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I'm having a problem charging my phone. Long story short, I left my phone charger at work and can't easily go back to get it until next week. I went to Best Buy today and bought another wall charger. It said it was compatible with the HTC EVO, and since the Shift also has microUSB and the same battery, I assumed it would be compatible.
I plugged the phone in and it seemed to be working fine, but a few minutes later I checked on it again and it wasn't charging, although it was still plugged in. I unplugged it and looked at the Battery Status when I plugged it back in. First it says Charging (AC) for about 12 seconds, then changes to Charging (USB) for about 14 seconds. After that the battery icon stops doing the charge animation and the Battery Status says Discharging (instead of the usual Not Charging when it's not plugged in at all). I have tried rebooting but it does this every time.
Anyone have any ideas what's wrong? And if I have to just take it back, how can I be sure this won't happen again? Has someone else bought a charger at Best Buy that actually works for the Shift?
Not sure if it makes a difference but I'm running Evervolv.
Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks guys!
Well I've learned my lesson and only use chargers of the same brand as my phone. With a HTC phone ill only use a HTC charger. I've had a phone just completely die from using a off brand charger and had to get a new phone.
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Take it back to best buy and try again, might have just been a faulty unit.
About the only problem I have with chargers are the cheap gas station car chargers, I use boost chargers MOTO cliq,Droid,g2(HTC) them all work fine but the gas station chargers just keep my battery where it was when I plugged it in no matter what I do it won't charge but it won't run dead either I dunno its weird
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Thanks for the responses. I think I'll try to exchange it for a different brand and see how that works.
yah i would only use htc chargers... i used to have a longer amazon usb cable i connected and charged with my htc adapter. now i can only use it to transfer data, no charging.
I came to the Shift from the Palm Pre. When I was looking to get extra wall and car chargers for the Pre I was told to be sure and get 1000mA output chargers, that anything less than that was not powerful enough to charge the Pre. I have used those chargers with no problems on the Shift.
On a trip in my girlfriends car I plugged her Shift into her car charger. She also had a Pre and now a Shift, so the same chargers. I noticed on the phone it said "Discharging" I then realized I had replaced her car charger a couple of days earlier because it was falling apart with a new one I found in a drawer. When I looked at the charger it was rated at 750mA. I replaced it with the 1000mA charger and have not had the issue since.
My nexus so far seems great but i have this issue and idk if its a defect or idk? When i go to charge my phone with the stock AC adapter and even a HTC adapter it starts charging on AC then sometimes switches to USB and charges slower. And I have to like plug it in and out a few times for it to finally catch as AC its super annoying and my GNex never had that issue. And when i want to use the phone on AC the Charge Drops significantly sometimes discharging and im not even doing anything intensive. Does anyone have this issue? Is it a problem with the USB cable maybe? Or do you think this is a defect? Because its about to be 14 days and i dont have much left to get an RMA cause its what im considering and if I need it i dont have 380 dollars in my bank account either if i do need it so idk how that would work. Any help would be appreciated Thanks!
It lowers the incoming current, by dropping to usb charge, to help keep the battery cooler. They seem to be really trying to keep the battery temp down on this thing.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on the 13th. Still waiting.
Really? Do you know the temps? Or does anyone? Cause sometimes it changes to USB after plugging it in for like 5 mins and i wouldnt think it gets that hot that quick. And when i finally get the AC to seem to stick the temps go up to 30-35 degrees celcius as normal and im getting around 850mah and it doesn't drop to usb charging it just drops current sometimes mainly when im using it obviously. So idk if it really is what you say or maybe someone could elaborate more?
I just want to get to the bottom of this issue so to know if i need to get an RMA :/
I forgot to mention that it also seems to randomly switch between AC/USB/UNPLUGGED really fast sometimes and i have to unplug and replug to get a charge I have no idea why.. I really want to know if its a software issue or hardware. Thats my main concern.
Woww this makes sense Ive been trying to figure out why this freaking thing was taking so long to charge. this reminds me of the galaxy s and how long that thing took. hopefully this is a software bug and they can get this thing worked out
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ajoerivera said:
Woww this makes sense Ive been trying to figure out why this freaking thing was taking so long to charge. this reminds me of the galaxy s and how long that thing took. hopefully this is a software bug and they can get this thing worked out
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Yea idk if its a hardware or software bug im hoping software but i may just do an RMA incase if i can ill call google tommorow. And if you want to check how your phone is charging you can download Battery Monitor Widget it shows the mah and all that.
I have that same problem with the charger that came in the box.once it goes to USB it take forever to charge but when I use the charger from my gnex it stays on ac and charges really fast not once does it goes to USB.so I tried the N4 charger on my HTC thunderbolt and gnex and both would go into USB mode and charge really slow.
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I have that same problem with the charger that came in the box.once it goes to USB it take forever to charge but when I use the charger from my gnex it stays on ac and charges really fast not once does it goes to USB.so I tried the N4 charger on my HTC thunderbolt and gnex and both would go into USB mode and charge really slow.
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For what it's worth, my Nexus 4 *NEVER* charges in an AC mode using the OEM charging plug, regardless of which power point / cable I use with it. And to charge from 'critical' to 100% took about 7 hours last night. Wtf.
It's been RMA'd as I don't believe this to be correct behaviour. Perhaps also related, the USB computer connection has stopped working. It'll charge via USB but won't connect to any computer.
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I have that same problem with the charger that came in the box.once it goes to USB it take forever to charge but when I use the charger from my gnex it stays on ac and charges really fast not once does it goes to USB.so I tried the N4 charger on my HTC thunderbolt and gnex and both would go into USB mode and charge really slow.
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Hmm so did you use the Gnex charger like the USB cable and AC adapter? Cause ive just used the ac adapters with the N4 Lg USB cable. It makes me think that the USB cable is **** to. I need to find another USB to test this out.
andyvaughan said:
For what it's worth, my Nexus 4 *NEVER* charges in an AC mode using the OEM charging plug, regardless of which power point / cable I use with it. And to charge from 'critical' to 100% took about 7 hours last night. Wtf.
It's been RMA'd as I don't believe this to be correct behaviour. Perhaps also related, the USB computer connection has stopped working. It'll charge via USB but won't connect to any computer.
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Did you try a differnt USB and AC adpter like the previous post said? I just want to make sure cause if not im gonna RMA
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Did you try a differnt USB and AC adpter like the previous post said? I just want to make sure cause if not im gonna RMA
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Yep, tried a whole bunch of different power sockets, usb charger plugs and cables. Still screwed. The more I read, the more its obvious that the devices behaviour isn't correct.
You should send it back because mine charges fine. It takes 2-3 hours to charge mine to full from empty. I'm using the charger and USB cable that came with the phone.
I'm actually facing the same thing, I slept for 3 hours and woke up to my phone being only 60% charged. I tried plugging it in and out a couple of times, and now its back to AC and not switching to USB anymore.
In using Franco kernel and even enabling USB fast charge doesn't keep it from showing USB.
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Hmm so did you use the Gnex charger like the USB cable and AC adapter? Cause ive just used the ac adapters with the N4 Lg USB cable. It makes me think that the USB cable is **** to. I need to find another USB to test this out.
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I was looking at my LG charger and it seems to be missing one of the gold connectors on the male part of the cable Idk if this is normal but my gnex has all the gold connectors.
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I was looking at my LG charger and it seems to be missing one of the gold connectors on the male part of the cable Idk if this is normal but my gnex has all the gold connectors.
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Yea mine is missing it to I wonder if that is why? And i just got my RAVpower external battery and that usb has all the pins and i tried to charge my phone with the lg brick and the ravpower usb and it seems to charge fine goes to ac every time. So im really wondering if its the LG USB that i got and it being faulty or not. I need to get another USB to test this out. Cause i dont want to swap out an entire phone for just a usb..
I've noticed mine charges as USB when using the stock LG charger. I had put it down to the 3 metre USB cable it was attached to, but I guess it's just a pants charger.
I just started having the same problem since Sunday. Had the phone for 2wks now. I had the same problem with my gs2. I really don't like these adaptor charger now a days. I go for the straight wall charger. Seems to work best. I think it's better because it doesn't convert to a usb cord as well, I don't know but I went ahead and ordered this one. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=150959459340 should be here Friday. it says original OEM charger for E960 nexus 4. We'll see.. I suggest direct wall charger instead of those USB adaptor that come with phones now.
I just looked at my USB charger from lg, it has 4 gold pins. Seems like they're all there, how many are there suppose to be??
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I'm not having the issue ... But it happened to me when I had my s3 I would use oem Samsung home charger and it would charge for a bit and it would stop ...
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noodles2224 said:
I just started having the same problem since Sunday. Had the phone for 2wks now. I had the same problem with my gs2. I really don't like these adaptor charger now a days. I go for the straight wall charger. Seems to work best. I think it's better because it doesn't convert to a usb cord as well, I don't know but I went ahead and ordered this one. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=150959459340 should be here Friday. it says original OEM charger for E960 nexus 4. We'll see.. I suggest direct wall charger instead of those USB adaptor that come with phones now.
I just looked at my USB charger from lg, it has 4 gold pins. Seems like they're all there, how many are there suppose to be??
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That actually sounds like a good idea and should hopefully work! I need to order one. Still debating on Getting an RMA cause i dont want **** phone or worse phone..
Correction And it should have like 2 gold outer pins and 3 gold inner pins and mine and I guess a few other people have the outer pins but only 2 inner pins im missing the left most inner pin.
Sometimes when I charge my phone I get spikes of charging then not charging. Wonder if this is a problem with the USB port or its just a dust issue there?
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I think this phone just has a retarded charging port. The plug doesn't stay in securely which causes the phone to charge slow, first of all. And I recently started having the problem you described. It will say charging, not charging back and forth a bunch of times. Are you using a case? When this happens, I take off my case to make sure the plug is in there securely and I also make sure the AC adapter is plugged into the wall securely and that the USB plug is plugged into the AC adapter securely as well. This usually helps.
Charging this phone is such a headache sometimes.
That happened to me like a month ago and the charger was the culprit. But I also had slow charging (even with the wall adapter, it would eventually change to USB charging) and it wouldn't reach full charge. You might want to try another charger, just in case.
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I've seen this also and cleaned my USB pins...seemed to help.
DaveCosta said:
That happened to me like a month ago and the charger was the culprit. But I also had slow charging (even with the wall adapter, it would eventually change to USB charging) and it wouldn't reach full charge. You might want to try another charger, just in case.
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I have to agree. I am using a different charger because the one it came with sucks. I would wake up to a phone that had 50% even though it was on the charger all night.
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My Nexus 4 does this when I use the LG USB cable, but I don't remember if it happened with the stock charger. I lost that a long time ago, and now I use the charger from my old Motorola Atrix, which works fine if I use a cable other than the LG cable. I think my cable is damaged, but it feels like the cable always did that. If I plug my dads Atrix HD into the LG cable, it does the same unstable charging as my Nexus.
I have the same issue, have tried multiple chargers and cables, even happens over Qi.
I have a replacement phone coming
Had this too, charger was broken, just try another charger first.
I'm now using a standard samsung charger
I had this problem with the official charger, but it works well when I charge it using my computer usb ports (I prefer lower current when I charge over night) and the Nexus 10 charger.
Thanks for all your responses...it seems to be better now after cleaning the ports....but still happens sometimes...I'm trying to do a RMA for it but have a question...what if during their testing it didn't happen would I need to pay for the replaced device?
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Long story short, upgraded to 4.3 (not stock) and noticed my phone was at 3% in the morning despite being plugged in.
Checked to see if the charger was messed, it wasn't (worked with another phone and it displays a blue light while plugged in). Even so, I tried another charger. Plugged that in the wall and tried different sockets, nothing.
Called Google, said I might need a replacement, I don't really want to go through that... I'd have to transfer warranty, etc.
They also ,mentioned blowing into the charging port, so I did. The phone started to charge for 3-5 seconds, and then it stopped again. So I decided to plug it into my laptop and it began charging...
I don't want to have to rely on USB to charge my phone and the replacement is my kind of last resort, so what do you guys think I can do to fix my faulty port?
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Does not sound like hardware issue to me. You're saying that it charges through a PC's USB and not when using AC charger. Don't both charging methods use the same micro-usb from the phone? You can try things like restarting, flashing the factory image, shutting off.
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Get a Qi wireless charger. Simple solution. . That or replace the charging daughter board. They are only $15.
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No. Charging works fine
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did you try a different usb cable? I've noticed the cable shipped with the phone is pretty inferior. The wall wart could be fine but the cable is going bad.
flintdragon said:
did you try a different usb cable? I've noticed the cable shipped with the phone is pretty inferior. The wall wart could be fine but the cable is going bad.
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Yeah the cable I got with my n4 is pure garbage. Flashes charging on and off constant. I just threw it away.
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Well, oddly enough I'm at a different home right now and AC charging works here... I don't know if it works at my home, but it does here. I'm very confused right now
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Basically have to get a replacement, can't do anything else about it. So what are the best options to back up all of my stuff and return to stock? If I can return to stock straight from the N⁴ that'd be wicked :3
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I had an issue like this on my gnex. When it was at this point, it would charge on usb or with the phone powered off. Not to much longer and the port died, Had to replace it.If you can get an exchange, I would go that way vs. replacing the cable\port. Replacing the ribbon cable and port has possibility of breakage it you don't have a "light touch".
Hello,
There is a strange issue here. I've got Nexus 7 (the old version) and two Xiaomi Mi2 phones (one of them is Mi2s). All have latest firmware. All of them had their own AC adapters and cables. After some usage I needed to buy new cables so I've bought 5 pcs of these: https://www.fasttech.com/p/1048600 They are great cables, look strong and build quality is perfect. The only thing.. they do not charge my devices properly. If I take Nexus' charger, Nexus itself and this Samsung cable - Nexus shows charging sign, it gets hot, but charging percent just doesn't change. If I turn the screen off, then it gains about 30-40% of charge overnight. But if I use the tablet while charging, it gets very hot but charge goes down! If I just replace the cable with the native one Nexus charges in 3 hours, Xiaomi in 2.
Even more strange thing happens when I use a powerbank instead of wall charger (like this: https://www.fasttech.com/p/1340502 + 3 x https://www.fasttech.com/p/1143803). With original cables it charges as fast as the wall charger. With Samsung cable - Nexus doesn't charge (but shows charging sign), Xiaomis just go crazy, they start vibrating and flashing their charge indicators, do not charge.
Moreover, I've noticed what sometimes when Nexus is "charging" with Samsung cable its screen starts to touch itself like crazy
The question is... WTF? Aren't those Micro-USB cables all the same? Do they have anything but the wires inside???
m0n5ter said:
Hello,
There is a strange issue here. I've got Nexus 7 (the old version) and two Xiaomi Mi2 phones (one of them is Mi2s). All have latest firmware. All of them had their own AC adapters and cables. After some usage I needed to buy new cables so I've bought 5 pcs of these: https://www.fasttech.com/p/1048600 They are great cables, look strong and build quality is perfect. The only thing.. they do not charge my devices properly. If I take Nexus' charger, Nexus itself and this Samsung cable - Nexus shows charging sign, it gets hot, but charging percent just doesn't change. If I turn the screen off, then it gains about 30-40% of charge overnight. But if I use the tablet while charging, it gets very hot but charge goes down! If I just replace the cable with the native one Nexus charges in 3 hours, Xiaomi in 2.
Even more strange thing happens when I use a powerbank instead of wall charger (like this: https://www.fasttech.com/p/1340502 + 3 x https://www.fasttech.com/p/1143803). With original cables it charges as fast as the wall charger. With Samsung cable - Nexus doesn't charge (but shows charging sign), Xiaomis just go crazy, they start vibrating and flashing their charge indicators, do not charge.
Moreover, I've noticed what sometimes when Nexus is "charging" with Samsung cable its screen starts to touch itself like crazy
The question is... WTF? Aren't those Micro-USB cables all the same? Do they have anything but the wires inside???
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There are two types of cables. Data + charge cables and charge - only cables. The data capable cables will charge more slowly than the charge - only ones. The difference is dramatic as you have seen. So, no, all those cables are not the same.
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wtherrell said:
There are two types of cables. Data + charge cables and charge - only cables. The data capable cables will charge more slowly than the charge - only ones. The difference is dramatic as you have seen. So, no, all those cables are not the same.
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Well.. In this terms all the cables I use are the same. All of them can handle PC-device communication AND charging. So this is definitely not the difference..
Guage of wires and length also affect it. Shorter & thicker the wires the better they will do. I got tired of the confusion & just got some charge - only cables. These are great for charging but no data through put at all.
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