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Nexus 7 dead after using OTG

Hello,
last night i received my OTG cable. My nexus is rooted with custom kernel so I decided to transfer some files from my usb stick. Everything was fine when i plugged and played some song from flash stick but then i leave it connected for 2 hours and when i come back my nexus was dead..
I tried everything but its always black screen. My friend who gave me this OTG cable told me that micro USB connector of the cable is little shorter than normal. Is this is a problem? What you think is happen?

I saw other post with a “dead“ that come back pressing the power button for a long time (30seg+)
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nexus 7 .using ext usb and dongle 3g...
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Bladyle said:
Hello,
last night i received my OTG cable. My nexus is rooted with custom kernel so I decided to transfer some files from my usb stick. Everything was fine when i plugged and played some song from flash stick but then i leave it connected for 2 hours and when i come back my nexus was dead..
I tried everything but its always black screen. My friend who gave me this OTG cable told me that micro USB connector of the cable is little shorter than normal. Is this is a problem? What you think is happen?
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Ive gotten my nexus stuck like that before. What I did to fix is to hold VOL +/- and power until the screen flashes and the Nexus7 reboots then.

[Q] Missing pin on stock USB cable or normal design?

Hello everyone, I happen to notice that my stock N4 USB cable has a possible missing contact pin (not sure what to call it). The only other USB cables I have to compare it to are Samsung cables and all the pins are there. I'm curious if that pin is left out by design or it is a defect. Without knowing if it's left out for a reason. I have been reluctant to use my other cables because they do have that extra pin. I'm thinking maybe more pins could be bad if the N4 wasn't designed for it? So my question is, do you folks have all the pins on your stock N4 USB cables. Thanks in advance, Peace.
PS I have had two charging discrepancies since I've owed the phone. Twice when I plugged in (wall socket) my phone shot up to 100% instantly. I had to unplug, power down, plug back in, and power back on to get the proper battery reading again.

Mine appears to be missing too. Maybe it is built that way. I didn't notice until I just checked. I haven't had any problems with file transfers using the cable with my computer or with charging.
Edit: Found this thread on another forum that explains 2 other users having the same issue with their nexus 4s. It appears to be normal. http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-4/246222-nexus-4-oem-usb-cable.html

Check out the other end. You should only have 4 contacts there too.
They build it like that to save money (less metal). You only need 4 contacts for a USB cable. (The phone side will have all 5 for use in slim port, OTG, etc.)
From left to right in your picture you have:
Ground
Data-
Data+
Voltage
And that's all ya need.
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[Q] Charging on AC but shows USB

Initially my phone started to charge slow since a week with the original charger and cable came with N4 in the box. I googled and got to check in the battery settings as if it shows AC or USB. Its showing USB and charging quite slow. I flashed yesterday factory image after deleting everything but still it shows as USB.
One more thing, when i connect the charger it shows AC and after a few seconds it says USB and sticks to it.
After connecting the charger it acts as the charger is powered on and off 3-4 times whereas i dont turn the power off/on.
Any help.

faddyie said:
Initially my phone started to charge slow since a week with the original charger and cable came with N4 in the box. I googled and got to check in the battery settings as if it shows AC or USB. Its showing USB and charging quite slow. I flashed yesterday factory image after deleting everything but still it shows as USB.
One more thing, when i connect the charger it shows AC and after a few seconds it says USB and sticks to it.
After connecting the charger it acts as the charger is powered on and off 3-4 times whereas i dont turn the power off/on.
Any help.
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Anyone...?

Happening to me too!! Please help someone.
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TJ_Ahluwalia said:
Happening to me too!! Please help someone.
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Happens to me as well. I even got a new USB cable from Flipkart and tried with other chargers. Same thing happens. I googled enough for this and find no feasible solutions.

It seems to be a hardware issue. but the weird things is it initially recognizes as AC but then after few seconds change to USB.
Further, after pinning the cable, phone reacts as the power is on-off-on-off 3-4 times.
Please help.

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It might be a defective cable. I had the same thing happen to me (oem cable and charger), but changing the cable solved it for me. Pretty poor build quality if you ask me
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i was using the original USB cable that came with the phone and experienced the same issues. after changing the USB cable it is fixed for me.
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i can confirm that it is the cable. just go buy a new one but have in mind that you need a quality cable. the reason is that the usb 2 standard outputs about 1 amp, so most cable is designed with that in mind. the nexus 4 charger output is 1.2 amp so if the charger cannot output 1.2 amp it outputs lower amp thus the connection with the charger is recognized as usb. if you go and buy a quality cable then you will have no problems. i just use the cable of my old phone (optimus black ) and it works like a charm. another cable that i have make the usb thingy.
the lg cable of nexus 4 and all the new lg's is ****. it break down very easily. a friend of mine bought an lg g pad 8.3 and the cable died the 4 time that he used it!!!
P.S. when i say quality cable i don't mean a 30 euroes or dollars cable. i mean a cable by a known brand and not an ebay 1 euro cable. that didn't worked for me. if i knew a brand of cable that worked i would but i use an old lg cable
hope i helped

ttheodorou said:
i can confirm that it is the cable. just go buy a new one but have in mind that you need a quality cable. the reason is that the usb 2 standard outputs about 1 amp, so most cable is designed with that in mind. the nexus 4 charger output is 1.2 amp so if the charger cannot output 1.2 amp it outputs lower amp thus the connection with the charger is recognized as usb. if you go and buy a quality cable then you will have no problems. i just use the cable of my old phone (optimus black ) and it works like a charm. another cable that i have make the usb thingy.
the lg cable of nexus 4 and all the new lg's is ****. it break down very easily. a friend of mine bought an lg g pad 8.3 and the cable died the 4 time that he used it!!!
P.S. when i say quality cable i don't mean a 30 euroes or dollars cable. i mean a cable by a known brand and not an ebay 1 euro cable. that didn't worked for me. if i knew a brand of cable that worked i would but i use an old lg cable
hope i helped
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This happens to me as well but I don't think it is the cable. When mine started charging slowly & on USB with the official one I bought one that was made by Amazon which was fine for a while but then it changed to USB charging

If you have a custom kernel that supports forcing AC charging, give that a try. I think the latest Hells Core/Doctor kernels offer that feature. Unless this feature is on, my phone thinks my car charger is a USB charger. It might be, I'm not sure, but I know that the kernel has a feature to override this recognition and extract the full average from the adapter (in my case, 1A).

I bought the nexus charger off of Google.com and now it always shows charging (AC) and it charge at a good speed
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[Q] Nexus 7 short circut damage help, please.

So, I apparently did something very stupid with my new Nexus 7.
I have a few 1 TB external hard drives, which don't get enough power via an OTG adapter from the Nexus 7 to run. So, I purchased a two into one cable -- that is, a cable that combines two male USB A plugs into one Micro USB B plug so that a USB 3.0 hard drive can use two USB 2.0 ports to have enough power. I had planned to use this to enable use of the hard drives with the Nexus 7 while traveling by plugging one cable in the tablet and the other into a charger.
When I got the cable I tested it by plugging one of the USB A plugs into my Nexus 7, and then I plugged the other into my computer's USB port. The Nexus 7 promptly shut down, the computer complained of a power surge on the USB port, and a distinct smell of melted plastic came from the computer's USB port. I guess the combining cable didn't combine so much as it just acted like a double headed male A USB cable and shorted things out?
The Nexus 7 refused to restart afterwards until I it plugged it into its charger. It works now, mostly. However, if its battery charge is above about eighty-seven percent then it always reports that it is charging, regardless if it is plugged in or not. And if I plug it into a computer while it is reporting that it is charging I have to restart the tablet to get it to connect to the computer -- I guess it thinks it is connected to a charger and doesn't bother checking for a data connection unless restarted.
The level where it stops thinking it's charging varies somewhat -- I've had it still claim to be charging all the way down to eighty-two percent charge, and by repeatedly opening the battery app over and over again I have been able to get it to notice that it's really not charging all the way up to ninety-one percent, but no higher, and I have to open and close the battery app an increasing number of times for every percent that it goes up over eighty-seven before it will notice it's not charging.
Any idea what kind of damage I'm looking at? How to fix it? Whether I can get the warranty people to fix it free of charge? If yes, whether they will send me a new one or just fix the one I have? Whether it's worth getting fixed since it mostly still works, and doesn't really bother me as long as it doesn't get worse?

Nothing?
Nothing from anyone?

Try replacing the internal USB plug? About $25. Easy to do your self.

Usb c Charging Port loose

I am using the cable provided and an Anker cable. When I put the cable In the phone it stays just fine but defiantly wiggles from side to side. I am worried it will damage stuff inside. Anyone else have this issue.

photodude56 said:
I am using the cable provided and an Anker cable. When I put the cable In the phone it stays just fine but defiantly wiggles from side to side. I am worried it will damage stuff inside. Anyone else have this issue.
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it's normal, I can confirm because I have usb-c ports on pc and they are same as on phone - wiggly. as long as you cant pull it out with no effort it's ok.

trasheris said:
it's normal, I can confirm because I have usb-c ports on pc and they are same as on phone - wiggly. as long as you cant pull it out with no effort it's ok.
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I was concerned when i was charging the phone and the cable came out at a small angle and not straight out?

photodude56 said:
I was concerned when i was charging the phone and the cable came out at a small angle and not straight out?
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how small? it moves ~1mm total in both directions. it looks almost straight, I think. if you can move it more then it might not be normal.

I posted about this a few weeks back with this problem. The type c port on the phone is loose but if you can move it left and right and don't feel comfortable I would exchange it. I had this problem and had to exchange mine, Also note not all USB type c cables are the same. Cheap manufacturers will not adhere to the groveless type c male design ( like the weird zig zag on the older USB cables) that will damage the port.
However,The Anker cable you have is probably the Anker power line USB type c to 3.0 and from experience it's a decent cable but no quick charge 3.0 due to the cable adhering to official type c specs which do not allow it to pump so much amps to the phone.
Hope this helps sorry if my grammar is horrible it's like 5 am

Yeah, I have the same thing. I just think ZTE left the port "loose". It fits way tighter on my oneplus 3..

Axon 7 usb type c charging
Hi, I 've bought a new Axon 7 (128gb 4gd Rom or A2017 model). When I shut the phone down and insert usb type c in the port(in one fell swoop and in one push)it starts charging and it shows a battery shape that above it is written "quick charging" in chinese language, but again when the phone is shut down and this time first I insert half of the usb type c in the phone's port and wait until the phone vibrates then I push the other half of the usb type c in the port and this time it also shows a battery shape but above it is not written quick charging in chinese language and also it is actually not charging at all and is stuck at a certain battery percent. I just wanna know if your Axon 7 is and acts the same as mine so please try it and tell me?(I think this issue is because of usb type c cables and nothing is wrong with the phone cause I've seen Lg g5 acts the same when I tried it)