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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coop3422:
I flashed to a custom rom a few weeks ago, prior to my issue, so I never got these pop up high voltage errors. The problem started last week for me. Changed to a different rom last night (before finding this thread) to no avail. Going to do a good cleaning tonight and hope for the best. Otherwise I'll be buying a new usb board of ebay.

I'm certain it's hardward related as my friend has the same phone on stock GB and he's been having this issue for a few months now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matatanga:
Don't know whats going on with this issue, it is taking too long to be fixed, or better say "to know what is causing it" lot of speculations or rumors how or what. but nothing in concrete... :confused:

I'm facing it too... spending ours in google, digging in every web page to find out how to fix it. and still nothing.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morngkilr:
Like its been said..... try cleaning the port or use a different chRger... the problem stopped when i quickly plugged and unplugged the usb.. mustve cleaned the connectors

That was in the summer... now its snowing and the problem hasent returned
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tpbeta:
I had this problem

Happened at the same time as going to stock Rom ICS 4.0.3 from Gingerbread. I'm guessing ICS is sensitive to a hardware fault in a way that Gingerbread isn't. But maybe correlation isn't causation and the timing was co-incidence. Awful lot of peole seen to have had the same experience when upgrading though.

Anyway I changed the USB board on my i9100 S2 and the problem went away immediately.

Before that it was giving out the 'charging paused' error and refusing to come off charging mode when unplugged.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] judhi:
Got this annoying problem yesterday after I took some videos and photos under heavy rain (believe me, the sceneries really worth the trouble).

Searched the XDA forum and found this topic, so first thing I did was cleaning the USB port. I did it several times but didn't help.

My friend suggested plugging in and out a brand new micro USB cable.

I plug it in and out several times, also bent it back and forth little bit, and the problem is gone!

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Judhi
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smashpunks:
Mine started doing this. They tried telling me its water damage and to call ins... Demand them to open it up, check the mother board and prove damage... I just did after they tried making me pay for it. Call customer service first and get it noted.. Its a well known issue and they know it. So don't take no for a answer.. Mine is being replaced free due to a faulty port not from water damage..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkq1996:
Add me to the thread... I think i splattered some cola drink on the phone (GB ROM) and it got in the connector . The battery life started acting strange very shortly thereafter. Phone thinks its charging but charger isn't even plugged in. Battery life is horrible.

Flashed a new custom ICS ROM and immediately getting "Charging paused, voltage to high" warning. BUT ONLY WHEN NO CHARGER IS CONNECTED. When connected to a charger it charges and works fine, no warnings. Once I unplug the charger, the warnings come every minute or so. I can use the phone but the pop up warning every minute is super annoying.

Looked at the USB connector under a microscope and it is very corroded inside. I tried cleaning inside the USB port with alcohol and a toothbrush but that didnt fix it. However battery life is better now, doesn't go dead in a couple hours like before. Constant warnings still popping up every minute.

I need to change the USB connector. Can I just replace the connector only or do I need to replace the whole flexible circuit board with the USB connector on it? I see the connectors on Ebay for cheap.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takeaimnfire:
Easy fix

Had the same problem. Very easy to fix. Use a small flat head screwdriver and push the connector pin up towards the screen. Problem solved. :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nae'blis:
Battery health is good and its only at 22.0 degrees Celsius, im on Illusion ICS XXLPB by neophyte
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beun92:
i'm back to stock rooted 2.3.5 and also low temps, when i'm charging the phone, he is max 34 degrees.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nae'blis:
Glad to hear it, i think it was just the flashing that messed up the battery, strange though first time its ever happened.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodB0Y:
I had the same problem as the op...

but my phone would also go into car mode or tell me that the battery temp was too hi. After flashing back to gb the "charging paused voltage to hi" message went away but my phone still said that the USB was plugged in.

The fix for me was to replace the USB board... after replacing it all is good now and now I'm back on ics with no problems... yay!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beun92:
Oke. Did you repair it by yourself or did you send the phone to samsung?

If you send it to samsung, how much did you pay for it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickytenzer:
Had the exact same issue a few weeks ago. $100 later, it's resolved! You're either going to need to get lucky with a good cleaning of the USB port or hope you have a local Samsung repair center, like I did in Montreal.

For me, it was actually due to plugging my phone into a car charger that was frozen cold after a few days of sitting in the car outside. As the car warmed up, condensation formed on the tip and damaged the USB port.

I had to pay for the repair as it was considered "water damage" (assholes...) but at least I got a brand new LCD to go along with it free of charge!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodB0Y:
Fixed it myself... 12 dollars for the board including shipping from china through eBay.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunnybash:
Have you got a link for the rest of us? Sometimes its nice to know that the part will actually arrive, Ebay scams suck!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodB0Y:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/OEM-Flex-Cab...451?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb93294bb
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beun92:
Thanks. I try it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxicdust:
I'm having the same problem but only with my Car Dock I bought 2 days ago.

When charging any other way it works perfectly. When using my car dock I get the Message "Charging Paused Voltage to High"

I am getting a volt meter now and will test the charger and the cars voltage 1st seeing as every cars output alternates.

---------- Post added at 09:14 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:16 AM ----------

OK tested everything.

1st off I tested another SGS2 of a co-worker and the same problem. His Phone also gets the over voltage problem. Seeing as both of us wont have the same problem or is very unlikely we changed cars. After 3 different cars we tested with all ended up with the charger unit itself that's not regulating the volts properly.

So in essence its not the phones and its not the car's as that all 3 cars and both phones react the same just with the car charger is highly unlikely.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SimpleNick:
doesn't sound like a problem in the first place, the phone is reacting in the way it should.

when the problem occurs to my set, i notice that the reported battery charge are erratic in such a way that, of the 3 different battery indicators that i have (yes, THREE: litening's status bar, Battery Notifier (big text), widgetsoid's batt indicator), they could report different values. these reported values either stays constant or increases slightly when there's obvious discharging happening.

i didn't wanna take the route of flashing back to GB - which i did before, and the prob went away- so i attempted a battery recalibration by deleting the batterystats upfront, running it flat 0% till it shutdown by itself, and recharge it back to 100% in single charge.

fingers crossed, as it seems to work out ok for me so far (only passed a few hours, maybe too early to tell. and the problem could always re-occur after a few days/weeks).

i had this prob with both the stock batt && the original samsung 2000mA battery pack (which is the one i'm on now), so it's not batt prob.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toxicdust:
The problem was the charger unit of the dock. The Voltage control isn't working correctly and thats why the phone reports Over Voltage... No other reason.

Went to the store where I bought the dock and spoke to the manager about it. He took the charger unit that came with the dock and gave me a Car Charger Unit of the shelve.

This morning got in the car plugged everything in and the phoned charged to 100% from around 93% without any disconnects or over voltage or anything and I was happily using Navigation and using the voice commands to send text's ect ect.

If I look at my battery stats with Battery Mix application with the charger unit that came with the dock the stats would show red blue red blue in a decreasing manner as if its only charging for a min and then stopping for a min and now with the other charger unit it is a constant line charging even though the phone was used in the same way.

The Charger Unit that comes with the Dock is the one at fault in this case.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IroniX2:
I am still waiting for a the jig to arrive, but as for the moment it seems that any Rom which is not a Samsung Rom will not give the error (including cm9)

I tried both USB and wall chargers but still have a problem ( I don't use the car, dock )

I don't mind sending mine to Samsung even if I have to pay for it cause my screen has a small crack on it :P
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beun92:
the usb jig doesn't work by me, first i need to downgrade my bootloader i think.

but i have also purchased a new usb connector port.

i hope that one of that works.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wolfshade1979:
I had the same issue and it turned out being the usb connector being messed. I already order one from the ebay link they put here.

GoodBoy are you sure this part is 100% original. it seems kinda cheap.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodB0Y:
Cant say forsure... Looks the same and the most expensive one i found was I think 20 or 25 dollars.

Works though...fixed my phone :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustBored:
Was it difficult to change?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andyyody:
i had the same problem a week ago, i cleaned the mini usb port and the problem was fixed, you can try it
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beun92:
Okee. I did it a bit but didnt help. I try it again this soon. First i go eat :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodB0Y:
Nope :)

Think there is a vid on youtube... I just took my phone apart and did it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnny crap:
I suffer under the same problems like you.

What is now the solution. Cleaning?

Another problem of mine is that the battery loads very fast (too fast to be true) and then i suffer under unnormal battery drain. If I restart my phone I lose a lot of battery?! But this appears with every rom!

If I plug in my phone to a car adapter it loads for a few seconds and then does'nt load anymore. If the phone is off it shows me a symbol like it would be too hot?!

Furthermore, my phone does'nt shutdown? It restarts every time!

Maybe this has something to do with it?!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IroniX2:
I'm not too sure what the fix for the problem is but about your battery percentage problem, when i boot the phone while it is plugged in the charger it says 60% but if I restart without the charger it says 20% so just boot your phone without it being plugged to a charger and you should be OK

PS: you can plug it in after it is done booting and it will charge with out problems
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcam117:
This just happened to me. I think I'm just going to buy the USB board. I mean 8 dollars is nothing. Worth a try. And until it arrives the phones still somewhat useable I guess.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] petr.kev:
Also my case. First I tried some beta ICS roms and thought it's some glitch but then I used original Samsung ICS and it was making this crazy irritating sound over and over again. So I tried to clean connector, it worked for a while but it returned so now I'm back on my favorite MIUI rom and waiting for new connector from ebay.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moemzn:
Before you change your USB port try this first

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23611773#post23611773
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunnybash:
Someone taking pics of this process would be priceless and amazing... I am so annoyed at my phone right now!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theroyalwe:
I don't have anything to take pictures with, but I used a long cork board pin similar to a needle and was able to get in and scratch around the base of the usb plug and found a bunch of lint and stuff. When I pulled all of that out it corrected the problem.

Edit: it was actually when I pushed the pins on the usb part around that it fixed it. It's a real pain and every time I connect the charging cable I have to do it to fix. I guess YMMV, but I'm going to take it to the repair store this weekend and if they tell me to claim it I'll buy one of the usb boards and install once it arrives. $5 is cheaper than $100 and who cares if it voids the warranty if they don't honor it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beun92:
This works for me to. The problem is gone but i think its come back .

I push a very thin flat screwdriver in it and push that small Plate to the center off the usb port. After that i cleant it with a very small pin.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjtj4444:
I had exactly the same issue, I bought a new charging port here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dock-Conn...s_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item231870d936

and I used the video here as instruction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aChzv3IzxsU

It is not that easy to change, but not that difficult either :)

Check the video and see if it feels comfortable...

But in most cases Samsung would change this on warranty I guess, but I prefer repairing myself, 7£ and two days delivery is better than unknown warranty process...:)

Anyway, now the phone works perfect again :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thsilv:
Delete this Message

Guys,

There is any possibility to delete the message "Charging Pause. High Voltage" with root explorer on android 4.0 official? O don´t care if my phone can´t turn off and thinks it is constantly being charging, but i hate to cancel every time this message while i read a book or navigate in the internet.

Please... Any Ideas?

PS: Sorry for my bad english.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IroniX2:
Not that I know of, it seems that we can't use any official roms, cm9, cm7, and miui don't give the message though.

I'm on cm9 myself and the only problem is when the phone is off, it's really hard to get it to boot (some problem to get it to boot while it is "charging") but cm7 does not have that problem

Hope I helped
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thsilv:
Yeah, i see that the firmwares 2.3.x don´t show this message, in other words, this message was included into ICS System. There should be a file that can be deleted to stops this message...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bududroid:
go to service center its completely hardware problem mate :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IroniX2:
Waiting on my jig ;-)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beun92:
That the message doesn't come on cm7/9 and miui is i think because a lot scripts and files are taken from 2.3 and not from 4.0.3 because alot is written in the time that 4.0 was not jet official. The problem is easy to fix. Without assemble the phone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thsilv:
I Cant, i leave in Brazil and my phone was bought by a friend who arrive to UK in april 2011. The Warranty ist almost expired.

Sorry again for my English. I learn English just watching Oprah and reading websites on English.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
OK I just received my OEM part from eBay and followed the guide on YouTube.

I would recommend you get a strong and stiff guitar pick to open up the sides as you go around the phone; otherwise you might get frustrated and use something else that may damage the phone. Have patience, take your time - the entire repair process shouldn't be hard at all. The wifi antenna requires good eyes though, especially to put it back on after replacing the USB board.

My original issue was that all my car chargers would show the voltage error message whenever I charged this phone into my car (but never at home with wall charger).. normally it would take a few minutes before I would see the message. It started happening only recently. So currently I have the phone plugged into my car to test the repair.

I have been charging the phone for ten minutes so far without any issues.... yet.

EDIT: Took the phone for a drive for about 20 minutes... no error message!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunnybash:
Thanks for the update
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
Ugh... sorry guys.. after some more testing before going to sleep, the voltage error came up again. *bangs head* Very disappointed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnny crap:
I've sent my phone to samsung but they refuse warranty and say it's due to water messed up my usb port.

What shall I do now?

Does it really work with the OEM Flex cable or not?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
Do you get that voltage error message? Then likely your USB port is corroded due to water voltage. Doesn't hurt to try.

Mine was not corroded but I suspect there is a problem with either the voltage coming out of my car lighter socket or else a voltage sensor on my phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IroniX2:
Just use any non-samsung roms and you won't get the message, I'm now using miui v4 and no problems here

Or pay for the repair, did they say how much it would cost?

PS: the problem is still there but it does not tell you you can check it by typing in the dialer *#*#4636#*#* and going in the battery thing
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
Yes I know, on both points.. Next time I will leave it at that battery screen and observe it till I get the voltage error. Whenever I opened the battery info after the error, the values looked normal.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idanohh:
Used Servisol 10

Servisol super 10 - Switch Cleaning Lubricant

1.Switched off the phone

2.take a thin rug (like a lens cleaner rug)

3.Apply the lubricant on the rug and inside the usb jack.

4. take a thin hard object so you can clean with it using the rug (like a Watch Screwdriver kit )

turn the phone on

meanwhile ( few minutes ) i do not have the issue and battery health is Good .

I will update if that doesn't work.

What i find weird is that in the old version 3.6 before i upgraded to ICS it did not notify about that..

could be that it just ignored this values ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] and2011:
try to flash siyah 2.6.11 then go to recovery mod then wipe voltage setting
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idanohh:
ok so the phone is charged ok, and everything seems to be ok.

but i still have the same error message so that doesn't help !

There is gotta be a another solution ...

---------- Post added at 05:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:27 PM ----------

why do you think it's a rom issue ?

recovery mode only has wipe battery stats and no voltage field, that is probably what you meant ... i don't think it would ...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunnybash:
Do you think that we need to change to new batteries after replacing the USB port too in order to fully rid ourselves of this evil?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodB0Y:
My guess is replacing the usb port would be enough... Plus its only like eight dollars.

Its always good to have a spare battery though :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SDOF:
Seems to be doing the trick. Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
So, I changed to my fourth car adaptor, and FINALLY, no more Voltage Too High error message!

My three previous car chargers had the cable built into it, but my new one is just a USB car charger where you have to plug a separate micro USB cable into it. I got the charger component from DealExtreme for very cheap.

Thus for me it was just a case of unreliable car chargers... I just had to keep trying different ones.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SwannyBhoy:
I get this voltage too high error only when I am using my MHL adapter.

It is an aftermarket MHL adapter bought for £10.

It has a port for the charger to connect into and a micro usb for the phone.

Anyone else noticed the camera goes hot when charging?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doofah:
Have you tried charging via your pc?

Hey guys,

Those of you who are still having this problem - quit using high powered chargers for a couple of days - car adaptors in particular are full of fluctuating and noisy currents, but cheap or bad condition chargers will all cause problems for your lithium charging circuits.

Instead, charge via your computer's USB port (Not your xbox360 - my SGS2 had to be sent back to the store cos my 360's usb port fried the circuit at bootup!).

In theory, you should see the problem go away almost immediately. The problem is because lithium batteries are dangerous if charged badly - I work with RC Planes and robots which use lithium batteries of all kinds... and we've had one or two go rogue when people have charged them badly!!

(just as an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMy2_qNO2Y0&feature=related this is deliberate, but imagine this happening next to your bed inside your phone cos you have a faulty charger or dodgy charging circuit protection.

I'm sure the cell phone variant is just as dangerous, albeit slightly smaller in size...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsixda:
This is the car charger that I purchased recently which works fine for me. All my other ones would produce the "voltage too high" error.

http://dx.com/car-cigarette-powered-1000ma-usb-adapter-charger-black-dc-12v-40470

$2 and free shipping :D

I haven't noticed any harm to any of my phones, however, with my older chargers (ie. the ones with the error on my SGS2). But better to be on the safe side.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rouvax:
I have the same problem, even i power off my s2 , green battery icon appears (blinking) like i put on charger and take it off
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aktm87:
solved

i tried to clean the usb port and it is solved

but i tried many times tell it is worked so try more it while be solved

thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunnybash:
new usb board in there = problem fixed!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kurogana.inc:
Are you guys rooted?

If yes, try to go to CWM, Advanced section and WIPE BATTERY STATS.

Reboot, see if it helps
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunnybash:
I tried that ages ago and it didn't help sadly, it took replacing the USB port for the problem to resolve itself.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trucker11:
I had the same problem even when unplugged it showed up as being charged and took two minutes to change from being connected to PC. Used stock rom rerooted problem gone everything back to normal
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RodzynR:
today i had this problem and i fix it by:

1.WIPE EVERYTHING (without emmc)

2.INSTALL CM9(AOKP)

3.PLUG IN DRIVE CHARCHER (i had one from spica, on ebay 2$)[it have other voltage]

4.INSTALL I9100XXLPS and that's all :D