yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pramod K:
try using a different charger

Hello guys,this is my first post at XDA. I also have the same charging problem with my s3 charger.It charges very slowly painfully slow.I go to settings during charging my phone and see the battery sometimes it says charging USB.I unplug it and plug it again it says charging AC.But when i charge the phone with my wifes BB curve charger it charges normally as it should.Just want to ask should i ask for a replacement charger and whether there will be a problem in the future if i continue charging my phone with a BB charger.I am still under warranty and my phone is not rooted.Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rohan999:
guys in my case...flashing a new STOCK firmware fixed it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bdurex:
What version of new stock firwware??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ph512:
I too am suffering from the same problem - AC intermittently not charging / or extremely slow charging, but USB and car changing are fine.

I'm glad I found this thread so now I know I'm not alone. My wife has an s3 too, so I know it's definitely my stock device as I've tried her battery / charger and reset my phone (even flashed the latest stock rom again with ODIN, as suggested by someone else). The problem still persists!

My question.....many people have suggested they are going to send their phones back for repair - did any of you have success with this as ultimately is what I'm intending to do? (I didn't find anyone re-posting that they'd got their devices back fixed, so I'm basically being curious before sending mine in).

Blinking S3's! - both me and the wife had the "sudden death" problem too a while back, so this will be the second visit to the repair shop for mine!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 038:
My phone is charging about 1% per hour at night, original charger and cable.

Had this problem since moving back from 4.2.1 AOKP+Siyah to 4.1.2 +stock kernel.

Also the charging socket is damaged. Need to bend the micro usb a few times to connect.

Will try the folowing things and report back:

- Other original charger

- Power saving mode

- Siyah kernel
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kryogenik:
Read through, thanks for the tips.

Tried two new 3rd party cables today with Samsung charger. No joy.

Took one apart and wired it up to an old Mini-USB HTC 5v 1amp charger, still no joy. Handset showed charging, but was actually discharging.

Found a 10cm length USB to micro USB patch lead that came with a mi-fi unit, hooked that and a good quality shielded USB extension lead up to an iPad charger and finally got a decent charge going. Up from 60 to 100 in about 30 mins.

Chucked Samsung charger and lead back in the box and in a drawer.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cocainee:
My 3 months old Galaxy S3 ran into problems a few days ago. Would charge up to 14% overnight and almost straight away drop down to 4% even with the charger plugged on. Wiped battery stats, rooted, unrooted, updated firmware, used different (usb based) chargers, tried all the tricks from internet - nothing, absolutely nothing worked!!

Today I plugged it to my workmate's old samsung AC charger... charged to 100% in about 2,5 hours!!

Weird.

Problem solved??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *GalaxyFanatic*:
My s2 charger does indeed charge my s3 much quicker. I still use the original s3 charger but instead of the original usb lead I'm using a holo blue coloured usb from ebay & that does seem to shorten the full charge cycle/time.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wmhsgs3:
If running a kernel, try the kernel settings for the battery. Some don't allow enough power to pass I believe. There's a thread somewhere about it but I'm new to the site but I will look for it. Also, have any of you had a back up from another device? I got a new s3 when I dropped my old one. I occurred battery and charging problems when I restored the old back up to the new device.

I still have the odd problem as the USB port is very loose but a wiggle sorts that. Using standard Samsung wall/USB jack

Also what android are you running?

If its 4.0.4 I would update immediately as there's a sudden death bug on stock ICS. Samsung fixed the bug on JB 4.1.2 I believe :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thewipe:
Just today my S3 just started to stay at 15% even I plugged the original s3 charger overnight , i felt like it didnt charge at all , its weird , but when I plugged a battery pack charger its faster , its probably working hard at night while im sleeping .
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theinfamous2:
I just bough mine week ago. updating to Jelly Bean straight away. it charge and stop at 57% and won"t charge anymore.

what I'm doing to solve this problem is changing the cable that comes with original head charger of SGS III with another samsung data cable. it charges from empty (0%) to fully charge (100%) in 3 hours.

either the original cable is faulty or it doesn"t work properly after upgrading to Jelly Bean.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FantasyFlow:
Omega Rom 44.3 very slow/no usb charge from laptop/pc

Hi everyone!

I couldn't post in the developer forum (insufficient number of posts) so I have to post here instead.

Omega Rom 44.3 (4.2.1) and 43.1 (4.1.2):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663656

Seems like charging problem is usually caused by kernel/os. I could charge normally with 4.1.2 but when I flash 4.2.1 (Omega Rom 44.3), the phone will not get charged or charge very slowly from pc/laptop.

Right now, I haven't been able to find any alternative kernel for Omega Rom 44.3 yet.

A quick look at the battery, it showed that android OS has been draining battery like crazy (~30%)

Any suggestion to the problem would be greatly appreciated!:)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vpwrf:
Keeps getting stuck at 91%

I use the stock charger and cable. The problem that I often get is that it keeps getting stuck at 91% when charging. The only way to get it to charge fully then is to restart the phone. This happens more often if I charge it from a low battery. Really annoying.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JCM800:
My s3 drove me insane with charging issues.

Have since got a note 2 and couldn't be happier, rapid stable charging. What a relief.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duniatri:
since i bought my sgs3 international version (2 months ago), i never had charging problem using my stock wall charger and stock usb cable. i also had flash my sgs3 with carbon rom. everything works well..

oh, the only problem is, in one night, i charge it with my wall charger. in the next morning, i found it's still 14% of battery. usually when i charge my phone in the night, the next morning my phone will fully charged.

but that only happen once up untill now..

i also attached my screen capture of my battery current max when charging..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ph512:
I was absolutely positive my phone had gone faulty - two s3's in the house and both original chargers with original USB leads charge my wife's phone up no problems on AC - I even have a spare 1A charger which does her's fine, but mine on all of them is flacky to say the least.

I have installed the "Galaxy Charging Current" app that has been suggested in this thread and sure enough my wife's is pulling 1A in, but mine could be anything! I get 100mA , 300mA, 600mA depending on "how it feels" at the time....and that is on all the chargers I mentioned... This is why I was so convinced my phone was faulty.

Out of shear luck I recently bought a new camcorder which included another USB lead (to add to the collection)....Plugged it into the original charger and it now reliably charges at 1A EVERY time.

I only wanted to share this because I'd tried what I thought was enough options to rule out what has now actually turned into the problem.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dhat.Kidd.xD:
Got a Galaxy S3 couple days ago and already has charging issues. It won't charge past 96% and after it reaches 96%, it'll actually start to lose battery life if I leave connected! Idk if anyone else had this problem and solved it but it was too much to read through.

I'd really appreciate any help with this!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0xZen:
If it otherwise charges at a regular pace, then this should be due to bad battery stats. You could try to turn it off, charge to top, turn it on again, do the same again.

If your phone is rooted, you should download the Battery Calibration app, and follow the instructions.

If it has trouble charging in general - at first try to blow in the port hole (no spittle ^^ ), next step - try a different USB lead connected to the charger. Some seem to have better success with the Micro-USB plugs with 5 pins in them. Not really sure its the number of pins though, I think it might rather be very small dimmensional differences on the overall construction of the plug, and maybe the size/postion of the pins). Seeing how our homes are filling up with all kinds Micro-USB leads, giving it a try shouldn't be too much of a hassle.

Bare in mind - alot of these have bad (cold) solderings, so you could just be postponing a serious problem. If general charging is the issue - I'd reccommend you backup your media and sync your contacts while you can - and if its still under warranty, return it for repair.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheesemuffins:
This morning I unplugged my phone at 100 and I looked a minute later and it was down to 40. Now, when I plug the charger in it charges extremely slowly while the phone is on. While it's off, it charges a the regular speed...

I'm going to charge it full while it's off to see if this somehow fixes it. If it doesn't I'll try updating my ROM. Been using slim bean 4.2.2 for a while now but this problem just started today. The fact that it charges while the phone is off make me feel like it's not a problem with the AC adapter or cable... I'll let people now if I fix it and how
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiggins9:
My solution:

generic HTC charger with Samsung USBwire

Charges to 100% now
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Castdeath97:
I think we need a ultimate thread for all these charging problems with this device.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eia2088:
I was backreading a couple of pages and read that blackberry chargers works fine so I tried it, from 44 percent, now 70 percent in 35minutes. I am using my blackberry cable with the original samsung adapter. Will update the thread if it charges fast from a less than 10 percent battery or even drained battery.

Last night, i charged my s3 from 5 percent, and it is already like an hour or 2 when my cousin accidentally unplugged the charger, my phone died it says battery empty . It was annoying since i thought it was charging all this time as the battery indicates it charging. I hope this blackberry charger will work perfectly fine.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mord0rr:
I really don`t now the fuzzy about recharging the S3....

People:

Use another charger! The original one its a piece of crap:silly:

Im using 2 chargers, one from my tablet, kicking 2A and the one from my Boston cellular with 1A.

Also i use one i did buy on chinese story.....they ALL charge normally.

I did never use the original. I even can offer it!:D

The original must have some electronic issue. Filtration, stability, heat, whatever to not charge well...

Try other one, serious!:angel:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mord0rr:
Original charger or other?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eia2088:
Update:

My phone was 12 percent when i started charging it at 11pm. While charging I was using it for youtube while I text every now and then. I even used skype for like 30 mins then call for an hr. And it fully charged at 1pm. 2 hrs full charged while using it.

I used the belkin adapter which I read has a 2A then my blackberry cable.

I donating my original charger guys. Whoever wants it, it's all yours. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qslinger:
Samsung Galaxy S3 USB Charger Cable At Fault

SOLUTION TO CHARGING PROBLEM!

Hi All: I had the exact same issue with charging my samsung. It would take forever to charge and sometimes, even after 10 hrs on charge, it would not go up more than 70%. I tried charging my S3 by plugging it to my PC. What I noticed is that everytime I moved the phone it would disconnect. Figured that it was a USB cable fault.

One day, incidentally, I used Samsung Duos USB cable (CABLE ONLY, not the charger), plugged it into my S3 charger and to the phone. The charging speed was amazing and in a few hours my S3 charged to 100% The samsung Duos cable is shorter but slightly thicker.

Since I still had warranty on the phone, I took just the S3 USB cable back to the service center and had it replaced. Once again, I plugged in the new USB cable to the charger and the phone and guess what...same slow charging! It was taking me 4-8 hours to charge my phone on the new cable as well..and that too just shy of the 100% mark. next day I switched back to the Samsung Duos cable, and hot damn..super fast charging.

The USB cable supplied by Samsung for the S3 is crap! Its just not the right cable to charge a big smart phone like this one. I have permanently switched to the Samsung Duos charging cable and quite happy with it. My suggestion to you is the same, get rid of that S3 USB cable crap and get yourself a Duos USB Data cable.

Image attached for reference!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mord0rr:
Great that you solve your problem. Im my case im still using original and no problems. If you get the chance, try also with other charger:highfive:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrgodai:
here is my charging problem.

it'll charge to 100% fine through laptop USB.

However with the same cable, in car charger, official samsung charger, htc charger, blackberry charger.. basically any source that's not from a computer, will result in a 1% per minute power drain and the S3 runs burning hot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rh31n:
Hello. Just own s3 for couple days and already found this thread.

My question is, are all s3 out there had a faulty cable and charger, or just some batch or region wise?

Coz I got the 4 pin cable and also the charger with the v plug model type, and some people here claim that 4 pin cable is a big NO.

So far no problem, but I don't want take a risk. Using galaxy charging current, I got 1 A output.

Ow yeah, my S3 is GT-9300T by vodafone.

Thanks for sharing guys, and I am very very sorry, if my english is terrible.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paparazo:
Original charger for sure...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qslinger:
I have the same problem with the car charger..however its generic charger so it won't charge the phone fast. I have Pioneer double din unit with USB, which aslo charges my phone but I have to pretty much keep everything (Wifi, bluetooth, mobile data, not needed apps, screen) off so it will charge. Else I too get negative charge.

The charger is not the issue, however the cable is flimsily made...its only made to look good! I have read in other forums where people were having issues with the USB Data cable.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eia2088:
My first 2 months of having the S3, i didn't have problems like this. It just recently that i noticed that it takes forever to fully charge my phone so I searched for solutions. Obviously it's not an isolated case. Mine's from Virgin Mobile Canada.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afasayan:
Solved the problem with a toothpick

My phone had about the same problem.

It wouldn't recognise the charger being connected nor would it detect the usb from the computer most of the time, sometimes it would recognise and I will charge the battery to 100% unplug it and after the battery got low the same problem occurred and it would stop recognising the charger.

I tried every solution that I could find on the internet, none of them worked. I changed the firmware a number of times, tried blow in the hole, tried different usb cables, different chargers, all the different combinations that were possible.

So I concluded there is something wrong with the hardware, therefore I put the phone into stock in the evening and was all ready to take it to the service centre the next day. After doing this I checked if it was charging and it was so charged it to 100%, unplugged-replugged it and again it wasn't charging.

Then I was watching some videos on the phone while having dinner, I accidentally dropped it in the food I was eating. So I started cleaning the phone and noticed that some of the food was inside the usb port so I cleaned the port slowly at first and then thoroughly with a toothpick.

I tried charging and it was charging. This time I unplugged it and replugged it multiple times with multiple usb cable and it was working every single time.

This all happened about 2 weeks ago and I have not faced any problem till now.

WARNING: anyone who tries this method should be ultra careful not to break anything in the usb port.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vincent_lim__:
you just bought it a few days ago..

you can claim it to get the new on with the warranty i think
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanprivi:
hi friends... first post here i have the same problem with my s3... on the first months i bought the phone it charged with any charger without problem in around 2 or 3 hours... and suddenly it started charging really slow... tried different chargers (motorola other samsungs, blackberry, etc.) and no one seems to charge properly... ive lost the original and a few months ago. my mom bought an s3 and when i use its charger it worked... bot only for a couple of weeks and then started to charge slowly again even with it.... other weird thing that happened to me was connecting it to a motorola car charger (which used to work fine in the first months) and see "The dock is connected"... also when leaving it plugged to this charger for a couple of minutes the phone enters in download mode without pressing any button... :confused: a biiiiig crap...tried Galaxy Current Charging app recently and i noticed i get very low values on current_max (100 when usb) no matter how many times i plug and unplug.... any ideas?? (other than throwing it against the floor?:silly:) thanks friendss!:good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hmmy 4444:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_III

read the hardware heading
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanprivi:
Do you mean sudden death?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hmmy 4444:
yup n the charging issue which is faced after 2 weeks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marceldy:
I'm having the similar problems as stated in previous posts.

After trying many new cables, chargers ( from 0.7 to 2 ) all comes down me believing that problem source is the usb port in S3 itself. Like if it got dirty or deteriorated did anyone solved it by changing usb port ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soyab2009:
same problem

I have same problem phone not charging with its orignal charger. But when I am connecting my throug usb to laptop charging fine absolutely good. Before work good since last week having problem. Any solutions? ??? Plz help send email at soyab2009@yahoo.com
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MickyFoley:
There is a solution: Ignore unstable power detection. I don't know, how many kernels have this option.

temasek has it at his kernel (i currently use CM10.1 with the GT-i9300 with temaseks awesome kernel).

WARNING: USE AT OWN RISK (I sadly had the problem too & risked it - but won't say anything, it may not harm your device!):

Check your current charging with "Galaxy Charging Current" (Google it - i can't write down links because of <10 posts). For me, Maximum and Avg. were at 100mA. Not a good value to charge, since it may take over 24h (!) to charge it once.

Flash a kernel with sTweaks & Power-Settings support.

Scroll right to the POWER-tab > Scroll down to "IGNORE UNSTABLE POWER DETECTION" and check "Ignore unstable power".

Click "APPLY" at the very bottom. Unplug your device in case, you have it plugged in for charging & plug it in again. Check again with Galaxy Charging Current. Maximum, Now and Avg. now should say 1000 or anything very near 1000.

I think: The built in detection is lousy or bugged & will get overridden with this setting. To be sure: Use only chargers you trust. Just in case, you know.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsw5700:
I'm using a shorter USB cable from the mains plug and now getting a much higher charge rate. A shorter, thicker higher quality cable appears to help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr Woolf:
Top banana Micky Foley!

minimal
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MickyFoley:
It won't damage your battery, as long as you use quality chargers. Sure: If you use cheap chargers you won't even trust, if they're the last in the world: Yes, they may probably damage it due to too high output. Keep using quality chargers and you would be fine. Just look, if the charger has a trustworthy sign at it & if it's noname with none: Simply don't use it :).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mordar:
what about if the charger is an original samsung OEM and the usb cable is a different brand? would that damage the battery?, because a while ago the cable reported around 300amp in the galaxy charging current, after that trick I'm getting a solid 1000amp and god that makes me so happy...because I struggled with like every usb cable out there and different chargers and nothing worked until I applied that trick
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kangerX:
Been using thicker non Samsung cable for while now its all good.

sent from the state where marijuana is NOT illegal !!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cindrella2159:
Adapter...!!!

Hi everyone,I recently brought a new mobile(Lava iris 504q) sure its a good mobile and i am satisfied with it.But from last two days whenever i am connecting my mobile to the wall charger it's not charging at all..but when i am connecting to the laptop usb port it's charging..i wonder why..but later when i tried to charage with the adapter of samsung galaxy tab 2 than to my surprise it was charging and also the charage was very quick like 0 to 90% with in 1 hour..so now i am thinking is it the problem of the box adapter or the problem of the hardware or else software ?? if it's the problem of box adapter than i am prefering to buy the samsung adapter but i am concerned with the output and input issue..can any one suggest me is there so much different in it ?? is i can use it or not ?? is it will effect my mobile in anyway ?? is i will face any issues by using the samsung adapter ?? is the battery life will be effected ?? Pls can any guide me?? Thanks in Advance...!!

The output and input values are as fallows..!!!

Lava iris 504q Adapter= Input> 100-300vac,50-60hz-0.15A >>>Output> 5v-1A

Samsung Adapter= Input> 150-300vac,50-60hz-0.35A>>> Output> 5v-2A
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cheshire4meow:
help

Im having same issues as most on this forum it seems, plug it in and says discharging, and when it does charge only charges to 71% some times lower. I downloaded Stweaks, but it only comes up with "Sorry, no kernel support" I am fairly good at following instructions so i think i can fix it on my own and NOT have to send it back to samsung as conveniently my warranty has ran out in July T_T someone please help me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] remedya:
Isn't the Samsung warranty for two years?

http://www.freesamsungrepairs.com
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] George_<3 Technology:
help me pls!

I ve got the same problem !

I bought my sgs3 4 days ago and took 7 hour to fully charge

i checked my usb cable and it looks the same as yours

Did u solved the problem ? HOW ?

thx in advance !