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Hi all,
I have encountered an interesting problem on my phone.
I frequently used the USB cable to charge my phone via my laptop.
However about a couple of weeks ago, when I plugged in to charge, the battery drops instead of being charged. I'm using the "Charged only" mode.
I have also tried with different ROMs but the problem persists.
Anybody has encountered such issues on their Legend ?
I have also experienced this and with a bit of have found that it's the usb cable which seems to make the difference. I have bought 2 or 3 cheap cables off what of which only one seemed to charge off a computer. The others display the charging status and data works fine etc bit it doesn't actually charge the battery. The other cable and the htc cable that came with the phone work fine.
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I have a bone stock phone that is not rooted. It started about a week ago. I turn off my phone at night and charge it. Now when I turn off my phone and plug in the wall charger it turns the phone back on. Now no matter what when I charge the phone it turns on. I have tried to turn it off with the phone whit the charger in and with it out. Now it seems the battery doesn't last as long.
Thanks for any help and I tried to search but, it's not working.
Weird, when I charge my phone while its off all it shows is a battery that fills up as the battery charges. I would take it to sprint.
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I've had this same "issue". Its most likely your charging cable. For some reason if you only use a cable that charges your phone but can't do data it will refuse to stay off while charging.
For instance if you were to use a wall charger that was a micro-usb but not a data cable, like a LG Rumor charger, you won't be able to charge the phone when its off.
If you use the cable that came with your phone, it should work.
Hope this helps.
I'm using the charger and cable that came with the phone. You think maybe my cable is going or is bad
I tried 3 different chargers and I get the same thing. I went to the sprint store and I was told that sometime apps can cause problems like that so they told me to delete some apps that I installed about the time my phone started to have this problem. I tried that and I still have the problem. Thans for any help.
Hi all,
Hi hoping someone could help, a guy at work has handed me his Defy as its not charging. Plugged it in and after the M splash screen it goes to the battery charging screen. Only problem is that just shows a massive question mark ? Anyone know what that means please? My ony thought is its not a a genuine battery so the phone is having diffaculty reading the charge level or something ?
Cheers
I can think of three reasons why the battery why the battery wont charge:
You are not using the original charger
You don't have the right battery
The battery is defect
It is easy to test point one: Just plug your phone in an USB-port of a running PC.
Otherwise you could buy an original battery, or if you know someone else with a defy, swap batteries and test...
I too had same issue, used universal battery charger for charging the battery for some time and then on its working fine.
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And you can charge it with an USB cable and a PC?
It just happened to me two days ago. A battery pull and put back solved it. There must be something with the connections. Got me. Only happened that one time.
I too had same issue,how did you solve !?
I too had same issue in 7 mounts
I have the same problem. If I connect my defy to a pc the white LED of charging turn ON but it doesn't charge. It can boot but it turn off after the boot because have no charge!
you could also have a wrong battd!
I have one charger that charge some android phones ( old xperia and samsung) but doesn't charge my defy or a newer samsung.
Anyway, I use an original samsung charger (don't buy those cheap $1 ones) and it can charge any phone.
It's strange because the voltage written written on both is the same and so is the mini usb plug (the amps are higher on the original though).
Only the original charger that came with the phone will charge mine. Any other charger and I get errors.
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Happened to me that the brand new battery didn't charge, just a question mark on the notification bar(I even charged via mcGyver Style). Check your connection pins on the battery between + and -. It couldn't check the battery load status. Check yours if still have the problem.
Ya are saying use a usb charger to charge our android but ya are not solving our problems for those who like the charging pads mine charges when phone is on and in sleep mode however when turned off and on the charging pad it shows the question mark on the battery symbol the phone works fine with the charging pad when in sleep mode just not when its turned off I like to just take my phone off the charger and go instead of unplugging it.
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
Jack_R1 said:
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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crazykas said:
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!
Jack_R1 said:
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.
N_otori0us_ said:
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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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?????
rokashi said:
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.
jkgohil29 said:
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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Kamo777 said:
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.