One day i woke up and my evo stopped accepting charge with both usb and wall charger just wondering if 8 can fix it somehow also i am using an alrernative methode of charging it. Ill explain it in case others think there evos are trash sence they cant get it charged. I used a blue lighted charger[single blue dot on the plug] on the part that connects to the phone i cut it from its base, seperating it from the black wire leaving a plug still connected to the wire. I strippes the wires bare(red and black or translusent and black) about an inch and twist them to a fine lone point. From here i take my phone remove the battery and find where the four copper recivers that lune up with the relitive four on the battery. From here i take the black wire that i stripped bare to an inch and thread it through the copper recivers hook like hole on the far left side and do the same with the red on the far right makeing sure they dont touch the other two recivers. Where '^' is a copper reciver and '+' being red wire and '-' being negitive or black it should look like the' - ^ ^ + '. I then connect the battery and the blue light on the charger will light up if done properly i then plug it in and let it charge.
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I know my evo usb port broke over time, it got worse and worse. I could use a book to angle the charger up, but that stopped working finally. I now have to use a wall battery charger as I have not found any angle on the charger to get it started.
You could also try flashing a new rom to see if it fixes the issue.
Some suspect the stock cables of being poorly made. Try a different cable.
Also, you can get battery chargers for about $4 (shipped from the U.S.) on Ebay. Much safer than two bare wires. Do that and a spare battery (also cheap) and you should be good.
Look up Hero batteries, they fit and for some reason are half the price, I paid $3 (shipped from the U.S.) for an oem hero battery in good condition.
oOflyeyesOo said:
I know my evo usb port broke over time, it got worse and worse. I could use a book to angle the charger up, but that stopped working finally. I now have to use a wall battery charger as I have not found any angle on the charger to get it started.
You could also try flashing a new rom to see if it fixes the issue.
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Same thing happened with mine. To many nights of falling asleep on it with the charger plugged in. Fortunately mine still works but I have to angle it like you. It's not a big deal anymore since I purchased two Gorilla batteries and a wall charger. I use a FTP server to do any transferring of files I need.
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Try something as simple as powering down your evo then remove the battery for say a minute or two reinstall battery plug in charger This has worked on my evo when it won't take a charge not sure what it clears out but a good place to start before cutting charge cables or other routes that may not be needed. best of luck.
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Try something as simple as powering down your evo then remove the battery for say a minute or two reinstall battery plug in charger This has worked on my evo when it won't take a charge not sure what it clears out but a good place to start before cutting charge cables or other routes that may not be needed. best of luck.
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This happened to me when it would die completely while still on the charger...
Sometimes I would have to leave the battery out for HOURS!!! Sometimes a whole day or it wouldn't start again.
N3r0-666 said:
One day i woke up and my evo stopped accepting charge with both usb and wall charger just wondering if 8 can fix it somehow also i am using an alrernative methode of charging it. Ill explain it in case others think there evos are trash sence they cant get it charged. I used a blue lighted charger[single blue dot on the plug] on the part that connects to the phone i cut it from its base, seperating it from the black wire leaving a plug still connected to the wire. I strippes the wires bare(red and black or translusent and black) about an inch and twist them to a fine lone point. From here i take my phone remove the battery and find where the four copper recivers that lune up with the relitive four on the battery. From here i take the black wire that i stripped bare to an inch and thread it through the copper recivers hook like hole on the far left side and do the same with the red on the far right makeing sure they dont touch the other two recivers. Where '^' is a copper reciver and '+' being red wire and '-' being negitive or black it should look like the' - ^ ^ + '. I then connect the battery and the blue light on the charger will light up if done properly i then plug it in and let it charge.
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Mine doesn't charge with some chargers for some reason. It'll charge up fine with the HTC units that came with the phone, aside from that it seems like I get a trickle charge with any other. My port is also loose, ahh well. Few more months and the SIII will drop hopefully.
Mine stopped charging through the USB port so I took it back to Sprint about a month ago and they replaced it at no charge. Was surprised that they replaced it after I had it so long (got it on launch day).
My Evo stop charging as well, I took it into Sprint and they ordered a replacement for me. I didn't have insurance so I had to pay $35 bucks. I still thought it was a good deal considering I basically got a new phone and I bought it almost two years ago
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I've had my vibrant since August and lately I've noticed the charger is extremely loose. It wiggles left and right a lot and falls off very easily, has anyone else noticed this or is it just me??
I also have it with the charger that comes with the phone, good thing is i have another OEM charger.
I had this happen to my motorola cliq. hopefully its the charger cord and not the charge port on your phone...that would suck. Try a diff cord to see if that helps you out. Not to be a downer, but it was the port on my cliq...
A very small port (like our microUSB port) with a not so small cable lends itself to experiencing excess strain if you're not careful. This is the nature of small ports and the laws of physics.
I bought my Vibrant on craigslist so I can't vouch for the OEM cable, only have blackberry branded micro USB cables, and they work fine, very snug. So try a different cable, if its still just as bad it may be your port.
I just had to buy a new charger cause I had the same issue
I had this issue after about a month I went to a local discount electronic store and got a micro usb cord for 5 bucks works great
Op, exact same thing as of 3 days ago.
It's the cable. My nexus one charger fits the Vibrant perfect, no wiggle.
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Op, exact same thing as of 3 days ago.
It's the cable. My nexus one charger fits the Vibrant perfect, no wiggle.
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To be honest, tonight I woke up, my phone was lighting up telling me less than 15% left and I noticed the charger tilted downwards and didn't charge... Hmmmmm
You could go on amazon and find an external oem charger,it comes with an extra oem battery and i think it was like 30 bucks.
I never charge by phone anymore
$3 if you have the wall plug:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001XXUOQI/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1302977850&sr=8-1
I have an old nokia micro usb charger that my brother jacked to use in his car hopefully it's not loose otherwise I'm gonna get a warranty replacement =/
wiggles left and right? Yes falls off very easily? NO
Ebay after market charger they work fine for me and very cheap
i really thought it was me i . i also notice that its not charging my phone as fast as it used to im talking about 30 min and only brings it up to 20%. and its charging while off!!
i find myself taking my moms charger a lot now a days lol
I too have had this issue. At first it was just the cable, as other MicroUSB cables had a more solid connection, but now it doesn't matter which cable I use, indicating the port in in the phone is at fault. I'm going to be asking T-Mo for a RMA because of it.
I have seen a few posts on here about a dead battery while stuck soft bricked so the phone won't take a flash, do this at your own risk but if you take a standard USB cable and leave the end to plug in the computer and cut off the other side you will have 4 wires only worry about the red and the black tape the others off just strip the insulation off the red and tape to the connection on the battery labeled plus and strip the black back and tape to negative and then plug in the USB side into a PC, after about 10 minutes you will have enough to flash, be carfull and watch that the battery is not getting hot. Sorry for all the typos and poor grammar its late and I'm posting from my phone
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I have seen a few posts on here about a dead battery while stuck soft bricked so the phone won't take a flash, do this at your own risk but if you take a standard USB cable and leave the end to plug in the computer and cut off the other side you will have 4 wires only worry about the red and the black tape the others off just strip the insulation off the red and tape to the connection on the battery labeled plus and strip the black back and tape to negative and then plug in the USB side into a PC, after about 10 minutes you will have enough to flash, be carfull and watch that the battery is not getting hot. Sorry for all the typos and poor grammar its late and I'm posting from my phone
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Thanks, that's a good idea
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Moved to correct forum.
Sorry about the wrong forum section. Just to add you don't want to do this too long as the voltage is probably not regulated properly for the battery so its not good for it but it will get you out of a brick in a pinch.
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spiderjerusalem said:
I have seen a few posts on here about a dead battery while stuck soft bricked so the phone won't take a flash, do this at your own risk but if you take a standard USB cable and leave the end to plug in the computer and cut off the other side you will have 4 wires only worry about the red and the black tape the others off just strip the insulation off the red and tape to the connection on the battery labeled plus and strip the black back and tape to negative and then plug in the USB side into a PC, after about 10 minutes you will have enough to flash, be carfull and watch that the battery is not getting hot. Sorry for all the typos and poor grammar its late and I'm posting from my phone
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I ran into this issue on the Motorola Photon 4g. I've followed your directions, but I am not sure it is charging. After about 20 minutes, I placed the battery back in the phone and it still said battery was too low to flash. So I've stripped the red and black shielding to expose the copper and I'm trying direct contact into the battery + and - slots now. Do you have any suggestions?
leetcharmer said:
I ran into this issue on the Motorola Photon 4g. I've followed your directions, but I am not sure it is charging. After about 20 minutes, I placed the battery back in the phone and it still said battery was too low to flash. So I've stripped the red and black shielding to expose the copper and I'm trying direct contact into the battery + and - slots now. Do you have any suggestions?
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Did you honestly try charging through the wire insulation? Electricity travels through the copper wire, not the protective insulation. Also the power flow is regulated before reaching the USB cord, proof is in taking your wall AC charger usb and plugging it into a computer, you get different voltage outputs (meaning it takes longer to charge on comp USB).
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Did you honestly try charging through the wire insulation? Electricity travels through the copper wire, not the protective insulation. Also the power flow is regulated before reaching the USB cord, proof is in taking your wall AC charger usb and plugging it into a computer, you get different voltage outputs (meaning it takes longer to charge on comp USB).
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It seems to be working now that the copper is directly hitting the battery. Thanks for your confirmation ;p. It's charging on the USB AC wall charger now. Is it preferred to be done through the computer USB to regulate the voltage?
It worked! I'm back in business now! Thanks for all the help
Does it have to be an Atrix 4G or can I follow this method for a Galaxy Note. Also can you use any usb cable... (eg. usb to micro-usb, usb to mini usb)?
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Does it have to be an Atrix 4G or can I follow this method for a Galaxy Note. Also can you use any usb cable... (eg. usb to micro-usb, usb to mini usb)?
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i would think you can use it for any battery, just make sure you have the red on the + terminal and the black on the - terminal of the battery... just like charging a car battery, just on a smaller scale!
totally not worth cutting up a cable to do this by a universal battery charger from amazon.com for a penny +5.00 shipping
thats a total of 5.01 thats less than the cost of your usb cable
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Sorry I did not realize this thread was still getting views, it does work for every battery i have tried it for so far, I would not cut up a cable for no reason but if you brick it at midnight and don't wanna wait for shipping from amazon it will get you running again, besides I am sure most of us on here have plenty micro sd cables around. I have used this on my droid bionic with success recently.
Alright guys?
Accidentally leaned on my phone the other day whilst it was charging. Seems to have bent the charger port on the phone.
The phone still charges ONLY if the charger is plugged in and propped up in a certain way. needs to be pulled up slightly or there's no charge.
USB drive nor ADB work anymore so i'm guessing that a circuit has broken...
Does anybody know how these work?
If it's a case of broken connection, perhaps putting phone in an oven for a few mins will melt the the solder and hopefully fix the connection? (This worked fixing my 8800GT graphics card few years back!) Long shot
Ta
If it's truly broken then i'll probably get an SGS and then take a hammer to the HD2
The micro-usb port on HD2's is flimsy. It's probably snapped off from the mainboard, and putting pressure in the correct way is pushing it back together. Same thing happened to my HD2.
But there is some relatively good news. An external charger and an extra battery will only cost you about $16-18 USD on ebay. This has worked just fine for me for over a year. With dropbox installed on your phone and comp, you rarely have to connect via usb anyways.
if poss, check with another cable first.
I have a usb cable that looks fine but will only charge when angled downwards, no data, , yet if i bend it upwards it carries data but wont charge. my other usb cable works perfectly.
chances are it IS the port, as said they're pretty flimsy, however best to check, be a shame to bake your phone for the sake of a £2 cable.
same thing happened to me a few months ago,
the usb in the phone broke,
so i got a mains battery charger from ebay for about £4 and a few extra batterys,
been using them now for bout 2 months and all is good again,
it was a pain trying to get the usb in the right place for it to charge , i tryed the oven thing and it didnt work , not sure if i left it in there for long enough but i didnt want to ruin my phone completly.
easy option is to buy a mains battery charger
Thanks for the replies!
I'll look into a mains charger and 2-3 more batteries
So after my phone failing to charge at all last night I popped down to the local phone shop / stand in town and bought a universal battery charger.
+ and - aren't labelled on the charger so I assume it doesn't matter or it works out which is which?
It's a little slow and was a bit pricey, either way I have 63% battery now after a couple hours
Thanks
Wow mine's at 100% after a couple hours
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Might grab a decent one from ebay and return the one I bought.
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Might grab a decent one from ebay and return the one I bought.
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this is the one i got from ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AC-Wall-U...ories_MobilePhoneChargers&hash=item27b5da68d1
been working ok now for few months
skymera said:
If it's a case of broken connection, perhaps putting phone in an oven for a few mins will melt the the solder and hopefully fix the connection?
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It will probably melt the plastic first, rendering your phone entirely useless...
DONT DO IT!
Hi!
I've just received the Q9 Wireless Charger from a manufacturer in china.
It's Qi-compatible and have been seen working with the Nexus 4.
Mine does not seem to work.
The manual says a led should be shining green when it's ready to charge or when it's charging. It's hard to read the chinese translated manual.
Mine just shines red and blue constantly and nothing is happening with the phone.
Am i doing something wrong? Do i have to activate it in my phone? I've tried putting it in any direction in any place on the pad.
Someone have a clue?
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https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-...AXGI/bQONE5B2MMw/s718/IMG_20130106_121126.jpg
I have the Energizer Qi charger and when I place the phone on the charging plate, a light over the plate shines a steady blue until charging is complete. Flashing multiple colors (especially if one of them is red) probably means there is a problem with the charging system or the power.
stevemw said:
I have the Energizer Qi charger and when I place the phone on the charging plate, a light over the plate shines a steady blue until charging is complete. Flashing multiple colors (especially if one of them is red) probably means there is a problem with the charging system or the power.
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That's what i'm afraid of. The thing is that the leads shows blue and red all the time, even when the phone's of the pad. Updating with a picture.
try position it with the centre?
Done that too...
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Is the power cord connected securely? Maybe it's not pushed in completely (or shouldn't be pushed in so far).
For what it's worth that's not the Qi symbol on the charge plate.
If possible, send it back for replacement. It seems to me that those two LEDs should light up for no more hen a few seconds after the device is plugged in and then turn off until they nerd to indicate some condition like charge complete or error.
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stevemw said:
Is the power cord connected securely? Maybe it's not pushed in completely (or shouldn't be pushed in so far).
For what it's worth that's not the Qi symbol on the charge plate.
If possible, send it back for replacement. It seems to me that those two LEDs should light up for no Mrs then a few seconds after the device is plugged in and then turn off until they nerd to indicate some condition like charge complete or error.
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I agree. That's what they should mean... I'm gonna try another cable and if it doen't work i'm gonna return the product.
dicksisfontes said:
I agree. That's what they should mean... I'm gonna try another cable and if it doen't work i'm gonna return the product.
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Soooooo did it work after changing the cord?
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No.... damn!
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I have the Q9 charger for couple of days.
It's takes many tries of locating Nexus 4 on chargers surface to make it work.
Many times (most of my tries) I unable to make it work at all.
I am wary disappointed with this charger. It was waist of many.
I shouldn't have to be such cheapskate.
Q9 Qi-charger broken
I had mine for about a week now. Used it with my Nexus 4. Charges the Nexus quickly, but when at 100% it stops charging. Only when unplugging charger and re-plugging it, it will charge again. One morning Nexus was at 77% while laying on charger. After a few times unplugging, the connector was pushed into the charger leaving it useless. Do not buy!
Just got one too
I have to place my Nexus towards the top of the charger for it to activate and start charging.
Took me a while to find the correct placement.
My pad is supposed to flash blue when its charging - It starts charging and then seems to stop, then start again, then stop - not sure if this is normal or not.
So far i'm pretty disappointed with it, I assume because I got a cheapy from china that this isn't the normal experience with QI chargers, but I doubt I will be buying another until I see someone else with a much better model.
Try this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156397
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OK guys, I've waited a while to finally post this but I'm about to toss this device.
So for the past few months USB charging cables no longer stick into the charging port. When you first get the device you could practically flail the phone around by the USB cord. However, now they are so lose I have to tape the cord to the phone to maybe get it just right and charge. The USB slot is looser than a two dollar whore now.
It first started with the factory charger (which died) and never got a replacement (thanks moto)! So got another 3rd party charger and that cable was better but still not tight. Now no cable will stick and is a sloppy mess.
I'm assuming this is going to require a RMA and replacement? Would this even be covered, and considering the RMA for my stock charger months later resulted in no new charger it's worrying too attempt a phone RMA. Let alone the short lifespan of the port. I only plug in ever 1-2 days by the way.
Anyone else having this issue and if so what did you do?
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Out of all of my devices, I've only had one port fail, on a tablet, that I believe someone sat on while it was plugged in. But, on all of my devices, I plug them in and leave the device alone. Are you tossing your device around while it's plugged in, or sleeping next to it while it's plugged it? I know parts fail, but the stock charger clips in snugly on my moto daily, and on my tablet every 3rd day, and I have zero issues. Even my cheap cables and car charger plugs snugly. Maybe you just got a faulty part.
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cyris69 said:
OK guys, I've waited a while to finally post this but I'm about to toss this device.
So for the past few months USB charging cables no longer stick into the charging port. When you first get the device you could practically flail the phone around by the USB cord. However, now they are so lose I have to tape the cord to the phone to maybe get it just right and charge. The USB slot is looser than a two dollar whore now.
It first started with the factory charger (which died) and never got a replacement (thanks moto)! So got another 3rd party charger and that cable was better but still not tight. Now no cable will stick and is a sloppy mess.
I'm assuming this is going to require a RMA and replacement? Would this even be covered, and considering the RMA for my stock charger months later resulted in no new charger it's worrying too attempt a phone RMA. Let alone the short lifespan of the port. I only plug in ever 1-2 days by the way.
Anyone else having this issue and if so what did you do?
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Take a look at the two spring loaded prongs on your cable. Are they still pointy and extended? Usually when this happens I notice my prongs have noticeable wear on them
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No, I don't use my phone and cable as a mace or as a personal defense weapon when I play superhero on the weekend However it does have it's home on the nightstand next to the bed with one of my tablets. I haven't dropped or sat on the device whilst plugged in, I have done this with previous phones where it bends the metal on the USB cable but even then hasn't caused a loose port on those devices.
One of the cables indeed has worn down prongs to my surprise for being new, so I looked through my drawers of cables and found one with nice shiney new prongs. This does make locking in place more efficient in my case but not like it was new. You can still fairly easily loose connection moving the device around while plugged in but not instant disconnect from gravity like the stock charger or the other cables.
I would check the charging port for lint. This can cause a cable not to stay in. Simply take a piece of tape and roll it back onto itself with the sticky side out making sure it's the right side to fit in the port. I've done this with several devices and it makes a big difference.
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