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Best way to clean mini usb port on Hermes

Hey guys, I have been having problems with my mini usb port only charging and not connecting to AS in the computer.
Tried different cables, and different computers and nothing.
I was thinking about maybe cleaning the usb port, but wasn't sure how, and with what.
So I thought maybe asked the experts.
Thanks.

Using Q-tips and a very small amount of medical alcohol

it can also depend on the rom too. is it a recent rom that you have installed?

Maybe disabling "Advanced Network functionality" will solve your problem.
Settings --->System---> USB to PC

I flash PDACorner v24 wm6.1 ROM to clean my mini usb port.

Wow, I just cleaned the port, with Q-tips, though, it doesn't go through so I can touch the contacts, but I think the alcohol did go through.
I left it to dry, and wow, now it's connecting to AS.
Thank god, I thought the port was dead.
Thanks guys! =D

Q-tips (or cotton buds as they're known here in the UK) are too big for the ports. The best thing I've found is a pastry brush - dip the soft brush into some isopropanol (very tiny amount) and then stick it into the port and gently twist the pastry brush... all the grime and dirt lifts out and your port will be working again!

My Galaxy S think it is connected to a charger all the time

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1. Overview
2. Problem
3. Solution
4. F.A.Q (Frequently Asked Questions)
Problem
My Galaxy S think it is connected to a charger all the time, and as a result of this I cannot see how much battery i have left. Neither can I boot the phone without having it in a charger, and sometimes when I connect to a wall-charger it opens kies on the phone.
While the phone is turned on it does not detect either the USB to PC cable nor the wall charger. I am still able to flash, and I have tried some different roms, but the result is the same so far.
How may i fix this?
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SOLUTION
Step 1.
You need a few items to clean the usb port on your Galaxy S devise:
-A needle wich is small enough to fit in the usb port on your device (you need it for wrapping paper around it, so it has to be a thin needle)
-Methylated spirits/denatured alcohol, if you don't know what it is, use google to find a translation (this is needed to remove fat which is stuck in the usb port)
-A tiny brush of some sort, and this is the brush I used (this seemed to remove the dirt, while the other things just loosened it)
-Toilet paper, or some other kind of paper which you can wrap around the needle
if you don't have these items, you may find improvise and find something similar
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Step 2
###Turn of the phone and remove the battery!###
Step 3
Tear a small piece of paper wrap it around the tip of the needle, and then dip it in the denatured alcohol. Now use carefully clean inside the usb port with the soaked paper and use the needle to move it around. Clean it for a bit, and when you're finished make sure there is no paper left in the usb port.
Step 4
Now clean the usb port with the brush, and be careful. Make sure you don't leave anything (hair, dust etc.) in there.
Step 5
Repeat step 3 and 4 at least one time.
Step 6
Put the battery back in and try to turn on your phone. If the problem is fixed, then congratulations to you If you still have this problem try repeating the process again, as you may not have cleaned the usb port proberly.
If this solution does not work for you after several tries, you're terrible at cleaning! ...or you may have another problem than a dirty usb port.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why did this happen?
You may not have closed the lid on the usb port, and dirt and fat get stuck in there (you may not even see it). Especially fat or liquids may conduct electricity.
The Galaxy S constantly sends small electric charges to the usb, and if the electricity is conducted it will make the device think it is connected. As fat, liquids and other types of dirt may conduct electricity, the Galaxy S is "fooled" into behaving like it is connected.
This did not solve the problem. What to do?
Ask the forums of course! If they can't help you, than send your phone in for repairs. Depending on your country and the source of the problem this may or may not be done free of charge.
In Norway (where I am from) this should be free of charge according to the law, if the cause of the problem is not self inflicted.
Some people may have some kind om insurance which usually can be used in this situation as well.
Other possible problems you should check out
-Your usb port may be damaged and have loose connections (jiggle it a little to see if it works better)
-You may have a software problem with your current rom/kernel/mod (try re-flashing to solve the problem)
I don't have a Galaxy S phone, but I have the same problem
You should try this as well. Many phones connect to chargers or usb cables in the same way as the Galaxy S does.
I don't have any of these items you used to clean the usb port with, what should I do?
You should consider buying these items anyway. You may need them for other uses Anyways, it is worth a try. It may save you time and/or money.

has the phone always been like this since you had it ?? if you have re flashed and tried various solutions, then it could be a hardware fault. possible with the usb/charging port on the phone.. you could try flashing back to stock with all 3 files and pit and re-partition, then if that doesnt work at least you can send it back to samsung with all original firmware on it... and cannot accuse you of doing it by modding the software.

azzledazzle said:
has the phone always been like this since you had it ?? if you have re flashed and tried various solutions, then it could be a hardware fault. possible with the usb/charging port on the phone.. you could try flashing back to stock with all 3 files and pit and re-partition, then if that doesnt work at least you can send it back to samsung with all original firmware on it... and cannot accuse you of doing it by modding the software.
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it hasn't always been like that, but for the last week or so. the question is: what is the stock firmware??
I bought the phone in August, in Norway (telenor)

so ur running the stock firmware now ?? that is strange.
why dont you try reflashing the firmware your currently running with the 3 files and pit.
i never heard such thing but il have a look about for some answers now.

azzledazzle said:
so ur running the stock firmware now ?? that is strange.
why dont you try reflashing the firmware your currently running with the 3 files and pit.
i never heard such thing but il have a look about for some answers now.
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oh, sorry! there was a typo, so you may have misunderstood. I have not been running the stock firmware.
I have now flashed with i9000xwjg3, which I think may have been the stock firmware (but I am not really sure). Still the same problem though...
Pit: 512
PDA: CODE_I9000XWJG3
Phone: MODEM_I9000XXJG1.tar
CSC: CSC_I9000XEEJP4 (which i believe is the CSC for norway)

thats really weird. normally after a reflash especially with stock and pit, it restores the phone to like new, so if the problem is still there i can only assume its a hardware fault, and its best to send back to samsung, or where ever u got it from.
Someone correct me if im wrong ???

Happened to me soon after I bought mine. I cleaned the USB port and never had any problems since.
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NetCopAD said:
Happened to me soon after I bought mine. I cleaned the USB port and never had any problems since.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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How do you suggest I clean the USB port? it is so tiny

try scrape any dirt out with a sewing needle, a good lung full of air and a squashed up cotton wool ear bud.

This happened to my device. I eventually had to take it in to be repaired. I asked what they fixed and they told me that they replaced the mother board. Note. My phone may have been a phone with am internal sd problem.
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Had this happened to me. It was the usb connection. I put in the plug and jiggle it a bit and eventually it was back to normal. I think one of the connections got loose or something.
Now I'm very careful when I have usb plugged in.

After cleaning the usb-port with alcohol, cotton whool, a special toothpick with a bruhs on it and a sewing needle i managed after several tries to get it working, and imidietly flashed back to darkys rom again without any usb issues....lovely
I can finally use my phone again
Thank you...
PS. I will posr a "how to" later which describes how i cleaned the usb port so that other people may fix the phone themselves if they suddenly bump into the same problem I jusr had
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Just had the same problem, thought it was firmware related flashed a couple or roms unsuccessfully then i gave up and sent it to samsung for repair.. the service guy told me that my usb socket was rusted from water contact and they took the phone in for repair.. so i guess thats where the problem lies.. unfortunately just found out about this thread after i sent my phone.

Sorry for the looooooooong wait. I have finally added a solution + a how to

Samsung Galaxy S5 autorotate problem found.

So after weeks of trying to figure this out I've found what's causing the problem. Not sure how to fix it. When the phone stays on the charger the rotate will stay on. If your rotating stopped before plugging your phone or the charger then simply plug in ur charger and then restart and once ur charger stays plugged in then it should auto rotate some people my need to restart more than once. So in my view I'm thinking there is some electrical problem or lack of power or some how it's linked to the USB port. Please try it and report if u get the same result. Hopefully this will lead to someone finding a solution. Maybe someone can change their USB port and let us know if that solved the problem.

mickiemas said:
So after weeks of trying to figure this out I've found what's causing the problem. Not sure how to fix it. When the phone stays on the charger the rotate will stay on. If your rotating stopped before plugging your phone or the charger then simply plug in ur charger and then restart and once ur charger stays plugged in then it should auto rotate some people my need to restart more than once. So in my view I'm thinking there is some electrical problem or lack of power or some how it's linked to the USB port. Please try it and report if u get the same result. Hopefully this will lead to someone finding a solution. Maybe someone can change their USB port and let us know if that solved the problem.
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most of auto rotation become malfunction is because lib file missing. especially if u're in custom rom or stock but doing some debloat.
check in your system/lib folder for file libgnustl_shared.so.
if missing, then auto rotate will not work. but in your case maybe hardware/sensor related problem.

an-_-dro said:
most of auto rotation become malfunction is because lib file missing. especially if u're in custom rom or stock but doing some debloat.
check in your system/lib folder for file libgnustl_shared.so.
if missing, then auto rotate will not work. but in your case maybe hardware/sensor related problem.
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It would seem like hardware because the file is there.
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Ok. So I can say for sure my rotation issue is related to the usb port. At the begining when I plugged in the usb cable and restarted my phone the rotation would continue working until I removed the usb cable and even for a few minutes after removing it would still work
So what I did was get a very small piece of paper and made it into a little ball and push it under the contact of the usb port right up to the back so that the usb cable could still fit properly. The paper is just to brace the usb connection upwards a little and in doing do so my phone even charging better seeing I had charging issues so I guess it's part of the issue. Now I have normal rotation for weeks.
If rotation stops it's because the usb cable has crushed the paper too small so I just replace the paper but so far it's all good. I just dnt have the interest to do a usb port change but I think that would be a more permanent solve. Hope this helps. Just sharing my experience to those of you who have the same issue and can't find a fix.
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Usb port changed and rotation working flawlessly. I even recorded over 6000 steps and more than 12 minutes walking. Notified by S health, haven't seen that in a long time
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OK guys sad to say I'm bk on this because after awhile my rotation stopped again. I don't know if the replacement USB port is going bad again as it was a Used USB port or its something else but I have found another fix which seems to be working a few days now.
So this fix will require disassembling your phone again.
What I did was disassemble my device and when I reached to the main board I used a little screw driver to pry off the shine piece of covering that covers some of the chips which includes the gyroscope chip. U guys can google to see where the chip that controls the gyroscope is on your s5.
Then I folded a piece of tape and placed it on top of the gyroscope chip just thick enough so the metal covering when place back on it will squeeze the tape down on the chip. After all that is done reassemble ur device and try it out.
On a side not my proximity sensor was not working properly either and I did the same thing. Folded a piece of tape and place it behind the proximity sensor it will be tight again when phone is reassembled. So far its been working for me so I hope this helps.
I know its an old device and most of u might not see the need to fix a device this old but for those of you who like tinkering with ur device like myself u should try and let me know if it works for u.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
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i have samsung SM-G906S. lately i have been facing the problems with auto rotation, proximity sensor and auto brightness adjustment. All these have stopped working. These problems are not with hardware because they vanish when i factory reset the phone of reinstall OS using samsung smart switch. but these problems occur again after some time (a month or two). seems like some problem with samsung firmware. too bad the official support from samsung has stopped for this phone.

Water in USB Port

So, my phone had no contact with water or any liquid. The problem is present for 4 days now. Tried hairdryer, etc. I've got rid of the problem yesterday, but after i went outside (without grabbing my phone) I got a message that liquid is detected in USB port. Not sure if its software related problem or maybe mu phone is broken?
Thanks in advance

Turn off the phone. Try to remove SIM tray and leave it in rice for a few hours. Had the same problem. That's how i removed that annoying massage.
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Ok, will try that.
Thanks

Moisture issue/ Wet charging port

Hi all,
Since from 2 weeks , i am getting Pop up that my charging port is wet ,even port is dry and when i trying to charge not getting charge quickly and my BS2 adaptor doesn't work anymore after that issue and i have try to reset the mobile but same issue
So, i had searched issue in google and came to know many BS2 users facing the same issue on redit
Can anybody help in solving this issue?
will the issue solve if i try to downgrade to andriod 9?

I have the same issue, downgrading to android 9 seemed to have solved it but it came back after a couple of days, ended up upgrading to 10 again because it allows me to silence the notification, after the issue first appeared the included charger and cable stopped working for me and after using about 8 different cables i finally found one that allows me to fast charge using a different fast charger that came with my motorola phone. Hope you get to resolve the problem or stumble upon a permanent a solution.

Only solution for this problem is to physically change port on the phone. Go to nearest service center and change it. You can permanently damage your motherboard if you continue to use faulty charging port.

tw1st3d83 said:
Only solution for this problem is to physically change port on the phone. Go to nearest service center and change it. You can permanently damage your motherboard if you continue to use faulty charging port.
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That would be true, if it's an actual hardware issue and not software... I receive this message too when I connect the Cooler Case. Then after connecting the phone to simply with it's cable to the charger, it disappears. So this is not a hardware but a software issue in Joy UI 11 probably.

Spykee91 said:
That would be true, if it's an actual hardware issue and not software... I receive this message too when I connect the Cooler Case. Then after connecting the phone to simply with it's cable to the charger, it disappears. So this is not a hardware but a software issue in Joy UI 11 probably.
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Moisture detection control fuse needs to be physically damaged/blown in order to software "see" it as faulty and report water damage. So secondary board needs to be changed in order to fix this.
Too many Xiaomi devices comes to my service with this problem and there is no other "cure".

tw1st3d83 said:
Only solution for this problem is to physically change port on the phone. Go to nearest service center and change it. You can permanently damage your motherboard if you continue to use faulty charging port.
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tw1st3d83 said:
Moisture detection control fuse needs to be physically damaged/blown in order to software "see" it as faulty and report water damage. So secondary board needs to be changed in order to fix this.
Too many Xiaomi devices comes to my service with this problem and there is no other "cure".
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Okay but how come in my case it only happens if I attach my Cooler Case? It's sucks that I can't use this cooler though. :/ App won't install for some reason.

Spykee91 said:
Okay but how come in my case it only happens if I attach my Cooler Case? It's sucks that I can't use this cooler though. :/ App won't install for some reason.
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Probably something wrong with type-c connector on cooler. And as for app, are you sure it's needed? I guess when in "shark" mode other apps not needed for peripherals.

tw1st3d83 said:
Probably something wrong with type-c connector on cooler. And as for app, are you sure it's needed? I guess when in "shark" mode other apps not needed for peripherals.
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Well I noticed that when we try to download the old Shark Arsenal app, it already mentions that it has been built in function into Shark Space 3.0 which we currently have with the Joy UI 11 update, the FunCooler works without any problem. The Cooling case however don't. The Shark Space app does indeed have that section called as "Shark Cooleer" which is the app name too. Still it does not recognizes even though it's paired through Bluetooth. :/ I hope the recognition is not made by the Type-C port, cause btw that works too. I mean i can easily charge my phone through the cooler case's type-c port. And it's even fast charging so yea. I still think the Shark Cooler app would be needed to control the cooler. Or I bought a faulty device. :/ Still without the app I cannot test it so yea.

Hey guys i had a same problem wet surface but i already blower it and let it rest for a day still i cant charge my black shark 2 any tips or should i bring it to the nearest service center?