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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omnicube:
Charging issue - Fixed (for now)

Hi guys, just thought I'd give share my experiences with this:

Had my Galaxy S3 (stock software) for almost 2 months. All was perfect until last week; it didn't seem to be charging. Charge icon always came on, but the charge was actually dropping, just staying the same or barely creeping up a few percent per hour. I noticed that when i disabled data, wifi, turned on power saving, that it charged a little quicker (a tiny bit) and when I turned it OFF for the night, it would almost charge 50-70%...but still was ridiculous.

First solution that worked for a while:

I backed up all my files etc to Kies and did a factory reset on the phone. I then restored all my files and charging was working, perfectly! All solved... until 2 days ago... same problem came back. It said it was charging, but either wasn't or was barely charging a few percent an hour again.

Second solution that's working at the moment: Soooo... last night I switched my wi fi back on and went to Settings -> About Device -> Software update ... and there was an update available (i was sure there wasn't the previous week). Downloaded, let it install and reboot and it charged fully last night.

I'll check it out properly tonight and update if the issue comes back
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] safeelhd2:
Guys, i have read this whole thread and it seems people have a mixture of issues but mine is the same as the op's issue.

I have stock but rooted SGS3.

All was fine until i ordered some USB cables from eBay and

a car cigarette lighter socket adapter (with 3 cig sockets and a usb socket) So i used one of the ebay usb cables with the usb socket in the car, it seemed to charge ok first time.

But that night i put phone on charge using HTC wall charger and woke up to phone on 6%. The same charger was fine the day before and still charges wifes Sony Ericsson fine too.

I used to charge phone all night and never charge during day as it lasted until bed time again, But now i wake up to less than 20% charge so i have to charge at work, whether its USB or Wall charger - i have to reboot my phone for it to start charging.

I try it in the car again and it seems to suck battery from my phone rather than charge it!!!

-Tried 'blow in the hole' method

-Tried a whole bunch of chargers (different makes)

-Tried a whole bunch of USB leads (from previous phones)

-Used all diff combinations of leads and chargers

but problem persists.

Right now i have it plugged into a HTC charger at work and its fine because i rebooted it first.

I wonder if the car usb socket and ebay USB lead caused the issue?

:confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smartie36:
I never had this bug on ics, updated to the official uk release of jb and the phone was charging incredibly slow, took twice as long to charge to 100% but now it's back to charging normally!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gboydroid:
Me solve this prob.bought a new charhger. Everything works fine now.:D

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean Hicks:
Stopped charging

I wanted to share my experience. Today my phone stopped charging via wall outlet/car charger. I researched online, noticed it was a common issue, and called verizon. I was told by tech support that a new a new battery would solve the issue. I was also told using a charger other than what came in the box with the phone is what caused the damage. She offered a warranty phone replacement and/or battery but advised that the only reason she was is because i "hadnt yet been educated on the potentially damaging effects of using a non standard charger". It is noteworthy that my wall charger is a samsung charger, and my car charger is a verizon branded accessory. Hopefully a new battery helps. Im kind of put off that the verizon representative painted the outcome of using "a different charger" after being "educated on which charger to use" seem very ominous. As of now I can only charge via laptop. I will edit the post once I try the new battery. **running stock software**

EDIT: New Verizon charger fixed the charging issue
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vortagh:
Well, some updates:

- None of the workarounds in this thread or elsewhere actually did anything. It's still completely hit-and-miss what will charge and what won't. Often it will simply stop charging and won't continue until I unplug and re-plug.

- Bought a samsung desk charger for batteries (only, no slot for phone charging) and that charges both my batteries fully, with no issues. All the time. Using the same connectors and chargers that won't charge the phone.

- I still use the official samsung phone dock for charging next to my bed. Tonight I woke up and noticed that my S3 somehow rebooted itself into download mode while I slept. What. The. Hell?? How is that even possible?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vortagh:
And another update:

Phone managed to discharge from 80%+ to 0 overnight (took about 7 hours) while on the charging cradle, then turned itself off..... And started charging, had reached 10% when I woke up. *hits head against wall*
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnReA|:
I have a problem with my s3.

I have the phone about 20 days and i dosn't charge with usb.

I charge the phone in pc.

Why?

Can help me?

Sorry my bad english
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsm1999:
i9300 not charging

Listen for the 1,000 times.. THE S3 has a DEFECT in solder in the following schematics I posted..

I repaired many!!! DONT LISTEN TO THE BS!

The phone needs to be re-flowed by a professional tech!

Those 3 Microchips are the problems.. Cold Solder!

2 Caps and the U502 overvoltage protection chip.. << this is like a circuit breaker to prevent over voltage charging!

I mask around them with special heat tape to prevent heating other components..

After its reflowed, you must flash it..

How many you fixed?????? NONE! with stupid solutions..... I fixed many!

It's a DEFECT FROM FACTORY! EINSTEIN!

Take it to a really good Technician that has a 90x Microscope / Reflow Rework Station.

---------- Post added at 09:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:59 PM ----------

I made those schematics, because I tired of reading the BUL L $hit..

The s3 can be 10000% fixed

also you can use the iPhone 4 charger, It supplies the 1amp 5v you need..

Don't use the original 220v Samsung charger..

takecare...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qijot:
Hello guys,

I'm having the same problem most of you facing; my phone isn't charging and I can't connect it through USB to transfer data from and to it.

I tried removing the battery

and then putting them back again and

it worked for a day or two

, It was charging normally through the USB cables, then the same problem hit back again and I don't want to remove the battery every time I want to charge my phone.

I don't have a wall charger so my only way of charging it is by using USB cables.

I have some doubts that the problem is caused by my USB cable head which seems to be missing one of its pins:

Can anyone check his SG SIII USB cable and see if it's missing one of its pins? just to make sure it's not the way they make these cables.

I've attached a picture of the USB cable pin which seems to be missing!

Any help would be appreciated!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m4tt24:
I have the problem of the phone appearing to charge but charging really slowly. It was on several roms so I knew it had to be an issue with the phone. I swapped my S3 charger for my S2 charger and it doesn't happen now. The adapter of my S3 charger I also use to charge my batteries for an e cig and it takes just over an hour to charge if just plugged into the usb of my comp. If I use my S3 adaptor to convert the usb to mains charging it takes 5/6 hours.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AniRaje:
Similar problem the phone stopped charging. I again rebooted but it did not fix the problem.

When connected to a pc via usb cable it charges and works fine.

And solutions?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommy2601:
I have a similar random sporadic charging problem since jb update...most of the time charging is very slow compared to ics but some time it's really painful when it gets struck at one particular percentage for eternity.. I have tried all the tricks mentioned in the forum and changed several jb roms after super wipe but nothing has helped now I am finally planning to revert back to ics...

What is really surprising is why is that only few of us(with jb update) are having this issue and rest of them are not.so it would be really helpful in trouble shooting the problem if other members share there experiences with charging after jb update.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoyle:
Charge problem solved (for me) by upgrading to Jelly Bean

I have had the charge problem for a long time, but decided I could live with it. Didn't have time to send my phone to repair. My phone charged fine with USB connected to computer, but not to wall charger or car charger.

Well, Samsung finally rolled out Jelly Bean to me. And after upgrading, I can charge with the wall charger again! So, at least with my phone, this was never a hardware issue (or at least it was a hardware issue that was solvable with a software fix).

Hope everyone else's problem goes away after upgrading.

Cheers,

Alf
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jazz5000:
Had the issue were phone would only charge up to 69%.

This was on Crisekelo rom.

I flashed the phone back to stock and sent it for warranty. No fault found.

But i got a replacement handset.

New replacement was charging to 100% fine.

As soon as i flashed my nandroid restore file it had the same problem,

So i believe it could be a software problem?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommy2601:
Yea it's certainly a OS bug cos charging problem is solved since I downgraded to ics , I have mailed the complaint to Samsung but haven't heard from them yet...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MyS3NotChargin:
fixed i hope

My issue is resolved for now I hope. They gave me a new usb line and new adapter when I brought the phone to the warranty centre and it is charging fast and normal like in the beginning. Hope the problem doesn't come back after a few months. This new usb line they gave me is slightly different model than the original one I got too but the wall socket charger seems to be the same one. Hopefully it was the previous model of the usb line causing the problem. I let the battery drain to 0% and charged with this new charger and it went from 0-100% in an hour and a half or less. I had a strong belief that this might be software issue but I guess it was the usb line/wal socket charger combination issue indeed.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johannesdr:
same problem

I am having the same problem. I contacted Samsung and they told me to do a soft or hard reset with the following codes:

*2767*2878# soft reset

*2767*3855# hard reset

But these codes do not work on my Galaxy SIII.

I attached a screenshot of the weird charging behaviour. I am using the samsung charger in a wall mount.

Model: GT-I9300

Android: 4.1.1

Build: JRO03C.I9300XXDLIH

Country: Belgium
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goleli:
I did buy an international edition of S3 in USA and my friend did by the same in Turkey. Both phones have the same charging problem. The problem persists after reboot or jelly bean update. The charger delivered by Samsung is a very bad quality charger including the cable. The current supplied by the samsung cable is very low! So when I charge my phone with my old HTC HD2 charger it charges in 1.5-2 hours as well as my friends phone. Any other working micro usb charger works great as well.

So a rigorous solution is change your charger! It is not a software issue!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corrsea:
Totally agree. Have had 2 Samsung chargers replaced. They are next to useless. Now I have no issues so long as I avoid them:)

ROM Sotmax V7

Kernel Yank555.lu-V2.5
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnan10:
WTF man... same issue araised me i haven't found this thread before thats y i started another thread.....

here it is

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34580261#post34580261

really i am hating samsung.....worst upgrade ever....i was very happy with s2...but s3 sucks with charging problem
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ra1n3R:
My old htc charger is better that original samsung charger. Between 30 and 45 minutes from 10% to 100%.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HtcDesire2:
Let me welcome myself to this issue as well :(

Everything was working Fine.. and one Bad day i got the Indian JB update :( and after that phone behaves weird on charging front.

Last night i kept my phone plugged in whole night to wall socket and in the morning it was charged to 17% :sucks:

Tried after removing battery for multiple times and started charging with Samsung cable, no results, borrowed friend's HTC cable and it started charging real fast (Again after removing the battery).

Now plugged in to Laptop with Samsung Cable and the result is 3% in one and half hour..

I must say this is a software issue. I am using this phone from June 2012 and never had this issue.

On the Funny Side: Looks like Samsung had outsourced its firmware development and poor freshers have given given the complete burden to develop the code..

I have no clue now, what do to..

But for a conclusion: I WILL NEVER BUY A SAMSUNG PHONE/TAB again.. Good Bye Samsung..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iede:
Using stock ICS, it took about 2 hours from 10% to full charge. Using JB, it took about 2.5 hours, when using new leaked 4.1.2 + siyah kernel v1.8 it took about 4 hours?:confused:

Same thing for you all?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danmanbad:
ive been reading the thread and im sure no one has said this

my girlfriend and i had the same problem with jelly bean she has s3 i have s3 4g lte

if you look in the end of the cable you plug in to your phone you should find 5 pins not 4 if you find 4 pins in the end of the cable you plug in to your phone not the end you plug into your charger or usb port (not to say anyone is stupid im just making sure im clear thats all )

if you find you have the problem you can just call samsung the number to call is on there website and they will just replace it the options for the s3 are early on it even says if your calling about the s3

they sent her a complet charger and cable her replacement was fine but my cable had the same fault i rang them back and the appologised and they are sending me another replacement and i asked them to make sure it had 5 pins they put a note on what was said and i hope the person that finds it in the warehouse looks

now her phone chages perfectly fine and so dose my phone when i use her charger

i even called a service center and spoke to a engernear just to make sure before i called samsung

i just hope this helps people

if anyone has any questions just ask if i can answer them i will
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggnoplay:
Dude my cable has 4 pins and after reading your story, I found another cable which has 5 pins and it worked perfecty!!!

And my battery was stucked at 56% while plugged into wall with that 4 pinned cable. Actually it was going down while i was playing a game. After closing the game it just stopped discharging. I guess it was not charging at all when i plugged in before starting to play. Now WITHOUT removing the battery or doing sth else, just by changing the cable, it works perfectly fine!! Charging really fast know.

I CONFIRM that the above suggestion is CORRECT and WORKS fine! The issue is about having a faulty 4 pinned cable. Thanks man.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gboydroid:
Thanks for the infor.but mine has also 5 pins but the last pin has a blue colored plastic that covers it or i have only 4 pins?. .:banghead:

Fyi: this is already my second charger i bought but sometimes it work properly but today it charge so slow. :banghead:

sent via SGS I9300 powered JB 4.1.2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danmanbad:
have you tryed getting a pin and see if you can get the plastic coat of cuz it looks like that blue plastic that they have on all sorts of stuff

it looks like it has 5 pins with a bit of plasic on cuz when it haas 4 pins there is noth else there at all
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MyS3NotChargin:
5 pins... 4 pins... doesn't matter!

I had the cable with 5 pins and it was still doing the same thing. I recently got a replacement cable which has 5 pins as well as a new wall socket charger from my phone company(Wind Mobile Canada) and it worked fine for a couple of weeks and now the same issues came back! aAhhhhhhhhHHh!!~!~!... Only way I can charge it to full 100% is by using my friend's Motorola cable... I don't know why but that works for me. Charges super fast with that motorola cable too. 0-100% in like an hr and 15 mins. But no luck with these samsung usb and charger. Every single of them are fail...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danmanbad:
im sorry to hear that well i dont know about your problem some people have surgested its something to do with the board there are probaly lots of reasons for the phone to keep messing up like they do dodgy cheap parts i guess

plus maybe one if thr pins got bent cuz someone else had that problem and they just lifted the pins in the cable a bit with a pin and they said it fixed there problem
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZathuraPL:
Hey,

Is there any (good) app, to watch movies free?

I'd like to see not only movies from 70's lol ^^
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mistermentality:
Only legal ones I know of are youtube (which surprisingly and probably un noticed by google has a few newer hollywood films in full on there that are only a year or so old) or filmontv which has film and tv channels from around the world.

Or you could get a netflix trial for free and use their free app.

Dave

( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Double0EK:
There are 2 websites I go on that stream movies (New just released in theaters) but your phone must support flash. PM for details as I don't know if I'm even allowed to even mention THIS post.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] usergone123:
Youtube is available where you can see movies with free of cost....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZathuraPL:
Well, back in 2012 (when i posted that..) it was way more difficult to find some good quality movies on YT, because most of them were just advertisements of websites, fakes or were just blocked.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enzeden:
watch32.is
[Motorola Droid RAZR] suttaroom:
Recently bought the razr maxx here in kuwait and i have been trying to figure out ways to get in on the official soak test. tried contacting motorola to no avail.. nothing new there.

How do i get in on the soak test? I saw a user from Europe ie the EMEA region was given an update for the OTA, and yes i have registered on MFN.

Another weird thing was that while trying to register my device it didnt identify my IMEI number. but i got registered for MFN?!

Any thoughts would be aprreciated..

Thanks

System Version

65.1.40.XT910.MERetail.en.06

Avdroid Version

2.3.6
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sRDennyCrane:
It's too late to join the soak test. Testers were selected from the group that signed up days and weeks ago.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] suttaroom:
aww shucks.. so how will i know when to update.. will it come automatically as a popup??

keep checking the system updates for possiblity of a update/.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] BorisMali:
Hey!

Dear friend,

I've been trying to buy this phone for weeks here in Kuwait, couldn't find it anywhere! Could you help me out, please? I'm looking for razr maxx. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Computerized:
It is available at ( Eureka )

I bought it from there

I have one advice ( Upgrading it to ICS will make the battery life ****ty )
[Motorola Droid RAZR] suttaroom:
habibi.. eureka still might have it.. and upgrade to ics.. ui is beautiful battery life isnt as awsm as gb but then again you will get 2 days with internet active throughout.. i think that beats any phone hands down.. however development does seem a little slow when compared to the other phones(note2, oneX,SGS3,gNex, ) battery-wise nothing comes close.. thanks to the lack of the 720p screen.. serious workaholic phone.. wont let u down
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bboran:
Which one is more stable? Right now i am using b39 and i am having some issues with it. For example Foursquare and root explorer are not working.

Also after flashing a custom rom with gapps. My apps automaticly starts downloading. Is there a possibility to prevent that? I want to choose which one to install after a flash a custom rom. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bboran:
Any idea my friends?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dr.m0x:
To avoid auto app downloading, don't enter your google account details when the phone does the initial setup on first boot.

Add it from settings-accounts and sync instead.

Sent from my GNex rocking Aokp
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thelowend:
I'm running 38 issue-free. Every time I see talk of 39 I hear about odd lag issues. I did run into some sluggishness last night but that was due to the extremely low CPU settings I had.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mtbgus:
I am now on b39 with lean kernel and zero problems so far

To your apps question, titanium backup your apps before you install a new rom, install the new rom +gapps and on the first boot where you log into wifi and your account uncheck the box which states "Restore this phone from my account" above the "backup this phone with my account", then you should titanium restore your apps or choose the apps you want from you play store account.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bboran:
Thank you very much for your answers my friends. mtbgus can you check foursquare app for me? I really wonder if it works with lean kernel.

Also where can i find Lean Kernel?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Theshawty:
Regarding the auto-download of apps. A little pro-tip: NEVER enter your email at the first setup.

Just skip it and add your Google account afterwards. To get back missing apps, just use TiBackup
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mtbgus:
Yes mate, foursquare appear to be working, although I only installed it and signed in to check, then uninstalled because I don't have a use for it.

Not had any apps I've used force closing or refusing to work on any aokp roms I've used.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bboran:
so you managed to check-in?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mtbgus:
I only installed and signed in with facebook and then uninstalled, I have not need for the app so didn't go into it further than that.

If you have problems I'd flash Lean Kernel and maybe try Jame Bond 3.1i just to check, only takes a few minutes for peace of mind.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spaceman860:
Also after flashing a custom rom with gapps. My apps automaticly starts downloading. Is there a possibility to prevent that? I want to choose which one to install after a flash a custom rom. Thanks.[/QUOTE]

What I do is back up my apps with ti back up then I run batch option to uninstall all user apps except for ti back up flash rom so when I sign in only ti back up is automatically installed by doing this my wallpaper wifi password and other Google settings are also restored :)

Sent from my Gnex {GSM}
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theking_13:
Everything works here, including Root Browser. AOKP B39 + Franco M4