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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martyjay:
hey guys. had the same problem, could only charge USB while connected to X-Box or PC. Same USB cable plugged into a DC socket in a wall, would not work!

Ended up getting a HTC charger....works! wtf! seriously! was the most frustrating thing ever!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rohitv:
faulty Samsung USB cable

My Samsung cable could draw only max 200 mA on mains. Then, I replaced it with generic cable and it now draws 1013 mA. :)

So, in my case Samsung USB cable was faulty.

On another note, has anyone charged Samsung galaxy S3 with 2A charger and saw faster charging rate?

I mean does S3 draw 2A current with 2A charger.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spaleodi:
I charged with the white samsung charger (2A) my S3. It doesn't get more than 1000mA .

But my S4 charged with the same charger doesn't seem to get more than 1200mA either...

You can check the photos in the photobucket links I provide in the attached text file...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harsh1291993:
Max amperes for s3 in stock is 1.1A only but if you root and tweak then it may be raised to 1.6A but this will burn your USB cables
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paresh Kalinani:
Do you knoe maximum safe amperes to tweak to? 1.6 maybe will be too much..

Sent using my Galaxy SIII (GT-I9300) on NeatROM
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paresh Kalinani:
One more solution : Just root the phone and flash some other Kernel like Boeffla! Done! The phone charges!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dev neo:
i have same problem...usb chrging or wall charging it shows charge symbol..but drains battery.should i upload my data cable and charger 's photos..they are both original from samsung..but don't know if it is for s3..cause i got a second hand device.

how much cost for S3 'S NEW ORIGINAL DATA CABLE AND CHARGER?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paresh Kalinani:
Hey! If you're rooted, flash some other Kernel and the problem goes away. And if you're not, WHY are you buying the same thing again?! Samsung's original S3 wire is the thin one which will again get you on such a day again. Buy USB Cable from www.stuffcool.com ! I'm using this good fat USB wire for months now and it still charges my phone as fast as possible! :P
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hashimjamal:
Hi Paresh, can you suggest the model and make of the charging cable from stuffcool.com ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sseennoonn:
try with new cable ...from some other samsung phone ..i had problem with charging my phone but i think it was a softver issue....i am still using the same charger and now it works flawless ..plus i have 2 meters extension cable and still i god 1000mAh ....price depends ..but dont go for cheaper versions...it will do no good
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paresh Kalinani:
This is the link- http://www.stuffcool.com/capdase-micro-usb-sync-charge-cable.html .

However, if you've rooted your phone you could try flashing some other kernel and if you're fine with it, you could save money! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hashimjamal:
Thanks Paresh,

Yes, my phone is a rooted one, let me try some other kernel first.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hashimjamal:
Hi All,

I just bought this Capdase USB cable (HCBB00-SM01), its working like a breeze, showing full 1000mA on SGS3 every time I am connecting my charger. Infact its showing full 1000mA on Micromax chargers as well.

I would recommend all to get this cable, its available on cheaper rates at Amazon and Flipkart.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naveen_blr:
Hi Folks,

S3 is getting painful by the day. Same battery issues, got a new 7000mAH battery from amazon(Zerolemon) but now i see that its not the battery but the port which is loose to connect.

Tried all kinds of chargers , one cable works best and I guess its the nexus one but when i tried to see the power its always 100, it connects with 460 but gets down to 200 then to 100

Now I do not know what to dig here ...is it the cable battery or the OS?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashupulse:
app for checking

i checked charging details of my device through this app :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playfulgeeks.chargingreport
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paresh Kalinani:
Change to Boeffla Kernel. Increase the Charge Rate to 1600mA in the Boeffla Settings app. The phone will pull more current from the wire. For you, the reading won't fall down from 1000!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firemonk3y:
I´ve had charging issues ever since i bought the phone over 2 years ago but I always though it was due to the fact that I accidentally dropped it in the sink a couple of weeks after i got it :-S but after reading this thread the usb cable issue makes sense. I´ve just downloaded the galaxy charging app and I´m going to go and test all my cables.

However, I´ve also recently been experiencing usb data connection issues. i.e. it connects to the PC but after a few mins or if i move the wire/phone it disconnects. So maybe my problem isn´t just the cable... Does anyone know if the usb port is easy to replace or where I might get one from?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paresh Kalinani:
So, the problem is in the wire! Loose connection. As you said, try using other cables.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firemonk3y:
Well I´ve already tried 4 different cables of various makes and its the same so i´m fairly sure the lose connection is in the connector and not the cable.

However, having seen some YouTube videos of replacing the connector, I dont think I have either the equipment or soldering skills required to do a good job.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chimengfc:
It your charger problem. Buy new cable.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchwyle:
Galaxy S3 Not Charging at All!! Drains while charging

Normally when the phone is powered off and one plugs it into a charger, it vibrates once, a green battery appears for a few seconds with a charging indicator, then the screen blanks. But when the S3 is in its "won't charge at all" state (powered off), it vibrates once, the screen flashes for 350 msec or so, the screen blanks, and it repeats (vibrate, flash, blank) forever as though it were in a firmware reboot cycle. When it is powered on in the "won't charge at all state" it appears to think that it is charging but in fact it is draining.

I really hope this issue is the battery's microprocessor; I have ordered a new high-power battery from China. At the moment I am using an external charger every night and trying to conserve battery during the day.

This issue suddenly started happening; the phone was working perfectly before. I am running v2 of the LiquidSmooth ROM, which I flashed onto the phone when I bought the hardware almost a year ago.

I am considering flashing the "Quantum.5 ROM" because it has the latest 4.4.4 + kernel-latest for the T999.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MOHAMMED NAEEM:
1)Try to flash your phone with stock rom via odin.

2)Try to change battery.

3)chane the charger of your phone.

4)Hardware issue if above doesn't work.

Hit thanks ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ar_156:
S3 I9300, Kitkat 4.4.4001 CWM flashed from stock 4.1.2, VERY SLOW CHARGING

Changed cables incluiding genuine Samsung U6 cable: SLOW CHARGING

Plugged into PC USB port, xBox360 USB port, iPhone Speaker's USB port: SLOW CHARGING

Plugged into wall charger (Samsung genuine 1 amp wall charger, iPhone 2 amp wall charger, tablet 1.5 amp wall charger): BETTER but still SLOW CHARGING

Charging rate stays between 100-360 from cable to cable, top 360 mAmp reached using Samsung U6 cable + Samsung 1 amp charger

Next attempt... flashi Boeffla Kernel, after two hours being reading here and Boeffla page but can't find the flash steps, any link? I guess I have to use boeffla-kernel-6.0-Samsung-i9300.CWM.zip for my I9300 Kitkat 4.4.4001 ?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoomko:
thanks alot:)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ar_156:
any body?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paresh Kalinani:
Yes, you have to use that for 4.4.4. Just flash the ZIP via CWM and you're done! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] megahypercat:
Sorry if I necro this thread but I was looking at it last night.

I had the same problem, and here is what fixed it for me:

Installing Alliancerom with "AGNI@PSN-pureSTOCK #2" kernel (standard kernel) open agni control and setting "Ignore unstable charging power" to [ON]

This is weird to me since that should ENABLE it to ignore unstable power. Or maybe it meant "Ignore unstable charging detection"...? Anyways I have been charging 1A stable for an hour now, before I would get MAX 400mA.

What didn't work for me:

*Changing cable

*changing charger

*installing the roms I had on my SDcard (TGP and Liquidsmooth)

BUT I do remember it charging very well with a HUAWEI stack charger...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shuyin1102:
Hey guys, I got the same problem on Note2 ported 4.4.2 rom, then i switched to Boeffla latest kernel and set the USB charging limit to 525 mA, it seems to charge fine now :p Try it and post your result :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zinodaddy:
If you tried all this, these are next steps

The problem is current across all samsung phones. Most times it is dust. I recommend this protocol.

1 - try a different cable and charger

2 - blow into the hole of the phone to remove dust

3 - take a strong lamp and look inside.

3a - If there is dust, remove it with a toothpick :cyclops:

3b - If you have bent contacts, try to bend them correctly again

4 - If nothing works, buy a new USB connector port (~7 Euros on Amazon) and replace it. Good videos on Youtube (cannot post the link):

Hope this helps,

Z.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gokhalesh:
Thank you

Even i had the same problem . The Kernel fixed it . ! :victory:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandtr00per:
I have similar charging problem

The thing is.. When I use original charger and original cable I had with phone in the box, it charges so slowly it can actually discharge while for example using skype.

Also funny thing is in settings/more/battery (android 4.3) it shows Charging (USB) when I am connected to the wall socket. The app "Galaxy charging current *lite*" shows it is receiving 460mA right now at average. It takes like whole night to charge.

When I use small micro usb – usb cable from my old Nokia 5800 Xpress music, it is charging at 1000mA and can charge even when using skype or anything else. With this cable I can charge from 0% to 100% in about 1-or 1,5h.

I was googling and reading some posts from people with some S3 charging problems, and found that cables are the reason. I have noticed by visual comparison of S3 original cable and nokia cable that on the micro usb side, S3 cable has visible only 4 pins but nokia has visibl 5 pins. (I noticed Paresh Kalinani pointed this out too here in this thread)

1. Is this the reason of slower charging rate ?

2. But why the hell my phone thinks I am charging from USB when it is connected to wall socket when using original cable and charger ?

3. Is it safe to use that nokia cable to charge my phone ?

Thank you for replies !
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erwinhayamz:
Just buy Galaxy Note 2 travel charger adapter. You can use the cable with the old s3 charger, or with the note 2 charger. It came with the same reading at galaxy charging current lite, a steady 1000mA and it charge fast! It's the cable that matters. Cheers!

I'm on 4.1.2 anyway ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandtr00per:
thanks for reply

yeah it seems so to me too, that cable is the important thing here. But strange is, it was like this from the beginning. I thought it is normal, but then I had with me only that nokia cable and found out accidentally that it can charge much faster.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peluprogrammer:
How i solved the problem

I have a i9300 with the same problem. I have tested all the things I found on this forum.

The app who shows the charging current is not good!!! I used an Ampmeter and the current was 200mA when the app shows 999mA.

I am a professional electronician and i have tested the hardware of the phone. The result is that the phone first measures the voltage provided by the powersource. If is over 5.5v it blocks the current, if is lower than 5.5v then it tries to get about 200mA and is measuring the voltage again. If the voltage drops to low, from 5v to 4.6 v for exemple, then it reduces the current to 70mA or 120mA and will take all night to do a full charge.

If I connect the phone to a professional powersouce with 5v, the phone will see no voltage drop and after 200mA test will be no charge. Now I charge my phone with 900mA from a powersource extrected from a HomeCinemaPlayer rated 5.5v 4Amp. I need to connect a bulb first to make a voltage drop of 0.2v for the phone to accept the charging.

I think is very important for the phone to have an original charger, for the phone to see the real voltage drop that is expecting to see at this tests before charging, and is so bad that Samsung made such bad chargers :(

Now I do not know if all this verifications the phone does are included in kernel or they are programmed in a microcontroller independent of kernel. I have a custom kernel and i will not change this.

In the end the phone is not broken, is just too smart trying to protect the baterry and the powersource for not setting your house on fire :) If the phone will charge with a big voltage drop from the powersource it will be danger of fire.

As for the cables i think microUSB connectors get dirty or loose and generates a voltage drop from this bad contact at first 2 seconds after connecting and the phone missunderstand this with a damaged powersource, and limits the current, though the OS reports 999mA for a shortcircuit for D+ and D- of USB cable and 460mA for a PC USB charging like the app i found on this forum.

Excuse my bad english ;) and I hope this will help someone not tear phone to pieces like i deed to understand the problem ;)

---------- Post added 24-07-2015 at 12:26 AM ---------- Previous post was 23-07-2015 at 11:53 PM ----------

Changing to Boeffla Kernel with 1600mA will burn down a low power charger, your house and who knows what. This is why Samsung engineers made the stock kernel with this protections. I think they will not like to hear in the news that someone died because of their phones :) This are very dangerous things, they can kill you!!! Read the manual!!! I loved electronics from when i was a kid, and i get burned by wrong charging the phones!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muhammad...:
you need to calibrate your battery. sudden removal or shutdown of phone causes de-sync between your hardware (battery) and software (android)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supertac:
I've been having this problem as well

bofellas kornel is good but its not sloving the problem. have all kinds of cables- strangely it charges best on external usb power charger! even the wall charger I have with omnia 2 is ineffective- only 200mA.

also interesting note ampere shows 1000mA with the external yet its 1600mA in boffels config...

how can I get it to charge better in the wall? I should have all the best cables and even a wall charger itself. never had these issues with the omnia 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] odwaidar:
,, i have microsoft charger and tab 3 charger when i use them my phone charges 20% only and if i turned on the screen the battery starts draining , i tried to charge it with different chargers but still the same although my galaxy grand charges well on them , i found out the my phone only charges on fast chargers...what do u think its the problem guys ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Azul64:
I have an S3 Mini. Had it for 2 years and was all good but recently it stopped charging. If I connect to the wall charger or via laptop-USB nothing happens. But if I take the battery out for a few minutes then replace it and charge while its off, it charges fine. Only once charged up, then I switch the phone on and all is good until the battery runs down then have to do this whole process again... every night

I dont think its my charger or USB cable or the USB port. It must be a software/firmware problem or maybe the battery?? Any ideas /solutions anyone
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rami_Debab:
Hello Everyone :)

I use NFC a lot every day ( automate everything with nfc stickers {home ; room ; car ; even on my school table :p } )

I really miss the NFC icon that appears in status bar when NFC is turned ON , since latest updates it's no more present :'(

If any one could make a MOD to make it appear again i'll be really happy :crying:

I'm running stock MG9 (4.2.2 ) with Adam Kernel 2.0 (rooted and manually removed bloats )

Waiting for your replies thanks guy :)

Sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Akhil:
I think you didn't read this-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2353231
[General Questions and Answers] tulaipaul:
Plenty of mobile ad networks for mobile apps developers have emerged. The list contains a lot of brands like chartbpoost, appnext etc. Any mobile apps developer must be looking forward to reliability and consistency. Which is the most reliable and pays timely?
[General Questions and Answers] tulaipaul:
Monetize Mobile Traffic

Appnext demands to create the most effective way to monetize mobile traffic after in-app purchases. Can any one confirm?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wanzer:
Hi, I have to restore my One to FULL STOCK from Viper (S-OFF)

I live in Italy, my phone is no-brand and I need the exact RUU for my device; cant find it :(

Is there anyone who could help?

Thank you in advance :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattdufrene:
Has anyone seen this issue yet? This happened when I restarted my phone. Anytime the screen is on, this is what it displays (regardless of bootloader, recovery, etc). The capacitive buttons are still functional and I can feel the haptic feedback of the unlock screen and when I (blindly) touch around on the screen. I was also able to receive a phone call on the device. Any help is appreciated.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steelmaggot:
It's like snow on old analogue tv's ie theres no signal to display

Sent from my 801n M7_UL
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattdufrene:
Makes sense...any idea on what could suddenly cause it?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steelmaggot:
Seen similar in HOX forums,not had m7 long,anyway seems like its a fault,you will need to get it repaired

Sent from my 801n M7_UL
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattdufrene:
Bringing it to AT&T Device Support Center today. Hoping it wasn't caused by software
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DebugDeepak:
Did you find the solution?

I am having the same issue. Did you get a solution to the problem? If I randomly press the screen here and there after a few mins it comes up and works fine until the screen goes off with inactivity. Seems something to do with the phone has to heat up.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronak2001:
Just send it to repair if your phone is in warranty you will be not fcharged but if it is not in warranty you will be charged
[Nexus 4 General] deadzombieseverywhere:
I was doing fine on ParanoidAndroid 4.2, then I flashed over to 4.3. Soon after, I found that the center row of my screen isn't registering touch. Also, I noticed that sometimes I get occasional phantom touches and times where the touchscreen isn't working at all until I turn the phone off and back on.

I read that this was a pretty big issue with nexus 7 users(something to do with 4.3 changes with touch response), so I was wondering who all has been affected.
[Nexus 4 General] nathan96:
nope....im alright.

Have you tried flashing 4.2 again ? If nothing helps, you might want to replace your digitizer...
[Nexus 4 General] deadzombieseverywhere:
I've been reading up on digitizer issues and I haven't ruled it out. I haven't flashed back due to time constraints, and also the sheer fact I'd hate to.

I do think it's funny that I'm having the same kind of issues that N7 users are having though. Thanks for the reply anyway ^_^
[Nexus 4 General] Ensifolk:
Few days ago I reported this issue, with my very bottom screen not responding, and in my case it was a hardware issue, some of the squarish like things that you can see under the light are broken on the bottom of my screen, and hence I lost touch sensitivity at that area. Hope yours is just a software thing
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dannyboy32125:
ok, si i got a KF 1st gen and put the twrp recovery on it and flashed cyanogen mod onto it and i forgot to put firefirefire. now all i get is the main kindle fire logo then it changes to the cyanogen mod logo skewed of screen a little i cant get back to recovery. and adb doesnt reconize it please tell me what to do
[Security Discussion] Naimul01:
Hey guys please help me coz in my Samsung Galaxy S2 when I press the power button and tirn back on there is no lock screen appearing and when I hold it directly turns off. I have tried factoey reseting still not helping and also the solution given in previous forum using android terminal

su

echo -n ON > /efs/imei/keystr

sync

reboot

Also DOESN'T SEEM to work but worked for many people.... Please help me :confused::confused::confused:
[Security Discussion] AXAz0r:
Is this after you installed a new ROM? It can be caused by insuficient or missmatched system data. Reflash the ROM, but before you do, wipe data, cache, and the system partition (Mounts>Format /system)

Sent from the Aurora Project
[Security Discussion] Naimul01:
I have found the solution but anywayz I did not install any roms on it

1)First I have rooted my device

2)Second: Installed Es File Explorer

3)Third :Gave root access to ES File explorer

4)Then navigated to /efs / imei /

5)Then went to the properties of 'keystr'

6)Then change all the permissions ower, group, other to 'rwx'

7)Then went back then restart my device,

started to work like a Charm! :):);):cool:

Sent from my GT-N7100
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] BBronst7:
I just rooted my Nexus 4 and I am looking for a power control widget to place at the top of my pull down notification menu so that I can access various toggles quickly and easily. I have found a few apps on the Play Store such as "Power Toggles" and "Notification Toggles". The problem with these apps (and I know I'm being very picky) is their notification icon always shows on the notification panel. You can make it transparent but then there is just an empty space there.

Does anyone know of a similar app that would work on a rooted device and give me the toggles without the notification icon always being present? Any support would be greatly appreciated, as I am new to the world or rooting. Thanks!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] zephiK:
Flash a ROM with the feature. And this really goes in Q&A not Themes & Apps
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Sgace:
With power controls theres a setting near the one that makes it transparant. Its called something like pin or something like that.

Its just above or below te transparant setting.

Good luck and cheers
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] BBronst7:
I do see the option to mane the notification position "Not pinned & no icon" but the problem with that is it moved the power widget down from the top. I want to keep it most important and keep it at the top of my notification list. I was hoping there may be a way to achieve this with a rooted phone without having to download a custom ROM.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Lord Yurij:
It's so much easier with a custom rom. Also you can get a lot of other neat stuff.

Swyped from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Sgace:
What rom are u using? Maybe u can flash a quick settings mod?