My phone is charging very slow suddenly - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
Since yesterday my phone suddenly started to charge very slow. It can take now more than 3 hours and Ampere app is showing 450mA no matter which cable / charger I use. By using the same cable / charger on a different phone there is no problem. Before this incident Ampere was showing around 1000mA, and it took around an hour for full charge.
Unfortunately, 2 things happend prior to this problem:
1. I tried to flash to the latest AICP ROM, and then to Lineage OS and then back to AICP (10 Feb release). In the last year before the upgrade I used AICP (Android 6).
2. My phone was falling down while charging from about 1.5 meters straight on the mini USB connector. As a result the cable connector bent and stopped working properly. But seems like the phone charging continue to work smoothly since then - the only problem its so slow.
Can any of these be related to the problem? Any idea?
Thanks!

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Hi there!
Your problem is not a weird one my friend! I have 2 chargers: the telephone one (which sucks, unfortunately) and a huawei ascend's.
At first my elephone charger worked fine and charged my phone in 3 hours. Same with the huawei.
My telephone charger though sucks because it broke after little use (mine lasted 2 months, my gf's only 1 day and a friend's less than a month and I doubt we are the only ones with that problem).
Please try a few things to determine where you stand here:
1) charge it with another USB cable (successfully tested on another telephone)
2) charge it on a successfully tested plug.
3) if you're using an adapter, try another adapter.
If nothing there changes your battery charging time consider testing your hardware pasting this code on your phone: *#*#33#*#*
Try the charging setting and if it gives you trouble send it back for another device
I can testify the phone charges in 3 hours with the telephone or huawei ascend charger when they all work fine, but the elphone chargers and USB cables are aweful, they brake easily and the USB port on the charger loosens very quickly which doubles or triples your charging time.

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I have this exact same problem with my less than a week old OPT. I think its the charging cable gone bad. Using Ampere to check the charging current, I find that it never goes over 200ma and after about a minute (or lesser) disconnects because the software cuts it off when the current is too low. For now, charging with the phone turned off works, since no software to cut off the charger, but I do not know if this is bad for the battery. I am trying to find another Type C cable now, see if I can confirm this. Will post back if I do.
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****** Fast Charging Seems to be working now. But is very inconsistent. ***********
Fast charging was working and now it stopped. I have 2 OEM cables and chargers. Sometimes it works and then it will stop. This has happened on multiple ROMS . So far I have toggled the fast charging switch, rebooted, cleared dalvik cache/cache with no success. Any ideas? Currently running Gold Eagle Code MRA. I would put this in the thread for that rom but this has happened on multiple roms where fast charging stops working. Its not even charging normally very fast. Calculates 4 hours and 20 minutes until full from 30% charge.. Please note that Wireless charging seems to be OK (I think) It calculates about 2 hours charge time from 30% charge
spirodave said:
****** Fast Charging Seems to be working now. But is very inconsistent. ***********
Fast charging was working and now it stopped. I have 2 OEM cables and chargers. Sometimes it works and then it will stop. This has happened on multiple ROMS . So far I have toggled the fast charging switch, rebooted, cleared dalvik cache/cache with no success. Any ideas? Currently running Gold Eagle Code MRA. I would put this in the thread for that rom but this has happened on multiple roms where fast charging stops working. Its not even charging normally very fast. Calculates 4 hours and 20 minutes until full from 30% charge.. Please note that Wireless charging seems to be OK (I think) It calculates about 2 hours charge time from 30% charge
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Could be that the charging port contacts are dirty, you can Use alcohol to clean them. If after that you still have issues then it's probably the port itself.
I had this issue as well and both times it was the cable. I bought an after market one from Ebay and it's never missed a beat.
If the USB connector isn't fully inserted into the charger and the data pins don't make contact, it won't negotiate fast charging.
It's a common issue regarding the charging flex cable. I've had mine replaced under warranty for same problem.

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