[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Cyber735:
Hi everyone,

First of all, I apologize in advance,

1. Because I know this isn't a tech support forum.

2. Because I don't contribute and help out as much as I should.

Coming here was a last resort, I don't consider myself a noob, but I'm really stuck here.

Please note that I appreciate every single response, and I will donate if anyone can give me a fix.

With that aside, let me get started

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Okay so about a week ago, I accidentally bent my charger when it was charging my note.

It didn't charge at all that night

That morning, I blew into the charge port on my note, suspecting that dust may have been the cause.

Somehow, that helped, as my note charged fully that day, in about 2-3 hours

Then I tried charging it the next night.

It charged incredibly slowly, reaching about 70% after 10 hours charge

The next few nights were similar, but reaching no more than 40% charge after 10 hours.

It got progressively worse, it would only charge if I applied pressure to the mini-usb,

I looked around this morning, and stumbled across another guy with the same problem

(see here http://www.galaxynoteforum.net/galaxy-note-help/charging-port-issue/ )

He advised,

"Well I have figured out the issue. If you look into the charging port slot on the phone you will notice a small thin flat piece of metal which inserts into the charger. That was slanted and angled downward which would not let "ANY" charger or docking station charge correctly also causing it to drain the battery. Contacts on this piece and the phone were to close causing a minor contact draining power. I used a precision flathead screw driver and lifted the piece slightly and now works fine"

So I tried that, and it seemed to help, as the note began charging, (extremely slowly, reaching about 30%)

Then I tried pushing that "thin flat piece of metal up even further"

However, I went too far, and I couldn't fit the charger into the charge port.

So I tried pushing it back into the centre but I may have damaged one of the pins in the charge port (inside the phone)

I seen a little spark, and the note turned off.

I tried switching it on, and managed to boot to safe mode (no idea how)

So then I tried charging it, I applied pressure and managed to get it to start charging. (thank god)

This was about 30 mins ago, it looks to be holding the charge at about 20%, but it's not increasing

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I suspect one of the pins in the note charge port was snapped off.. although I'm not sure.. (it appears to be the one on the right)

1.Does anyone know how many pins there are on the charge port inside the note? (is it 4 or 5?)

2.What should I do?

If I broke a pin, it should not charge at all, right? (but it seems to be charging)

3. Do I need to replace the charge port, if so, how much would it cost?

4. Would I be better off getting a charging station, and charging the battery using that

5. Should I try moving the metal strip again? (inside the charge port of the note)

oops forgot to mention, when the problem started, and the note was slow-charging, an audible buzzing/humming could be heard in the wall outlet

also, I'm using my original samsung usb charger, not a generic one, and I'm charging directly into a wall outlet.

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Thank you for taking the time to read this, I really appreciate it, and any advise that you do offer.

Cyber735