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On AC power it can take anywhere up to 8 hours to fully charge from empty and thats with no use at all, it actually loses charge if i play just a low intensity game or browse the web.
Im currently running CM7 and have flashed different ROMs / kernels and Radios to try and get a difference but without any luck.
Ive only noticed the problem within the last month and the battery seems to last a fair while and can make up to 2 days easily with little use, so i dont think theres any serious leak occurring, but having regularly flashed new ROMs i cant say exactly the point when it started happening.
Im thinking that perhaps the battery or the cable may have become faulty but is there any way to test if this is the case?
Im hoping for a software fix but any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Install current widget from the market, attach to a screen and let us know the reading from an AC adapter.
Hopefully you'll be able to identify if your charger isn't working correctly.
Ok so i left it on charge overnight and logged the current widget values and saw that on AC charge the readings started at around 119mA and by the morning the charging had slowly decreased to about 70mA. There are also a few periods where there is a charge loss of around -30mA for a few minutes before returning to a constantly decreasing charge.
Also, before doing this i drained the battery and wiped the battery stats, not sure if this may have any effect on the current widget results / charge time.
daves125125 said:
Also, before doing this i drained the battery and wiped the battery stats, not sure if this may have any effect on the current widget results / charge time.
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i think u need to call ur provider and ask for a battery replacement explain why u need it... they will send u a new battery and then check if the problem persists if so then it mite be problem with ur cable or the adapter
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i think u need to call ur provider and ask for a battery replacement explain why u need it... they will send u a new battery and then check if the problem persists if so then it mite be problem with ur cable..
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Exactly that, I get around 800mA on AC. There is a fault somewhere.
I had the same problem awhile ago. Turned out to be my charger that stopped working.
But that was an old Samsung charger so I just started using the HTC charger that came with the phone instead
Try another charger first and see if it's better. Or ju try to plug it in the computer and see if it charges then.
Problem solved, turned out to be a cheap cable bought from ebay that caused the issues. Thanks.
Hi Guys!
I have a problem with my Htc HD2, it doesnt charge! I installed windows phone 7 nand rom to my hd2, so the connection was made and usb cable is charging, have tried it with stock Htc Wildfire. The battery is ok, because i have a battery charger and the battery is charging.
Used Magldr v1.13.
Any help would be appreciated, btw have read several topics,but no solution has found.
I don't see a problem here.
You said it doesn't charge and then you said it charges.
And the battery charges from external battery charger too.
Where is the problem?
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lol, after reading again and again I finally found your problem. But using correct grammar and correct punctuation would've made this a lot easier
Make sure that the battery pins on your phone are ok, also check the usb socket on your phone and make sure it's not faulty or malfunctioning
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I don't see a problem here.
You said it doesn't charge and then you said it charges.
And the battery charges from external battery charger too.
Where is the problem?
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Between chair and keyboard.
kawazaki said:
I don't see a problem here.
You said it doesn't charge and then you said it charges.
And the battery charges from external battery charger too.
Where is the problem?
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reading comprehension ftw.
Anyway, I had a similar problem and I found that it was the pins connecting directly to the battery, the three little ones you see when you pull the battery. Make sure there aren't bent down and smashed too much. You can still get the battery to supply power, but it wont take a charge. Anyway, hope this helps.
I had the same problem, HD2 didn't charge, the orange LED just flashed and battclock reported a temperature of 250°C. Problem was the middle battery connector, it was bent behind the battery and so it had no contact. Remove battery, try to carefully get these three connectors in correct position and try again.
Thank you so much!!!!! I thought my phone was dead then I checked this. You are my hero!!!!
I had the same problem and it was driving me crazy. I tried putting the stock ROM back on, WinMo 7, charging with the computer and USB and nothing worked, I still got the red/green blinking LED and the battery died. I bent the middle pin back to normal and now everything is working as usual.
It works for me
thanks ... joshwake
nice ICS on hd2
hi everyone,i got a problem of charng on my MT4G recently.Actually it happened since few hours ago.I searched,read reagarding MT4G charging issue,but this is not it.
Phone shows charging (settings>about phone> Battery)
Red light is lighting but No Charging Animation.
USB Mass Storage working!
Tried a factory rest,but still have the problem.
Tried many chargers & data cables,but nothing has changed!
What could be the matter?
TIA
If the battery is charging it's probably your ROM. Which one are you using?
Try clearing data and cache and reflashing the ROM. Sometimes that clears things up. It won't mess up any of your programs, but if you've altered anything in the system folder or changed the kernel it WILL revert.
Agree with estallings15 above. If the charging light appears, the battery is actually being charged and USB MS is functional - all that means the phone detects USB power (VBUS), and I'd start looking for faults from the ROM.
Thank you very much estallings15 & Jack_R1!It seems that.
Im on Stock Rooted GB ROM.
I turn offed the phone & start to charge.Then after 1 hour i power on it & see.Now the phone is charging,
It show charging animation (in early,it didn't show).BUT charging is extremely slow!It took 2 hours to charge from 30% to 32%!!I have installed Snake battery booster & it show remaing 5 hours to full chrage from 15%(current battery level)!!!
Anyway guys,i will try another rom after i get decent battery percent.Thank you very much!
Like i sad,
ROM - Rooted Stock GB ROM
Kernel - Default one which came from
If the charging is that slow - there is another option, but you're not going to like that one. Your battery or charging circuit on the board might be faulty.
your phone is using more current than the charger is able to deliver error
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If the charging is that slow - there is another option, but you're not going to like that one. Your battery or charging circuit on the board might be faulty.
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Thanks!What is the option??BTW,I just flashed Android Revolution HD & after few minutes,i got this message suddenly (see the attachment).What is now?Is this regarding charging port or something like you said ?
error is " your phone is using more current than the charger is able to deliver error"
I bought a charger off line once and it charged my phone about that slow all I did was switch chargers and it started charging it fast again
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I think the original htc charger is slower than motorola's one. Don't know which one is better for battery life.
I have gotten that message before not since buying a new charger after old one got shortage
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Thanks!What is the option??BTW,I just flashed Android Revolution HD & after few minutes,i got this message suddenly (see the attachment).What is now?Is this regarding charging port or something like you said ?
error is " your phone is using more current than the charger is able to deliver error"
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It confirms my thoughts. If you're using a good stock charger (the one that's able to deliver 1A current) and you're seeing this message - it means that either your battery is dead, or the charging circuit in your phone is malfunctioning. Other problems are unlikely, given that you have functional USB. There is still a chance of something bad on the connector level (GND pin), but I can't say for sure if this is possible - never tried.
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It confirms my thoughts. If you're using a good stock charger (the one that's able to deliver 1A current) and you're seeing this message - it means that either your battery is dead, or the charging circuit in your phone is malfunctioning. Other problems are unlikely, given that you have functional USB. There is still a chance of something bad on the connector level (GND pin), but I can't say for sure if this is possible - never tried.
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I thought was using OEM HTC Datacable which bought from eBay.haha.Now im using HD 2 OEM data cable.That works fine.But seems litte bit lower charging speed than OEM Glacier data cable.Thank you for your help!
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It confirms my thoughts. If you're using a good stock charger (the one that's able to deliver 1A current) and you're seeing this message - it means that either your battery is dead, or the charging circuit in your phone is malfunctioning. Other problems are unlikely, given that you have functional USB. There is still a chance of something bad on the connector level (GND pin), but I can't say for sure if this is possible - never tried.
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Thanks every one,just had to use oem data cable.Than you again for your help!
I have a similar issue. My HTC MyTouch doesn't charging at all.
The charge light appears, the charging animation too, but the phone discharges like no charger connected.
I've used: charge from usb (pc) with Motorola, Samsung and Blackberry cables, 5V/1A charger, 5,7V/2A charger. No changes.
I'm on Stock rooted GB. The problem appears on Stock Froyo and before trying Gfree method. Even with the phone turned-off.
I've tried with two different batteries, also. No changes.
I hope you can help me. I believe that this is a hardware problem.
Thanks
Try a very short cable!!! (like 20cm) and good charger , not the usb of computer or notebook
padre629 said:
I have a similar issue. My HTC MyTouch doesn't charging at all.
The charge light appears, the charging animation too, but the phone discharges like no charger connected.
I've used: charge from usb (pc) with Motorola, Samsung and Blackberry cables, 5V/1A charger, 5,7V/2A charger. No changes.
I'm on Stock rooted GB. The problem appears on Stock Froyo and before trying Gfree method. Even with the phone turned-off.
I've tried with two different batteries, also. No changes.
I hope you can help me. I believe that this is a hardware problem.
Thanks
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Change your rom. I notice very slow charging on some some sense roms. Still try jumping roms.
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Change your rom. I notice very slow charging on some some sense roms. Still try jumping roms.
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Sure, now I'm on Albinoman's 4.3 ROM... the issue still appears
I believe that this is a hardware problem, with many chargers, many cables and two batteries there is no change.
thanks for your answer
Have you tried cleaning out any pocket lint from the port with a sharpened toothpick?
If you search xda you'll find some tricks for USB ports in general
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hey everybody!
i'm writing to know if anyone else had this problem. my nexus 4 doesn't charge anymore.
it never had problems about the battery but tonight, when i tried to recharge the phone it doesn't start. there isn't also the initially battery icon.
i've already tried different cable and the problem doesn't go away..
can you help me?
thanks in advance
Charging
borsa1994 said:
hey everybody!
i'm writing to know if anyone else had this problem. my nexus 4 doesn't charge anymore.
it never had problems about the battery but tonight, when i tried to recharge the phone it doesn't start. there isn't also the initially battery icon.
i've already tried different cable and the problem doesn't go away..
can you help me?
thanks in advance
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Well I had with my old phone the same problem but I recognized that there was some dirt in the charging port of the phone.
I removed this with my nail and it worked again.
Probably it won't help you but you'll never know
Try connecting the charge cable to a USB port on your computer for a few hours. You may not see anything right away but eventually the phone will begin to charge.
i got this issue few days back..the charging was slow..cant even reach 100 when im on the phone..its pathetic..swap with my old lg phone model cable bam!the old cable built was much rugged compared to nexus 4..
I have exactly the same problem - when it ran out of power today, it switched itself off normally, and then when I inserted the cable, it didn't charge. not even the battery animation thing came up!
I hope somebody can find a solution.
Oh yeah, and I checked in the port for dust, and used countless alternate wires and power adapters
dli615 said:
I have exactly the same problem - when it ran out of power today, it switched itself off normally, and then when I inserted the cable, it didn't charge. not even the battery animation thing came up!
I hope somebody can find a solution.
Oh yeah, and I checked in the port for dust, and used countless alternate wires and power adapters
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When you run the battery all the way down it takes a while to start a charge. Just leave it plugged in for a while and it'll go. I'm not sure if it does this every time because I don't drain my phone to 0% but it has happened before on my old phone and I've seen it happen to iphones as well.
Same problem
borsa1994 said:
hey everybody!
i'm writing to know if anyone else had this problem. my nexus 4 doesn't charge anymore.
it never had problems about the battery but tonight, when i tried to recharge the phone it doesn't start. there isn't also the initially battery icon.
i've already tried different cable and the problem doesn't go away..
can you help me?
thanks in advance
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Did you ever find a solution or send the phone in to LG? I'm having this exact problem right now. I've tried three different micro USB wall chargers for hours at a time as well as charging it through the USB port on my computer. I get absolutely no charge and I have never had any problems at all until last night when it simply would not charge.
sboege said:
Did you ever find a solution or send the phone in to LG? I'm having this exact problem right now. I've tried three different micro USB wall chargers for hours at a time as well as charging it through the USB port on my computer. I get absolutely no charge and I have never had any problems at all until last night when it simply would not charge.
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Try pressing the power button and immediately the low volume, wait like 3 to 5 seconds and it'll restarts. Not the first time this happens to me and wish to know what's going on! don't know if there's an app that's doing this or hardware issue...
Try cleaning the port like mentioned. There's videos in YouTube
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sboege said:
Did you ever find a solution or send the phone in to LG? I'm having this exact problem right now. I've tried three different micro USB wall chargers for hours at a time as well as charging it through the USB port on my computer. I get absolutely no charge and I have never had any problems at all until last night when it simply would not charge.
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ahh this problem...i had the exact same problem with my gnex...its just that the metal plate of the micro usb port of your phone has bent down a bit which is why it doesnt charge...the easiest way to fix that is to take something flat and lift the metal plate gently..not too much otherwise you'll break it...just lift it up slightly and it should charge normally then...Hopefully :fingers-crossed:
I should clarify the title by saying that trying to charge this phone is resulting in a number of odd results.
So firstly, I've tried using the wall-mounted AC charger. I then tried using USB on my computer, in 3 different usb ports. The phone was charging perfectly less than 24 hours before this problem began.
I plugged it in as per usual, and it didn't show the little lightning bolt on the batter icon like it should. It wasn't registering that it was plugged in. I tried plugging it into my PC, and it wasn't showing that it was connected via USB. In addition to that, my computer was failing to install the drivers for it. I went back to the AC charger, and tried a few different outlets, including one on a power strip. Nothing worked.
I searched online, and found that other people had this problem, and could only fix it by resetting to factory default settings. One person even had to do it twice to get it to work. So I did this, and it still didn't work. I tried charging my old phone with this Ac charger and cable, and it wouldn't work either. So I thought it must be a fault in the cable. So I dug up the cable (also micro-usb) for my old phone, and tried it. It worked just fine for my old phone, but my S4 still had the same problem, but with something new. It would say "Dock connected" but still not charge.
As of right now, it seems to be charging properly with my new AC mount and old usb cable, but I'm worried that this could happen again. Considering this seems to be a problem for other people too, what should I do about it? Is there some way to prevent this sort of thing from happening? Was it purely the other cable, given the fact that it didn't work with my old phone either? I'm on an extremely tight budget, and this phone is my only way of being contacted for job interviews, so having it in working order is very important. Any advice would be very appreciated!
Having exactly the same problem... couldn't find over the internet a solution yet or a position about it...
Affraid it's a hardware issue and have to send to the assistance...
Anyone know what to do?
Yup having the same issues - but i noticed only having charging issues when battery reaches 20% or the low battery notification pops up
it detects that a usb is connected but it wont charge
Solutions:
- dont let it go below 20 which is ****
- some people claim that if you use a 5pin charger instead of the 4pin which samsung includes solves the prob
Mine is a little more serious I think... haven't found a solution like that yet.
I have to connect/disconnect multiple times and it suddenly works.
But between those connects/disconnects it presents multiple problems, it appears on notification bar "Dock Connected", sometimes appears "Dock Connected" and on the notification bar appears "Suggested Apps (Anchoring)", other times it appears "Dock Connected" and the volume bar appears on the screen and stay there freeze (the phone works, but the bar doesn't disappear)... Sometimes the phone starts charging and suddenly stops, other times it says it's charging and if I remove the charger it keeps the charging symbol on the battery icon...
It's completely crazy, gonna take to service I guess.
Have you tried blowing out the usb connector on the phone with a can of compressed air?
If there is a minute piece of dust there it may be shorting something out - error that dock is connected. I know this happens to other phones, there was a big thread about it on the S3 forum. Might be a simple little thing like that...
Unfortunately that doesn't work for me, will send to service, let's see.
have you solved this problem and how?????
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I should clarify the title by saying that trying to charge this phone is resulting in a number of odd results.
So firstly, I've tried using the wall-mounted AC charger. I then tried using USB on my computer, in 3 different usb ports. The phone was charging perfectly less than 24 hours before this problem began.
I plugged it in as per usual, and it didn't show the little lightning bolt on the batter icon like it should. It wasn't registering that it was plugged in. I tried plugging it into my PC, and it wasn't showing that it was connected via USB. In addition to that, my computer was failing to install the drivers for it. I went back to the AC charger, and tried a few different outlets, including one on a power strip. Nothing worked.
I searched online, and found that other people had this problem, and could only fix it by resetting to factory default settings. One person even had to do it twice to get it to work. So I did this, and it still didn't work. I tried charging my old phone with this Ac charger and cable, and it wouldn't work either. So I thought it must be a fault in the cable. So I dug up the cable (also micro-usb) for my old phone, and tried it. It worked just fine for my old phone, but my S4 still had the same problem, but with something new. It would say "Dock connected" but still not charge.
As of right now, it seems to be charging properly with my new AC mount and old usb cable, but I'm worried that this could happen again. Considering this seems to be a problem for other people too, what should I do about it? Is there some way to prevent this sort of thing from happening? Was it purely the other cable, given the fact that it didn't work with my old phone either? I'm on an extremely tight budget, and this phone is my only way of being contacted for job interviews, so having it in working order is very important. Any advice would be very appreciated!
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have u sved this problem ??
ihave same problem plz rply.
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have u sved this problem ??
ihave same problem plz rply.
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Yep, chalk up one more with the same problem!
At first I thought it had something to do with Aviate, a custom launcher from Yahoo (actually a pretty sweet one at that!)
But I guess not.
My work-around is to reboot the phone while connected. It charges fine while turned off and seems to keep charging when booting while plugged in.
Still... this is a stupid work-around and I want this fixed properly.
Any news from any of you guys?
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Yep, chalk up one more with the same problem!
At first I thought it had something to do with Aviate, a custom launcher from Yahoo (actually a pretty sweet one at that!)
But I guess not.
My work-around is to reboot the phone while connected. It charges fine while turned off and seems to keep charging when booting while plugged in.
Still... this is a stupid work-around and I want this fixed properly.
Any news from any of you guys?
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Had this problem today. Suddenly out of nowhere "Dock is connected" message appeared after plugging the charger in and out. Tried to clean out the dock with stick and cotton on the edge. Then turned off and plugged in charger. Problem exists. Phone charges but stops regularly. It is very annoying when you dont know how to fix this kind of problem.
Any new solutions?
Right after this post, I froze the app "battery doctor 4.9.2" using Titanium Backup Pro (you can just uninstall it i guess). Then just plugged charger and now it's already Almost 90% without any interruption.
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Kamo777 said:
Right after this post, I froze the app "battery doctor 4.9.2" using Titanium Backup Pro (you can just uninstall it i guess). Then just plugged charger and now it's already Almost 90% without any interruption.
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Amazing! I've dealing with this problem for weeks and internet didn't give me any good answer, but the whole problem was a baterry monitor apk that for some reason was interfiering with the charger. Thank you so much!
I had this problem too and in my case it was a hardware problem. When i start the charging it kept repeating the start proces of charging with the vibration and the grey battery icon(in case the phone was turned off). The battery icon with the green charging light just didn't showed up. I tried many things but nothing helped. I let the phone keep charging for the whole night but in the morning i saw that it didn't charged anyway!
Then i went to a local phone reparation shop(none official samsung) and they knew immediately recognized the problem and it was the usb/charging connector where you plug it in the phone. They fixed it in 1 hour for a cheap price and from then(i think a few months ago) it charges back perfectly. It seems it's a disease with S4's.
In my previous post I was happy thinking that all this charging problems were solved after uninstalling battery apk. But, in fact, my S4 charges very slowly after that incident. I have tried two other samsung adapters (galaxy s4 mini; grand prime). First one results the same (up to 5 hours charging), the latter was comparably shorter (up to 3 hours), but still slower than it used to be (2 hours normally). So I highly suspected the hardware might be the reason. Thank you for your information, now I will also have the phone checked at some local repair shop. And give feedback of course.
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In my previous post I was happy thinking that all this charging problems were solved after uninstalling battery apk. But, in fact, my S4 charges very slowly after that incident. I have tried two other samsung adapters (galaxy s4 mini; grand prime). First one results the same (up to 5 hours charging), the latter was comparably shorter (up to 3 hours), but still slower than it used to be (2 hours normally). So I highly suspected the hardware might be the reason. Thank you for your information, now I will also have the phone checked at some local repair shop. And give feedback of course.
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You probably got some water damage in your port. What you need to do is clean it. I used pure alcohol and a toothbrush for that. After that I flashed a custom kernel so I could enable fast charge true usb.
That's the reason your phone is charging slowly, it thinks it's connected true usb. So you need to boost the usb charging. After a few charge cycles I could revert back to my standard kernel and the problem was fixed.
I think ur right Lenny.
Mine S4 got wet last weekend and now i am also getting the " Dock is connected" message when i plug in the charger cable.
I can charge my phone but sometimes while charging i hear the sound go off and on what you hear when unplugging the charger.
I will try your solution and hope it will fix mine too. Thanks for posting ur tip!
I suggest you go buy a new genuine cable for an s4, the s4 does actually require a special cable capable of 2A charge rate otherwise you can end up in all sorts of bother.
Thank you all for sharing tips. I cleaned the port as suggested, then replaced my cable. Now everything is back to normal.
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Lucky you :good:
Same problem - galaxy s6
Hi there - same problem, on my 128gb s6. started this morning. Yesterday everything fine, would charge when connected via USB to both laptop and to regular samsung usb power unit. Have now tried 3 different USB cables including the samsung cable, 3 different usb power units and of course tried all 3 cables in laptop usb port. Have checked phone's usb port - clean as a whistle. Have rebooted both connected and unconnected. Started getting 'dock connected' message, now it just wont charge, although starts up fine. I take very good care of the phone, so no water damage or untoward shock damage (never get it wet, never drop it). Remaining battery charge seems to fluctuate between 30% and 40+ %, depending upon whether it's plugged in or not. If I turn it off, then connect usb cable, the phone just reboots, still not charging. I then turn it off and see no green battery charging screen, as I used to seen when connected but turned off. Should I just hard reset and take to repair shop? Still under warranty.
I would return the phone for a warranty repair. Software would not usually prevent the phone from charging when powered off.
As a final test, see if the s6 will charge wirelessly, assuming you have access to a qi charging pad and the s6 has a built-in qi receiver like the North American version of the s6.