[Q] i957 no longer charges when screen is locked - Galaxy Tab 8.9 General

Just recently, I have noticed that my i957 does not charge if the screen is locked when I plug it in. In other words:
1) The screen is locked. I plug in the i957, but it does not charge.
2) I unplug it, and unlock the screen.
3) I then plug it in, and it charges normally.
I am pretty sure that until recently, it acted like any other Android device: Plugging it in would charge it normally.
I can't think of any major changes I have made to the i957 recently. I upgraded it to the stock 4.0.4 almost as soon as I got it, in late January.

lgmayka said:
Just recently, I have noticed that my i957 does not charge if the screen is locked when I plug it in. In other words:
1) The screen is locked. I plug in the i957, but it does not charge.
2) I unplug it, and unlock the screen.
3) I then plug it in, and it charges normally.
I am pretty sure that until recently, it acted like any other Android device: Plugging it in would charge it normally.
I can't think of any major changes I have made to the i957 recently. I upgraded it to the stock 4.0.4 almost as soon as I got it, in late January.
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[Q] Galaxy Note won't boot or charge

I was out this afternoon and left my phone at home with 37% battery left. I got home 2 hours later my phone was dead. I plugged the phone into the wall charger, no response. Usb into computer, no response. I even tried using other compatible charger, no response. I have tried removing the battery method, no response.
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gyianz said:
I was out this afternoon and left my phone at home with 37% battery left. I got home 2 hours later my phone was dead. I plugged the phone into the wall charger, no response. Usb into computer, no response. I even tried using other compatible charger, no response. I have tried removing the battery method, no response.
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I had the same problem but not with the Note, it was with my S2.
In the end, it couldn't be revived and I had to get rid of it.
Best of luck, let's hope it's just hibernating.
gyianz said:
I was out this afternoon and left my phone at home with 37% battery left. I got home 2 hours later my phone was dead. I plugged the phone into the wall charger, no response. Usb into computer, no response. I even tried using other compatible charger, no response. I have tried removing the battery method, no response.
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Did you try to get in recovery mode?
Rec mode: 1e vol up + 2e home + 3e power button, keep your fingers on the buttons and wait 10 till 20 sec to get in to recovery and try to reset/wipe your phone.
Also keep your phone in the charger for a few hours
maybe some issue with the battery? did you try swapping the battery?
i think you have a bad device. This has been going on with galaxy s2 phones and even with nexus phones. Some hardware defect. My galaxy note was working fine and one day I woke up and disconnected my galaxy note from power. guess what? the note kept charging even after I disconnected the usb cord. The phone was only a month old and this defect came along. I tried cleaning the usb connector with tooth brush, even attempted to push the inside pins down towards the back. I have had success for about 5 minutes but when i restarted the phone, it came back to charging mode with battery charging animation. The phone actually discharged quickly and once turned off, can't be turned on again. I would have to connect the usb power cord to power up the phone. I have tried different battery, changed to stock rom and resetted the phone several times. No luck at all. I sent in the phone to claro phone company (dominican republic) and after several days of playing with the phone, they have decided to give me a new phone. The only reason I am getting a new phone is because I know the director in the cell division of that company; otherwise, I would be screwed.
Ok.. I think my note is possessed or something. Right after I posted this thread it started working again. Like a minute after. Removed abyssnote and all sort of launchers I have been using. Just a note to all. A backup is always a must. Just saying. Previously I had a few hangs here and there and self reboot. I think the kernel has some problem. Gonna run on stock kernel for awhile. Just turned one month my note
if lives got you down throw in the god mode
nice!
well I'm screwed, just waiting for my spare battery with external charger to arrive so I can start using my Note again. The phone won't recognize the charger.
to add insult to injury, I have no clue where my phone came from, all I kept was just the phone a week after i had it.
looks like now I have a good reason to buy a white one, and i'll save the black one for parts.

[HELP] Strange Soft Brick issue

Hello all,
I searched around, but didn't find anything quite like my issue so figured I'd create a new thread.
I work for a company that uses Galaxy Tabs for various purposes. One of our men brought back their VZW Galaxy Tab (SCH-i800) and it was in an infinite boot loop.
I went to recovery and attempted to do a full wipe. This did not work (partitions were all jacked up) so I couldn't get it fixed. I'm not sure if the guy tried to root the thing and broke it or what.
Anyway, I was attempting to root then fix the partitions (then was going to flash a stock unrooted rom) and ended up soft bricking it (Phone Icon -- /!\ -- Computer Icon). The issue I'm having is the only time that screen comes up is when the device is plugged into the wall. It turns on, then off, then on, then off. If I unplug the device, it shuts down with no way of bringing it back up. I've tried holding power for 5 minutes, the same amount of time with power + vol up and power + vol down. Plugging it into the computer's USB ports does not help either.
It's like the battery is drained but it won't charge when it's on the soft brick screen. I've had it plugged in to the wall for almost 6 hours now with no hope in sight. When it's plugged in, I feel heat on the back of the device like it would normally be charging. The AC adapter is also the standard warmth after a lengthy charge.
I was wondering if anybody has had similar issues with this device and if there is any way to correct it.
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Another thing of note is when the device is charging, I can power it down by holding power for a few seconds, but the Soft Brick screen pops back up almost immediately upon release of the button.
I cannot boot into recovery or the standard download mode even when it's plugged in.
As long as you can get the Phone ! PC screen, your'e good, because this screen IS as a download screen. Go to this screen and flash a known good ROM.
ableeker said:
As long as you can get the Phone ! PC screen, your'e good, because this screen IS as a download screen. Go to this screen and flash a known good ROM.
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You must not have read the whole thing. Not a problem.
The only time I get the Phone ! PC screen is when it's plugged in to the wall. As soon as I unplug it, it goes away and the device won't start up no matter what I try.
When you connect the tab to the pc, is it recognized by Odin.
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salahmed said:
When you connect the tab to the pc, is it recognized by Odin.
Sent from my GT-P1000
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No... When the device is unplugged from the wall it is shut down and won't boot back to the download screen, recovery, nothing. It doesn't turn on. There are occasions where the download screen stays up but it appears to just be frozen. The computer doesn't recognize it and neither does Odin.
I left it plugged in when I left work on Friday... Going to see if charging for the weekend does anything.
MaskedDriver said:
No... When the device is unplugged from the wall it is shut down and won't boot back to the download screen, recovery, nothing. It doesn't turn on. There are occasions where the download screen stays up but it appears to just be frozen. The computer doesn't recognize it and neither does Odin.
I left it plugged in when I left work on Friday... Going to see if charging for the weekend does anything.
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No dice.. still jacked.
I determined the following scenarios may have happened:
1) The battery died (bad battery) during a software update and messed up the partitions
2) The battery died (bad battery) while he attempted to (unauthorized) root or flash the device, messing up the partitions.
The only thing I'm sure of is the battery is fried so any kind of hacking I can do to the device are for naught. I was able to get it to connect to Odin this morning for about 3 minutes (after having it plugged in to the wall all weekend). During the flash it shut down again bricking it even worse. Now the device won't turn on when plugged in to the wall.
Thanks for the suggestions and help. I'm calling this a lost cause at this point. We're just swapping out the device for a new one. Once that's complete, I may tear the device down and try to do a reset on the main board to see if that does anything, though I doubt that's the case.
Right I had exactly the same problem as you (exactly the same symptoms) but I have now fixed my tablet.
Like you I got to the point where the Tablet had enough charge to actually unplug it and connect it to my PC where I then tried to flash a stock ROM using Odin. About three quarters of the way through flashing the stock ROM the tablet died, disconnected from Odin and I got a message in the task list in Odin advising me that the process had failed. Even weirder my PC did an emergency shut down and restarted in safe mode.
Anyway I tried it again but when I started my machine, once I'd logged onto my desktop I started up Odin as quickly as possibly, selected the .tar file and pressed start as quickly as possible....it worked and my tablet was flashed with a stock ROM. However my battery was still pretty much dead and the first time of charging once it had been flashed with the ROM took about 24hrs plugged in at a mains charger for the battery to reach 100%.
My point is persevere with it and you will fix it. I was at the point where I was about to send it off to be un-bricked but obviously I'm glad I didn't now.
It is a ***** of a brick though, this 'coma brick'.
I've been having these same issue with my friends i800 galaxy tab. Can you chime in and offer some advice?
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same problem-solved
I was having the exact same issue. the device screen was completely black when plugged into the computer. I was just about to give up when, all of a sudden the device went to the boot error screen while plugged into my computer. Apparently, it must remain plugged into the computer for about 20-30 minutes. Once this screen appeared, I ran the Heimdall one-click unbrick utility, and like magic, my galaxy tab was working again. Give it a try, and good luck.
MaskedDriver said:
Hello all,
I searched around, but didn't find anything quite like my issue so figured I'd create a new thread.
I work for a company that uses Galaxy Tabs for various purposes. One of our men brought back their VZW Galaxy Tab (SCH-i800) and it was in an infinite boot loop.
I went to recovery and attempted to do a full wipe. This did not work (partitions were all jacked up) so I couldn't get it fixed. I'm not sure if the guy tried to root the thing and broke it or what.
Anyway, I was attempting to root then fix the partitions (then was going to flash a stock unrooted rom) and ended up soft bricking it (Phone Icon -- /!\ -- Computer Icon). The issue I'm having is the only time that screen comes up is when the device is plugged into the wall. It turns on, then off, then on, then off. If I unplug the device, it shuts down with no way of bringing it back up. I've tried holding power for 5 minutes, the same amount of time with power + vol up and power + vol down. Plugging it into the computer's USB ports does not help either.
It's like the battery is drained but it won't charge when it's on the soft brick screen. I've had it plugged in to the wall for almost 6 hours now with no hope in sight. When it's plugged in, I feel heat on the back of the device like it would normally be charging. The AC adapter is also the standard warmth after a lengthy charge.
I was wondering if anybody has had similar issues with this device and if there is any way to correct it.
--- EDIT 8/10/2012 ---
Another thing of note is when the device is charging, I can power it down by holding power for a few seconds, but the Soft Brick screen pops back up almost immediately upon release of the button.
I cannot boot into recovery or the standard download mode even when it's plugged in.
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I am having this issue with my sch-i800.... phone /!\ pc screen only when plugged into the wall, and no recognition of it on the pc. Any way of fixing it?

[Q] Flashing grey battery problem

Howdy all, long time cappy user and now I'm running into a problem that i can't solve. I'm hoping others have encountered this problem and can provide a solution.
When my phone is completely powered off, a grey battery icon intermittently and will continually flash when the phone is unplugged. Normally i wouldn't care but in this instance, i can NOT power the phone back on unless i plug the phone into a power source. When i plug the phone in, instead of getting the green horizontal battery indicating it's charging, i get a white battery instead that's vertical.
This creates an inconvenient problem because if i encounter an instance where i either A) need to do a battery pull, B) 3 button hold to reboot or C) the phone randomly turns off, unless my charger is near, I'm screwed. No matter what combination of buttons i push when the phone is powered off, it will not power on from an off state unless it's plugged in and i get the white battery indicating it's charging.
Some background info..I noticed this happening when I initially started flashing JB ROM's. I've odined with every package out there, replaced my battery, flashed several different ROM'S and nothing has fixed this issue.
Thanks for reading and a bigger thanks to anyone that can offer some insight.
TLDR; Phone, when in an off state and unplugged, shows an intermittently flashing grey battery and will NOT turn on unless connected to power source.
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Hey, sorry I don't have an actual answer for you, but I can throw this in-- I'm also running JB on my Captivate (Slim Bean 2.7 atm, having previously run SB 2.6 and Cyanogen 10, 10/03), and I also notice some weirdness with the charger. The main thing is, the phone no longer seems to notice when the charger is connected. It actually charges, so it hasn't been too big of a deal, but the battery status still *says* "discharging", and once it's fully charged up, the battery statistics don't reset like they did on Gingerbread. This has only been an issue once-- I ran the battery all the way down to where the phone turned itself off. So I plugged in the charger and restarted it. It came up, briefly, only to complain about the battery and immediately shut itself down again-- it didn't realize the charger was connected. With the phone off, but the charger plugged in, the screen just stayed black. I didn't get the green battery icon that GB used to give when it was charging while off. However, it did charge, and I was able to restart it fine in the morning.
So again, sorry that's not a solution, but it does seem there's something weird about the charger recognition.
Oh, and I'm pretty sure it's not my cable. It's the same cable I've been using for two years, and it worked fine with GB.
ulbonado said:
Hey, sorry I don't have an actual answer for you, but I can throw this in-- I'm also running JB on my Captivate (Slim Bean 2.7 atm, having previously run SB 2.6 and Cyanogen 10, 10/03), and I also notice some weirdness with the charger. The main thing is, the phone no longer seems to notice when the charger is connected. It actually charges, so it hasn't been too big of a deal, but the battery status still *says* "discharging", and once it's fully charged up, the battery statistics don't reset like they did on Gingerbread. This has only been an issue once-- I ran the battery all the way down to where the phone turned itself off. So I plugged in the charger and restarted it. It came up, briefly, only to complain about the battery and immediately shut itself down again-- it didn't realize the charger was connected. With the phone off, but the charger plugged in, the screen just stayed black. I didn't get the green battery icon that GB used to give when it was charging while off. However, it did charge, and I was able to restart it fine in the morning.
So again, sorry that's not a solution, but it does seem there's something weird about the charger recognition.
Oh, and I'm pretty sure it's not my cable. It's the same cable I've been using for two years, and it worked fine with GB.
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Thanks for taking the time and acknowledging my conundrum. I stay pretty current in the threads of the ROMS i run and haven't noticed any other comments remotely near either of our experiences.
I'll have to keep my eyes open, but I'd venture to guess your USB port has corroded connectors and needs replacing. Shine a flashlight in there and take a look
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brianray14 said:
I'll have to keep my eyes open, but I'd venture to guess your USB port has corroded connectors and needs replacing. Shine a flashlight in there and take a look
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Unfortunately, I plugged it in one night running Gingerbread and it worked fine, upgraded to JB the next day, plugged it in that night and got this issue. It would be a mighty big coincidence for a hardware problem to have developed just then. But I guess it's not impossible.
ulbonado said:
Unfortunately, I plugged it in one night running Gingerbread and it worked fine, upgraded to JB the next day, plugged it in that night and got this issue. It would be a mighty big coincidence for a hardware problem to have developed just then. But I guess it's not impossible.
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Yeah, i agree with you. It's so tough to pin down these little oddities that occur with these phones because not all phones are manufactured with the same components. It appears Samsung used whatever was on sale during that period of time of production
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Bump, no love from the experienced cappy users, huh?
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[Q] Help please - Phone Bricked

I bought a Moto G 2014 Dual Sim XT1068 back in November and hadn't had any issues with it until today. I bought an anger 3000MaH portable battery pack and was amazed at how quickly it charged my phone. I used it yesterday and charged it overnight. I used it throughout today. I turned it off around midday and plugged it into my charger. When I attempted to turn it on later nothing happened. No, please charge, no **** has crashed, just nothing. The screen just stays dark. My computer no longer recognises it as a device and my portable charger will no longer recognise it as a phone to be charged, I know this because it worked with a friends phone, but not mine, and it still has battery (the charger)
What should I do?
Do I use ADB, ask Anker, return it, what is my best course of action?
If anyone knows what to do please reply as until this is fixed I do not have any ideas.
PS; No rooting, bootloader unlocking, or use of custom ROMs has occurred, the phone is completely using stock android.
Motogsecondgen2014 said:
I bought a Moto G 2014 Dual Sim XT1068 back in November and hadn't had any issues with it until today. I bought an anger 3000MaH portable battery pack and was amazed at how quickly it charged my phone. I used it yesterday and charged it overnight. I used it throughout today. I turned it off around midday and plugged it into my charger. When I attempted to turn it on later nothing happened. No, please charge, no **** has crashed, just nothing. The screen just stays dark. My computer no longer recognises it as a device and my portable charger will no longer recognise it as a phone to be charged, I know this because it worked with a friends phone, but not mine, and it still has battery (the charger)
What should I do?
Do I use ADB, ask Anker, return it, what is my best course of action?
If anyone knows what to do please reply as until this is fixed I do not have any ideas.
PS; No rooting, bootloader unlocking, or use of custom ROMs has occurred, the phone is completely using stock android.
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I soft-bricked mine yesterday because TWRP kept crashing when I flashed my ROM. During my search for a solution I ran into a post from a guy with a similar problem of yours. His phone wouldn't charge at all.
He solved his problem by pressing PWR+VolDwn for 3 minutes. Then plug it in to a charger and leave it be. And make sure to use a proper charger (cable straight from the wall preferably)
Give that a try. Try ruling out a hardware problem. And return it as a last resort. Good luck
Ogglord said:
I soft-bricked mine yesterday because TWRP kept crashing when I flashed my ROM. During my search for a solution I ran into a post from a guy with a similar problem of yours. His phone wouldn't charge at all.
He solved his problem by pressing PWR+VolDwn for 3 minutes. Then plug it in to a charger and leave it be. And make sure to use a proper charger (cable straight from the wall preferably)
Give that a try. Try ruling out a hardware problem. And return it as a last resort. Good luck
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TRY this plug in charger and hold power for 2 mins+ to force a reset and forced boot up - holding for 120 seconds + is the key and repeat charger cable must be plugged in.
- power and volume down is normally to get to AP fastboot flash mode, agreed a good wall charger is needed not usb port power.
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Searching google
Cant remember but i thought it was plug in charger and hold power for 2 mins+ to force boot up - power and volume down is normally to get to AP fastboot flash mode, agreed a good wall charger is needed not usb port power.
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Okey, you are probably right. I was quoting from my foggy mind

No Charging [Edit: The Phone is crazy][Edit 2: Game Over]

Hi everyone!
A few minutes before, I was using my phone and it just turn off... Black screen and I have to turn it on again with the power botton. For the moment I think that was an issue with the firmware that I recently flashed over flashtools, is the last unbranded firmware of USA and it was working excelent.
The thing is that I pluged it to the PC with USB to download a photos and my computer didnt realise that the phone was pluged. I try every USB port of the PC and no one works. Also, the phone dont turn on the charging led.
I plug it to the wall with the USB charger and nothing... The battery was over 48% and suddenly it turns off... Then the screen shows me the battery image with 16% and it dont charge anything... It was working fine over my desktop, until that happened. I didnt drop it never, I never used an other charger, allways the original.
PD: Now the battery image says 15% (the phone is pluged to the wall)
Edit: I Just turn on the phone to make a fast backup and the battery says "17%"
Edit2: The magnetic cable charges the phone.... Randomly restarts. One time it just freezes and the speker emit a little "biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip" and just auto-restart. I think that is big hardware problem... Or something else that I didnt know:crying:
What was the status of your phone in terms of locked / unlocked, recovery, ROM etc.? Can you still get to flash mode?
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What was the status of your phone in terms of locked / unlocked, recovery, ROM etc.? Can you still get to flash mode?
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Hey man, the phone had a Retail Spain firmware. The only thing I "put hand" was flashing with Xperia Flashtool to the last United States firmware available. Not rooted, bootloader unlock allowed but I didnt unlocked it. You can say is "original".
The phone charges normally with a Magnetic cable (same original charger for the USB cable).
When the battery rise over 50%, when you turn off the screen, the phone autoreboot. With the scree ON you can use the phone perfectly.
I charged to 100% with magnetic cable. I turned it off. Then, a 2 o 3 days later, I dissambled it thinking that water could get inside, but I dont found anything, all the components were in perfect conditions.
After I re-ensabled it, the phone dont turn on and the screen show the low battery icon... So I plugged it to the wall with USB, the red light turned on, and after a 30 minutes it stop "charging", so I put the magnetic cable and the battery after a little more than an hour and half more, rise to 100%... Now the phone not reboot it self, it works perfectly except the USB port.
No starting Flashmode, no chargin via USB unless the battery is COMPLETLY empty, then it charges to 1% and continues with magnetic cable. The PC dont even knows when I plug the phone.
I know, I lose the warranty when I open the phone, but I bought it at 10.000 km away from my town. :crying:

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