in. I would see that the lightning bolt would come and go.
If I connect it to a Win7 PC, I get the sound that a device has been connected - but the hardware wizard never starts or after a few minutes it will start but fail immediately. If I unplug the device from the PC, I get the sound it has been disconnected.
I've gently worked the cable connector and USB plug back and forth to ensure its not a loose connection there.
I've reset, wiped, and re-installed - but it hasn't resolved the issue. I am using both 3rd party and original cables/charges.
Any ideas?
I'm starting to lean toward a bad USB board, but thought I would check here before I got into that.
Thanks in advance!
byrddogx said:
I have been running the Google Play Edition from Danvhd for months without much issue.
The other day I went from 06/04/2014c to 06/08/2014 and everything seemed to be fine.
However, I did notice that my device was extremely slow when charging - and in some cases, it was draining while charging.
Started to grow a little more concerned so started watching the charge indicator when it was plugged in. I would see that the lightning bolt would come and go.
If I connect it to a Win7 PC, I get the sound that a device has been connected - but the hardware wizard never starts or after a few minutes it will start but fail immediately. If I unplug the device from the PC, I get the sound it has been disconnected.
I've gently worked the cable connector and USB plug back and forth to ensure its not a loose connection there.
I've reset, wiped, and re-installed - but it hasn't resolved the issue. I am using both 3rd party and original cables/charges.
Any ideas?
I'm starting to lean toward a bad USB board, but thought I would check here before I got into that.
Thanks in advance!
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did it used to charge fast?? mine was the cable.. after i got a lg g2 fast charge cable i could charge the s4 in about 40 mins.. maybe less...
It did, but not any more.
Like right now I have it hooked to my PC at work and its charging somewhat. But it'll stop periodically and might not pick up again for an hour.
It has to be the USB Flex Board.
Well, I said that and as the day has gone on - the device started charging as expected and without issue.
Only thing was when I woke up this morning the device was unresponsive (black screen) after being plugged in all night.
Took battery out and back in and booted back up with 100% charge and no issue today with any charger or cable.
So, go figure.....
Replaced the USB Flex Cable and that resolved the issue permanently.
Think it might have gotten wet at the gym.
So this issue happened out of no where after my phone died to zero last night. I tried charging it back up but all I could get out of it was the grey charging battery but it would only stay on for 1-2 seconds shut down and reboot. Let it charging for an hour and got to about 1-2% and it would die as soon as it booted up. Factory restored to OA6 and still see the same issue. This is also the odd thing... I was able to connect it to my computer and use Oden to do the restore! After lots of troubleshooting, trying 4 chargers, I realized wireless charging still works fine. Charged it up 100% over night and wireless charging is still working fine and phone is working fine. Still cannot get USB to be recognized while on either by computer or from USB charger. With a full battery, phone off, and USB plugged in phone still flashes the grey battery icon and reboots constantly.
Only thing I can think of is I had it in my pocket after spin class for a little and moisture might have gotten in the port?
Any ideas what happened here?
Update: I ended up just buying the Nexus 6P since I'm about due for a new phone anyways.
Well just figured I would pass this along. Was bored before and looked at diagrams to fix the USB board and saw this little port in the back you can access really easy. Decided to open that up and press the connection down a little tighter (the USB board is separate from the main board). USB didn't work before doing this, then pressed it tighter plugged USB in again and it worked.
My usb port seems to have died the other day. It stopped charging and gives the message about an incompatible charger. I have tried Ll of the suggestions except factory reset. I ordered a Qi charger could and was planning on just wireless charging until I decide what I will replace this one with.
But, today the phone has started popping up a message randomly when I don't have it plugged in. It seems to be keeping it from sleeping and my pocket is vibrating as much as a couple dozen times a minute. Is there a way to disable the port in software since it appears broken?I just need a few weeks worth of life out of it till I get the new device and have everything up and running.
I know this is an old phone, but I thought there might still be some people who might know about lollipop on here. I'm currently rotating batteries since my qi adapter didn't arise before leaving town. But, the constant buzzing is pretty annoying. I can mute the phone to avoid it (I assume) but then I miss all incoming traffic.
So I gather I won't get a response. I'm still crossing my fingers...
I bought a wireless charger and adapter from amazon. It works, but it appears every time the usb cable message occurs, the charging stops. In 6 hours last night it continually toggled from charge to not (turning the screen on). I went from 22% to 35%. Not impressive.
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So I gather I won't get a response. I'm still crossing my fingers...
I bought a wireless charger and adapter from amazon. It works, but it appears every time the usb cable message occurs, the charging stops. In 6 hours last night it continually toggled from charge to not (turning the screen on). I went from 22% to 35%. Not impressive.
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Maybe try checking your usb port for foriegn matter/ bent pins before giving up. Ive had that happen on a couple different phones. Made all kinds of havoc. Even a small bit of lint can hold moisture and cause pin shorts
Thanks for the suggestion. I blew the port out with both canned air and my air compressor. I also tried using a tooth pick to scrape the contacts with and without isopropyl alcohol. I read somewhere that slightly bending the pins/center body up can help in case it was pushed down. I didn't see any change when I tried using my plastic screen pry tool.
It appears that the message pops up more when the battery is below 30% for some reason. I have no idea why though.
BlueCyclone said:
Maybe try checking your usb port for foriegn matter/ bent pins before giving up. Ive had that happen on a couple different phones. Made all kinds of havoc. Even a small bit of lint can hold moisture and cause pin shorts
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I ended up changing providers and replaced the phone. I was able to get wireless charging working for the most part. It requires careful alignment of the phone and pad.
I checked for debris and pin damage, but nothing looked problematic. The only thing that helped in any way was using a plastic screw driver to pry up on the port. This did not fix it, but it stopped complaining all the time and made it usable with the Qi charger.