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Samsung Epic battery won't charge!!

When I got my Epic the battery was at 50% like expected. I immediately plugged it in when I got home and it seemed like it was charging because the charging light was on and the battery indicator was showing charge.
About 1 hour later I had to leave for class and I unplugged my epic. It stated it was 15% battery left and gave me the sad low battery notification.
I plugged my epic into the wall at school and let it charge a good 2 hours. Throughout the charge the battery would NOT GO ABOVE 15%. I finally unplugged it a few minutes ago, and STILL the battery is at 15%.
Is there any way to reset the battery stats or is this a faulty unit?? I called my radioshack nd they stated they can do a phone swap for me BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL GET MORE EPICS IN. WTF. I obviously can't use a phone that won't charge..... I saw a similar problem on androidcentral forums, where someones epic wouldn't charge over 80%.
My radioshack lady said to take out the battery and reset the phone. I've done this 3 or 4 times and still the battery registers 15%.
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I'm having the exact same problem except my phone always thinks the battery is at 0%. Even when plugged in to charge, the phone will still occasionally die. It's very likely that I'm just making some silly mistake though, as the Epic is my first Android phone.

I had on USB debugging but I don't think that should affect charging through usb. I don know what's wrong with the charging port or the battery. But its definately going DOWN. Now its blinking at 0% with no way to charge it.
I'm wondering if I let the battery die and try to charge it to see if it will fix the battery.....
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Same issues until i plugged it into a wallcharger.. now im good

meaning a non usb charger

I have tried the usb wall charger that came with the phone, and also a generic microusb charger. Both light up the notification charging light, and then the battery shows the charging..... still won't go above 15%.
Argh!
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easy fix guys....
be sure to use the original charger and usb cable.
plug in the charger to the wall, then plug the usb into the charger, then plug the phone into the usb....
follow these steps exactly and it should start charging......
(in the future, dont let your phone completely die)
PS: this issue affects ALL epics when they die completely so dont bother taking your phone into sprint. they will not replace it because the replacement would do the same. (2.2 should fix this..... its only a couple weeks away)
hope that helps!! ENJOY YOUR EPIC!!!

jbarajasp said:
easy fix guys....
be sure to use the original charger and usb cable.
plug in the charger to the wall, then plug the usb into the charger, then plug the phone into the usb....
follow these steps exactly and it should start charging......
(in the future, dont let your phone completely die)
PS: this issue affects ALL epics when they die completely so dont bother taking your phone into sprint. they will not replace it because the replacement would do the same. (2.2 should fix this..... its only a couple weeks away)
hope that helps!! ENJOY YOUR EPIC!!!
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I have tried this, charger into wall, then cable into charger, then usb into phone.
Still phone will not charge.
If I unplugg the charger, it says the battery is empty.
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aww man that sucks, maybe the battery is defective? u should try going to the sprint corporate store that does repairs. they should be able to test the battery and if its defective give u a new one.Its still under warranty, and if u have TEP it definitely is covered.

My Epic was experiencing the same issue. When I first got it today, it was gradually charging fine via my new Thinkpad's USB port. But then for some reason, "Battery Indicator" showed the charge going down, even though the red LED and the battery icon indicated that the phone was being charged. So did my lock-pattern screen. I called my local store for a replacement.
The phone wouldn't charge while I had the rubberized phone cover on, bought from the Sprint store. Also, the phone felt very warm, so I took the cover off, opened the battery cover to see how hot the battery was. It didn't feel too hot to the touch. I removed the battery, put it back in, powered the phone back on, and saw a huge green battery charge icon, but alternating with an icon with what I think was a yellow warning sign, and a thermometer on it. So I left the Sprint rubberized phone cover off, and recycled the power on the phone.
After the phone fully loaded up, I tried USB-charging the phone. Now, it's gradually charging up (was down to 14%, now back up to 19%). The phone feels cooler, too.
I'm leaving the replacement option on the table in case my phone turns for the worst. I rely on the phone for work and business so can't be without a phone. Maybe I should reconsider getting a land-line or VOIP service again. But maybe, this being a brand-new phone, the battery needs to be cycled a few times before it stops acting unusually. I'll try the wall charger before I head to bed tonight, and see what happens tomorrow.

Here is my findings after putzing with it all day. I was using two chargers. Both griffin's. One was cigarette plug to usb with an output capacity of 1 amp. I also have a wall one that has a usb port and is meant for an ipad. They need lots of current to charge them and this one is capable of 3 amps.
Using the evo, both could charge it and run the phone at the same time. The battery percentage would always increase. With both of these chargers on the epic, even though the charge light would be red, if I was using the phone, it was not charging and it was pulling off the battery to run the phone.
This should not act like this. I have read that these screens are supposed to be more power efficient, but I don't notice that. I do not know if the power regulator in the phone is wimpy or not but I noticed that when I played something loud through the speaker, the screen backlighting would dim when the sounds peaked. Come on! An amp and a half battery in this phone should be able to handle that.
Here are some more observations. About three hours before I was to go home, I would either put the phone on the griffin wall charger when I was inside or I would put it on the griffin 12v adapter when I was in the car. Finally around 45 minutes before quitting time, the charging led went blue. I was mostly charging the last hour with the phone off. I turned it on but kept it plugged in. By the time the home screen came up and everything settled down, the battery would be at 95%. I was like wtf. I left it on until it charged up and the light went blue. The battery was at 96% at full charge.
I kept hitting it with the charger. Unplug it for a few seconds then plug it back in. I repeated this many times. I would also charge until blue then turn off and let charge until blue. I would follow that cycle for awhile.
Lastly, I left it turned on and charging but would unplug it for a few seconds then plug back in. The maximum % would inch higher and higher. I got it up to 98%. Then I noticed that when the screen came on to tell me it was fully charged, it was at 100 for maybe a second or two then it would drop to 98. I suspect the screen was causing the drop. All the time I have been typing this, I have gone from 98 to 90 while on wifi, screen minimum brightness and using hardware keyboard.
This was my battery and charging findings for today. Add this to the theories out there flying around.

I find that completely unacceptable if the phone can't charge if being in use....
I plugged it in the way mentioned earlier for about 30 minutes while I was waiting on a friend. The charge went up to 15% but 15% isn't gonna last me longer than a hour of use which isn't usable.
It stil won't go above 15%.... I'm gonna leave it alone for a hour and see if it will charge, but a phone that can't charge isn't of use to me.
And judging from what everyone says its not even a hardware error, if there are many people with the problem.....
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is this a defect, or is this only isolated to some phones?

herbthehammer said:
Using the evo, both could charge it and run the phone at the same time. The battery percentage would always increase. With both of these chargers on the epic, even though the charge light would be red, if I was using the phone, it was not charging and it was pulling off the battery to run the phone.
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Ive been testing finding battery charge of 2% every 10 min while connected to desktop charger Telanav enabled so somethings definitely wrong with your device.
I would take back asap swap for new

So I just got home and plugged my Epic in yet again. After about 30 minutes of charging my battery is at 20%.
Still way slow but the battery has gone above the 15% sliver of battery.....
I'm thinking its because the battery has to be conditioned... I'm gonna charge it for a day to see if the battery performance changes...
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I'm gonna try turning off the phone while it's charging at night and see what happens. Or I could try the htc evo battery conditioning suggestion.
Full 8 hour charge on. Disconnect charger and turn off phone. Charge off for an hour. Turn on and wait a couple minutes then turn off and charge for a hour. I think maybe charging the crap out of it might condition the battery some.
Maybe kinda like filling your gas tank up until the lever pops. Then slowly keep filling until it pops again. Then push the rear of the car up and down and side to side to try and get the tank to burp out any air pockets. Then slowly top it off until it barely overflows the filler pipe. I know, stupid mental picture!
The only questionable thing I have is, after a "full charge" should I run the phone until it shuts off then give it another FULL charge? Some say yes, some say no. Each have their theories.

I noticed that the "Where" application was sucking down a tremendous amount of juice. There are multiple similar complaints for it in the Market. Uninstalled it, and now the phone is charging gradually and steadily.
@ 9:57PM, battery life = 36%. Now @ 10:25PM, battery life = 48%. I'm cautiously optimistic.
With Where installed, "Battery Indicator" displayed a voltage of <3V. After removing it, voltage is now a hair < 4V (3.945V is the latest refreshed value).
I will be following herb's suggestions for conditioning by maxing the battery out tonight. I think I'll run the phone down to 0% tomorrow, once it's fully charged to the hilt.
Even so, I still intend to exchanging this unit out because I'm also experiencing issues with the Back soft-button.
Considering encasing it in that Sprint rubberized casing tomorrow to see if it affects the battery life.

My Epic has no problems except for the battery being slow to charge, but i charged it to 80ish in about 2 hours.
If anything, I will try to switch it for a new battery.

I just thought of something that may be nothing. Did anyone, like myself, update google maps to 4.4.0? I am going to try something and see if it helps.
In battery use details, in the about phone under menu, what is your highest battery consumption? My display is pegged all the way and it is at 70%. The next closest is cell standy 14. Then browser is 9, system is 4, idle is 2 and os is 2. I'm going to remove the maps update. I read somewhere that some people suspected the update to eat battery.

I haven't updated the maps app. The screen and standby are the highest ive seen on power usage.
My radioshack wont have any more Epics in until Friday or later.... I'm gonna try to power cycle the battery (if I can leave it off for that long. )

Faulty chargers causing battery problems?

I'm wondering what the easiest way would be to test the charging voltage going to your phone from the charger. My experience has been that the first time I charged my phone it seemed to charge up just fine pretty quickly, but then drained pretty quickly also. The second time I plugged it in for about an hour or so and it had only charged up 10 or so percent and the phone was pretty hot. I was thinking maybe it was the outlet or something, but when I plugged it in to another one the charger started making this buzzing noise, and continued to buzz for about 6 or 7 seconds after being unplugged. This concerned me, so I switched chargers to a different one and it charged up my phone no problem and I have pretty good battery life.
I'm not sure how widespread this is, but I've had a few other people say they have the same issue as me with the buzzing and everything. One guy's phone phone got bricked completely before I mentioned to him that my charger was buzzing and he found his was also buzzing. This is just something to be aware of if you're experiencing heat issues or charging issues. Is there maybe an app that displays charging voltage?
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jtroye32 said:
I'm wondering what the easiest way would be to test the charging voltage going to your phone from the charger. My experience has been that the first time I charged my phone it seemed to charge up just fine pretty quickly, but then drained pretty quickly also. The second time I plugged it in for about an hour or so and it had only charged up 10 or so percent and the phone was pretty hot. I was thinking maybe it was the outlet or something, but when I plugged it in to another one the charger started making this buzzing noise, and continued to buzz for about 6 or 7 seconds after being unplugged. This concerned me, so I switched chargers to a different one and it charged up my phone no problem and I have pretty good battery life.
I'm not sure how widespread this is, but I've had a few other people say they have the same issue as me with the buzzing and everything. One guy's phone phone got bricked completely before I mentioned to him that my charger was buzzing and he found his was also buzzing. This is just something to be aware of if you're experiencing heat issues or charging issues. Is there maybe an app that displays charging voltage?
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Hmm... My charger also buzzes when unplugged and plugged in. I noticed it before but didn't pay attention to it. I guess I'll use a different charger. I hope this hasn't killed my battery in any way.

did anyone request a replacement charger from Google or is everyone just accepting it for what it is?

My GNex came with a buzzy charger, I used it for two days before swapping for a new one and had no problems with it.
Is the LG charger broke? Maybe. Is the LG battery super sensitive? Possibly.
I use about 3 different charging blocks and cables on with my HTC onex and My Nexus 4, It doesn't matter at all which I use with either phone, the n4 still has crazy heat.
One thing either way, Never use a noisy charging block IMO.

My charger buzzes as well, and my battery life seems to be on the poorer side. I kind of doubt the are related, but perhaps they are. Would they send a new charger with a replacement unit?
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My charger also buzzes occasionally and will continue to do so for ~10 seconds after being unplugged. Should I be concerned?

Banished Angel said:
My charger also buzzes occasionally and will continue to do so for ~10 seconds after being unplugged. Should I be concerned?
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I'm in the same boat. What's the deal with the charger?

My charger also buzzes. I don't think it's defective though... Seems like everyone's does, plus it seems to be working fine. I just assumed it was some kind of capacitor discharging inside or something.
Just played around with it and it seems like the block buzzes when plugged in until you plug the phone in and it stops. Mine proceeds to buzz for a few seconds after unplugging as well, as others have mentioned.

[Q] Really Desperate in Fixing my Nexus 7

Okay so, this story is going to be really long and somewhat complicated. I'm hoping that someone kind enough will really read the whole story and shed light in the situation.
It all started when I was holding my MicroUSB cable and it hit a (moving) fan. I immediately got it out though it had some scratches. I went to check if it's still working, and it is. Later on, about a few weeks after, I noticed that my Nexus 7 is no longer charging. I tried adjusting it & positioning the cable and the tablet so it will charge, and fortunately it worked. A few more charges and it stopped working. I tried all of the outlets and extension cords in our house, yet it still doesn't work. My Nexus was running low on battery so I had to switch it off. Then I tried charging it with the USB ports on my PC. It worked for a week.
It stopped working, and I was really desperate in trying to make it work cause my tablet is running out of juice and I don't want it to be dead. I immediately bought a Samsung charger in a local store. It's output power is 4.75V and 0.4A. I tried charging with it and gosh, it worked. I settled using this low-output charger because I really could not find a new microUSB cable in here or a microUSB charger. It takes centuries to charge my Nexus completely, but I had to bear with it cause it's the only one I can use. I used it for a month or so.
Until then, I was pretty much contented with it. However, I noticed that it's not charging again. Like, it's been 2 hours and the battery hasn't moved up at least a percent up. I was scared because the battery only has 10% left, and I don't know what to do. I immediately shut it down and tried to think of something. I thought of buying a microUSB cable from eBay since I had extra money on PayPal (it cost me about $4) with free shipping. Of course, it came a month and two weeks after I bought it, what do you expect from free shipping?
I immediately plugged the microUSB into my charging port, and I panicked because it didn't work. The charging indicator didn't appear like usual, so I was really crazy, wanting to do something about it. I tried opening it and I think this is where the trouble came. I used a bread knife in opening the rear of the tablet. I tried pushing some stuff near the battery in, to check if they're compact and working. I put the cover back to the tablet and tried charging again. Nope, nothing yet.
I was up until 2AM and then I saw my tablet booting up. I became really happy then. I quickly did what the websites are telling me to, press power and then volume down, bootloader and then power off. I slept and let it charge overnight. I woke up around 12PM. The first thing that I did was to check my tablet. It was charged but not full. I was pretty happy, because you know, the feels. lol.
But anyways, that microusb cable only worked for a day. I was mad when I used my tablet and then when I went to charge it, the battery wasn't moving up again. I was worried, desperate and deeply sad inside at the same time, for my tablet has a real sentimental value to me. It's always like that, I mean, I've bought like $50 worth of microusb chargers, they all work in the start, but a day or so they stop working.
Finally, I've decided to make the decision of bringing it to a mobile technician. ASUS service centers here in the Philippines are crap, they don't work on tablets. I'm gonna cut it short, he replaced my battery (with an improvised battery composed of 3x phone-size batteries), but the thingy with colored wires that you plug into the motherboard is still the same. He also replaced my charging port. He reinstalled the OS and all that good stuff, but my files were saved. Thank God.
I went home and tried some of my latest chargers. A microusb cable with the original adapter worked for a while, but it never completed charging fully. A microUSB charger from DealExtreme with an individual adapter (5V, 2A) also worked, and it's the one that I'm using right now, but it's kinda weird that it never went up 38%. And take note that it took me 6 hours to climb up from 22% to 38%. The reason why I posted all of this is that it's not charging again, and I feel like I've wasted money on replacing parts that didn't really work at all. Or maybe they malfunctioned again because of my chargers? I'm really going crazy right now, I actually have no idea what's going on in my tablet.
Also, the battery is supposed to have 4325mAh capacity right? Why is mine only 3260mAh? I've noticed this before my batteries were replaced (when I was struggling on trying to make the microusb cable work). Since the battery and charging port has been replaced, what else do I need to do? I mean, I'm really freaking desperate right now. I don't know how it will ever be able to charge properly again. Maybe with a charging dock? Man, that costs $60+, excluding shipping. And I'm not even sure if it will work.
I want to buy the Nexus 7 2013 but I really don't have any money right now to spend on buying one, and besides I'd like to have my Nexus 7 2012 fixed first. So please help me out guys, tell me how I can fix this thing.
My ideas right now :
1. Buy an original microUSB cable from Asus (if possible), or probably including the adapter.
2. Buy a charging dock. But it's so expensive.
3. Check if there's some more broken stuff in the battery. This one was taken from the old battery, so it might be the one causing the malfunction.
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Please help me, I'm begging you all. :crying:

Being you're in the Philippines I can't attest to cost, but I recently purchased a pogo dock for 18$ with shipping on eBay through newegg. It may be worth a look
But I would highly consider an oem battery, did the tech allow you to keep your old one? I don't think it had any issues just you needed to resolder in the micro USB port, which you did
And finally, I bought the 2013 nexus7 for myself and gave the 2012 one and dock to my mother, figured a great first tablet for her and an excuse to get me a new one, in truth the upgrade is not drastic, the 2013 is nice but it is not that much better so you aren't missing out.
So my advice, skip 2013, try to get oem battery and pogo dock
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Throughout all this did you ever try backing your files up to a PC and then factory resetting?
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Thanks for your replies!
demkantor said:
Being you're in the Philippines I can't attest to cost, but I recently purchased a pogo dock for 18$ with shipping on eBay through newegg. It may be worth a look
But I would highly consider an oem battery, did the tech allow you to keep your old one? I don't think it had any issues just you needed to resolder in the micro USB port, which you did
And finally, I bought the 2013 nexus7 for myself and gave the 2012 one and dock to my mother, figured a great first tablet for her and an excuse to get me a new one, in truth the upgrade is not drastic, the 2013 is nice but it is not that much better so you aren't missing out.
So my advice, skip 2013, try to get oem battery and pogo dock
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Hmm.. things seemed to be fine until now, that it wouldn't charge again. I am using the microUSB cable from the charger which I had bought on DealExtreme. I installed Battery Monitor Widget to check things out, and the maximum charging it had was only around ~400mA which is pretty bad for a 2A adapter (the OEM). I'll try checking the pogo dock although I don't really have any money right now.
The technician gave me the old battery, and had that thingy which you plug into the mobo removed. How exactly do you resolder this microUSB port? It seems to me that nobody knows how to do that here, lol.
Hmm..what about the sharpness of the screen in 2nd gen? I know I'm crazy for asking for more but I wanted it because I want a tablet that can outdo the iPad mini in every aspect. What about the new processing power and all that good stuff? You mean it didn't really bring any great difference? What about KitKat, is it good? I'm using SmoothRom v5.3 and it's still on 4.2, so yeah I haven't used 4.3 nor 4.4. yet.
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Throughout all this did you ever try backing your files up to a PC and then factory resetting?
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I don't know how to backup my files on PC, I did it on TiBu though. Yes, I think I've done that twice or thrice already (updating my custom rom).

Let me put it this way, the only improvement i care about has been the speakers. Sure it has a better screen and more processing power and a 5$ camera slapped on the back, but the 2012 is an awesome, capable device and depending how you use your tab you wont see too many differences, at least for me.
Oh and inductive charging is awesome because you can keep a case on it
Anyone familiar with fine soldering can do it, if they have to ask dont let them touch it
As for kitkat, its fine, but will be the same on 2012, remember the 2013 will probably only get one major android version then the 2012 but being a nexus youll always get the same amount of custom roms for years
So if you want the absolute best, 2013 hands down. If you want something hardly noticeably weaker stick with the 2012 for $100 less
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demkantor said:
Let me put it this way, the only improvement i care about has been the speakers. Sure it has a better screen and more processing power and a 5$ camera slapped on the back, but the 2012 is an awesome, capable device and depending how you use your tab you wont see too many differences, at least for me.
Oh and inductive charging is awesome because you can keep a case on it
Anyone familiar with fine soldering can do it, if they have to ask dont let them touch it
As for kitkat, its fine, but will be the same on 2012, remember the 2013 will probably only get one major android version then the 2012 but being a nexus youll always get the same amount of custom roms for years
So if you want the absolute best, 2013 hands down. If you want something hardly noticeably weaker stick with the 2012 for $100 less
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Alright, thank you for replying.
I'm sticking to the decision of buying a pogo dock. You know why? Well, it was all working again, but this time we went on a vacation. I plugged the charger on an old extension cord in my aunt's house. I let it stay there for a couple of minutes, then I checked back later, noticing that it has gone DOWN by 2% (well, it was only 14% back then so every single percent matters) and I immediately plugged it out and tried other outlets/extension cords.
Nope, it wouldn't charge anymore. Nothing works now, repositioning, replugging, all of those -- nope, not working. I just lost faith & hope in it :crying: so I just put it in my bag WITH THE MICROUSB CABLE STILL ATTACHED (okay, I'm crazy T_T) and it was there for 2 days, then our trip to home, then we're finally home. Goddammit, I realized that the microusb cable was still attached to the charging port and now it's all bent. I tried bending it to position, I mean to correct it but the plug itself got detached, so basically I wouldn't be able to charge using microusb again.
Do you think that buying a pogo dock can solve all of this? Well, considering that the battery was replaced with 3x 1600mAh batteries, will it charge the same way like before (~2000mA)? If not, at least probably faster because it's charging via pogo pins now?

Phone burned through cable

Has anyone had this before?
My phone burned through the cable I received with it.
http://imgur.com/ZLXNU8E
I tried charging it today, but the charging light didn't turn on. Didn't think much of it, but when I removed it from the charger after 10 minutes, I smelled burned plastic. And part of the cable got stuck in the phone. Had to pry it out with pliers.
Phone doesn't charge anymore, but it still works.
Really glad I noticed it in time, otherwise I could have had a fire on my hands... Was really hot
Sucks pretty hard to be without a phone for the time now.
Guess I'll start annoying the hell out of google and LG until they fix it?

Yes, a couple people have had this already:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3265816
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Yes. I have heard of this.
And it scares the h*ll out of me!

I'm not a fan of fast charging due to this issue. I've seen it happen on other devices as well. Batteries are not meant to charge at such rates. I'd rather have a slower charge personally

This is why whenever I charge my phone, I keep the AC/Cooler/fan on of that room, keeps the phone temp low and helps in faster charging.

Whut? This is actually very concerning....is this a usb type c problem you think? Or does this happen with other phones too?
You should report this to LG

This needs more media attention. I don't think anyone has zeroed in on what's causing it yet. This could happen to all of us for all I know.
Need a response from Google.

Definitely not charging my phone over night anymore, Google and LG need to look into this.
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Definitely not charging my phone over night anymore, Google and LG need to look into this.
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I never charge overnight. I don't trust chargers enough lol
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I absolutely adored my galaxy note 2 back in the day, probably would have kept it for another two years had it not burnt to a crisp overnight. I woke up and my bedpost was smoking, almost burnt myself touching the note 2 when I woke up. Took off the back and it was absolutely destroyed, some parts completely burnt. Shame this is happening to people, its a scary thing to wake up to
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I suspect this isn't very widespread, but it's kind of scary. I've always charged my phones overnight, and don't really want to stop now.
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grabber5.0 said:
I suspect this isn't very widespread, but it's kind of scary. I've always charged my phones overnight, and don't really want to stop now.
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Then don't.
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can you give us the batch number of your phone?because iam interesting to buy it.

wtoj34 said:
I absolutely adored my galaxy note 2 back in the day, probably would have kept it for another two years had it not burnt to a crisp overnight. I woke up and my bedpost was smoking, almost burnt myself touching the note 2 when I woke up. Took off the back and it was absolutely destroyed, some parts completely burnt. Shame this is happening to people, its a scary thing to wake up to
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I had this happen with my old HTC Desire way back when. Woke up in the middle of the night to a burning smell. Could hardly touch the phone it was so hot. Battery was swelled up to the point it was deforming the back cover of the phone.

Firipu said:
Has anyone had this before?
My phone burned through the cable I received with it.
http://imgur.com/ZLXNU8E
I tried charging it today, but the charging light didn't turn on. Didn't think much of it, but when I removed it from the charger after 10 minutes, I smelled burned plastic. And part of the cable got stuck in the phone. Had to pry it out with pliers.
Phone doesn't charge anymore, but it still works.
Really glad I noticed it in time, otherwise I could have had a fire on my hands... Was really hot
Sucks pretty hard to be without a phone for the time now.
Guess I'll start annoying the hell out of google and LG until they fix it?
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i just purchased the 5x on saturday and paid for 1 day shipping so hoping to get it tomorrow. but this is making me worried... i might get a usb type c charger thats rated at much lower current to help prevent this instead of using the included 3A charger. or get a standard usb to type c cable and use a regular 1-1.5A charger.

darkmage1991 said:
i just purchased the 5x on saturday and paid for 1 day shipping so hoping to get it tomorrow. but this is making me worried... i might get a usb type c charger thats rated at much lower current to help prevent this instead of using the included 3A charger. or get a standard usb to type c cable and use a regular 1-1.5A charger.
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I use a USB-A to Type C cable with a Samsung 2.0A charger for overnight. Just cause I don't need to fast charge while I'm sleeping.
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Same thing happened to my LG nexus 5x. The phone works but does not charge anymore. Very bad as LG claims that it is out of warranty due to customer usage. Really bad!!

rosopomat said:
Same thing happened to my LG nexus 5x. The phone works but does not charge anymore. Very bad as LG claims that it is out of warranty due to customer usage. Really bad!!
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Yeah sure.
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Speaking generally, this almost always has happened, for years, to people who pull the cord by the wire, not by the plug. My wife is terrible about this and she goes through 3-4 cords to my one.
Anyway, that may not fully explajn this problem, bug it'll sure makd it more likely.

Well. I just googled and I found this article. My nexus 5x just burned yesterday and the worst was that everything was wood, even the floors. It almost started a fire at my home yesterday and I am mad because of that.
There is a picture I attached and I'm returning it tomorrow because I had it for almost 3 weeks now.

Charging bug?

The turbo charger that came with my G4 charges the phone pretty quickly from whatever percentage it's on when I plug it in up to like 75%, then from that to 100% it might take up to two hours! This started happening recently. I remember it used to charge all the way at the same rate, and the phone used to get a bit hot, now the phone stays dead cold. Anyone having the same problem or is it just me?

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Pretty sure that's how it's supposed to work. Once it gets up to a certain point, it slows down so as not to ruin the battery.
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But it slows down so much to charge 20% in like 3 hours? I was thinking maybe the charger was faulty. I've ordered a new quick charger from Amazon.

NexusFan9219 said:
But it slows down so much to charge 20% in like 3 hours? I was thinking maybe the charger was faulty. I've ordered a new quick charger from Amazon.
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That is the way it's supposed to work. It will only quick charge part of the way. I've never actually timed mine so I don't know if it takes that long for the final part or not.
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