USB Issues - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello folks, i've been experiencing some problems with my S3 mini lately, USB isn't working correctly, i don't know why, i.e: I have my phone connected to computer, everything working fine, charging, mass storage etc... but when i disconnect it, the charging logo and mass storage keeps running .
Same happens when charging it with electricity only, the charging logo gets stuck there, and the phone thinks it's still charging, even if i reboot it, the problem persists, i need to take off the battery everytime that happens so the charging logo dissapears and everything returns to work normally, any ideas on what would be the cause of this ? can't be the ROM, since i had that problem with previous ones too

yes i have same problem can someone helpp us!?!?!? :crying::crying:

SilentScorn said:
Hello folks, i've been experiencing some problems with my S3 mini lately, USB isn't working correctly, i don't know why, i.e: I have my phone connected to computer, everything working fine, charging, mass storage etc... but when i disconnect it, the charging logo and mass storage keeps running .
Same happens when charging it with electricity only, the charging logo gets stuck there, and the phone thinks it's still charging, even if i reboot it, the problem persists, i need to take off the battery everytime that happens so the charging logo dissapears and everything returns to work normally, any ideas on what would be the cause of this ? can't be the ROM, since i had that problem with previous ones too
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arbinkuqi1 said:
yes i have same problem can someone helpp us!?!?!? :crying::crying:
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& the million dollar question:laugh: is, with which rom (you forgot to metion)!? I have none of your issues, with CM11

I have an S3 mini which does the same. I already installed several kernels and roms and nothing change...
Did you solve the problem.
thanks

mauam said:
& the million dollar question:laugh: is, with which rom (you forgot to metion)!? I have none of your issues, with CM11
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It's Maclaw's Carbon ROM, and no i haven't fix it.

SilentScorn said:
It's Maclaw's Carbon ROM, and no i haven't fix it.
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do you have this problem right after flashing the carbon version with otg support?? i have the same problem but it started to happen after flashing the cm 11 version with otg support--

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Problem accessing USB

Hi.. Today for the first time i have experienced some strange problem.. When i connect my phone to PC via usb cable, the battery starts charging but my phone doesn't give me the option to mount the SD card.. It doesn't even see the pc it only charges the battery..
I've figured that out by accident, when i tried to use "adb" to connect to my phone, adb couldn't see the phone even though it is connected..
I'm using froyobread rom, and have used it for a couple of days and everything was fine until now.. Any suggestions? Might this be a hardware issue?
Change rom, if it remains then it is hardware problem, if it is solved then you have to reflash the rom or try another..
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Kernel?
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I am almost sure that this is a ROM problem.
Did you full wipe ?
If the problem persists , try opting for another ROM
Hmm try different port on your PC. BTW what kernel do you use, stock? If stock then you might want to try re flashing the rom w/out wiping data and see it still persist if still persist try a clean flash, if still persist then ya might be problem with your usb cable/port or the PC or phone itself.
I've got the same problem but im using LinuXperia Yoper V1 , i did full wipe and install ROM over again , install diffrent ROMs,try plug in the other USB port and all of that ... BUT i dont have the original cable which SE gave us ... mine its not original ;/ but it was working , now its not ;/ same problem as OP ..
Mount via CWM...
In CWM, under Mounts, try connecting phone to computer and mount USB storage. If this can be accessed, then it it likely a rom issue.
Also, when you connect USB to computer, is there a "device software driver installing" notification (on windows) and then does it install driver successfully? If there is no driver installed, the comupter cannot read anything
Thanks for all the replies.. I'm using stock kernel.. I've tried to revert the backup made with xrecovery to the earlier stage when the USB was still working.. And it still doesn't work.. Can't figure this out..
I'm using USB cable that came with the phone.. Original SE cable.
The trick is, after flashing the rom for the first time, it worked great, but a weat or two later, i couldn't use usb.
Tried connecting it to other usb ports, tried connecting it to other PC's.. Doesn't work..
@yusiang1998
I've tried under xrecovery the same option, still doesn't work, I'll try now with CWM and will get back with the results.. If everything else fails, I'll try to revert to a stock backup made with xrecovery.
Okay, just to update.. Mounting the USB from CWM failed.. PC still can't read my phone.. I'm not sure if even my phone can see the PC..
I've noticed another problem - don't know if it's related..
I had FTP Server on my phone and SSH Droid so from time to time when i connect my phone over wifi (on local network) i use my pc to wirelessly download/upload files on to my phone. Now, when this usb problem started to appear, i can't even use those apps.. The service starts sucessfully, but my PC can't connect to my phone address...
And reflashing the rom failed.. And i can't use the flashtool to restore it to factory default settings because of the usb problem :/
maretodoric said:
Okay, just to update.. Mounting the USB from CWM failed.. PC still can't read my phone.. I'm not sure if even my phone can see the PC..
I've noticed another problem - don't know if it's related..
I had FTP Server on my phone and SSH Droid so from time to time when i connect my phone over wifi (on local network) i use my pc to wirelessly download/upload files on to my phone. Now, when this usb problem started to appear, i can't even use those apps.. The service starts sucessfully, but my PC can't connect to my phone address...
And reflashing the rom failed.. And i can't use the flashtool to restore it to factory default settings because of the usb problem :/
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i have the same im depressed ;/
hey maretodoric i got the same problem ;// one question .. did you experience some strange bug , that when you charge your phone offline and its charged , then you dont plug out your cable , and you switch on the phone , it boots but after booting the screen is off , the diode is yellow/green , and when you press the home button , nothing happens? it also does not work with menu button or back button , its the same thing everytime , the only sign its on its that it vibrates when i touch the screen ( when the screen is off) lol ... did you experience that as well?
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hey maretodoric i got the same problem ;// one question .. did you experience some strange bug , that when you charge your phone offline and its charged , then you dont plug out your cable , and you switch on the phone , it boots but after booting the screen is off , the diode is yellow/green , and when you press the home button , nothing happens? it also does not work with menu button or back button , its the same thing everytime , the only sign its on its that it vibrates when i touch the screen ( when the screen is off) lol ... did you experience that as well?
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Nope.. I havent experienced that. But i don't even charge the phone when it's off.. But what i do experience is sometimes.. After unplugging the charge cable, the led diode still lights in green.. :/
Still can't figure out the usb problem.. Anyone has any other ideas.. Or this is some global X8 problem after a while and has nothing to do with using custom roms xD
maretodoric said:
Nope.. I havent experienced that. But i don't even charge the phone when it's off.. But what i do experience is sometimes.. After unplugging the charge cable, the led diode still lights in green.. :/
Still can't figure out the usb problem.. Anyone has any other ideas.. Or this is some global X8 problem after a while and has nothing to do with using custom roms xD
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yea i got this bug sometimes too ;D
When I had this problem turns out it was the Sony Ericsson USB cable as dodgy. It was only after 2 weeks aswell.
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Okay, don't know what happened, don't know how it happened, but everything is fine now.. And it was fine after i charged the phone with the same cable but plugged into car charger.. After i plugged it back into pc, i was able to use USB functions again
maretodoric said:
Okay, don't know what happened, don't know how it happened, but everything is fine now.. And it was fine after i charged the phone with the same cable but plugged into car charger.. After i plugged it back into pc, i was able to use USB functions again
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I dont have car charger for this phone :'(
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What about wall charger? Maybe it is the same? Or maybe it's not even related to the issue and was only temporary. oO

Charging problem. please help

When i power off my phone and plug it in to charge it starts automaticlly, the phone turns on itself
Can some one help me?
What rom are you using?
Sent from Ace on CM 10.1
Can you power it off again or will it reboot and reboot over and over again?
But why charging while switching off...??
Does normal charging works??
I had CM9 when i first realized that it wont power off and charge now i'm using CM10 rom
I can power it off but when i put it on charge or data cable it turns on itself
You asked me while turn it off, i have another problem that's why i want it to turn off, it says that the phone is 100% when i plugged it off the charger and i just open something on the phone it says 93% after on second,i have tried for that many thing charged it 100% delete batterystats but it's the same.
pssrycceho said:
I had CM9 when i first realized that it wont power off and charge now i'm using CM10 rom
I can power it off but when i put it on charge or data cable it turns on itself
You asked me while turn it off, i have another problem that's why i want it to turn off, it says that the phone is 100% when i plugged it off the charger and i just open something on the phone it says 93% after on second,i have tried for that many thing charged it 100% delete batterystats but it's the same.
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Thats the problem of jumping battery, experienced by all ace users unfortunately.
You can blindly charge for 2and half hours nonstop. (though phone says its charged)
Ok, but there is still the problem of phone when turned off and plugged in it turns itself on
pssrycceho said:
Ok, but there is still the problem of phone when turned off and plugged in it turns itself on
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R u experienced problem in one specific rom or all roms??
TheBlackWolf said:
R u experienced problem in one specific rom or all roms??
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I first saw that problem on 9.1 cm now on every rom it,s the same
pssrycceho said:
I first saw that problem on 9.1 cm now on every rom it,s the same
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Just have a start from beginning.
Flash stock.
Root and install CWM recovery
And again install a custom rom.
This will be a last try.
Should fix all problems.
TheBlackWolf said:
Just have a start from beginning.
Flash stock.
Root and install CWM recovery
And again install a custom rom.
This will be a last try.
Should fix all problems.
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I will try that later today and will post tnx
U cant charge on cm 9 and cm 10,10.1 while turned off,there is no option for that.
Sent from Ace on CM 10.1
n0p3zz said:
U cant charge on cm 9 and cm 10,10.1 while turned off,there is no option for that.
Sent from Ace on CM 10.1
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No option ? Lol Connecting your charger plug doesn't need one. It's just a bug in the cm9.1/10 that turns on the phone after connecting the charger with the phone off.
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n0p3zz said:
U cant charge on cm 9 and cm 10,10.1 while turned off,there is no option for that.
Sent from Ace on CM 10.1
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Hvala ti Pancevcu Thanks everybody
I have the same problem, when I conect my phone on the charger it says that it has 100% battery, but once I disconect it the battery starts to drop incredibly fast. Than it gets to a point that the phone shuts down than restart, multiple times.
I'm using miui expression 1.3 but it also happens on cm 7.2.

[Q] Battery and reboot issues

First of all this issue is in a friend's I9070..
Problem 1: When plugged in everything works ok.. When unplugged, battery icon in status bar keeps showing it's charging..
Problem 2: When powered off, phone reboots automatically
Both issues were there while in stock 4.1.2 rom, so I flashed JellyMOD v4.0 to discard software issues.. Issues are still there
What should I do?
NeriL said:
First of all this issue is in a friend's I9070..
Problem 1: When plugged in everything works ok.. When unplugged, battery icon in status bar keeps showing it's charging..
Problem 2: When powered off, phone reboots automatically
Both issues were there while in stock 4.1.2 rom, so I flashed JellyMOD v4.0 to discard software issues.. Issues are still there
What should I do?
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Maybe problem with micro usb connector? Most probably it is some hardware problem, because you eliminated software. P.S. you did factory reset and wipes?
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NeriL said:
First of all this issue is in a friend's I9070..
Problem 1: When plugged in everything works ok.. When unplugged, battery icon in status bar keeps showing it's charging..
Problem 2: When powered off, phone reboots automatically
Both issues were there while in stock 4.1.2 rom, so I flashed JellyMOD v4.0 to discard software issues.. Issues are still there
What should I do?
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I had this problem .. before one year on my galaxy y duos .. its hardware problem .. go to service centre
shut_down said:
Maybe problem with micro usb connector? Most probably it is some hardware problem, because you eliminated software. P.S. you did factory reset and wipes?
Sent from my GT-I9070 using Tapatalk
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hello shut_down! nice to see you again :3
Yes, already tried wiping everything from stock recovery..
I didn't try wiping battery stats from CWM, but i don't think it works..

[Q] Help, please

So um, my S3 mini stopped charging while turned on, it only recognizes the charger when it's off, but there's a problem, in SlimKat the offline charging doesn't work, so my phone ends up in bootloop when plugged to the charger... Is there anyway to change roms with the phone like that? Or am I screwed?
JuanVerguero said:
So um, my S3 mini stopped charging while turned on, it only recognizes the charger when it's off, but there's a problem, in SlimKat the offline charging doesn't work, so my phone ends up in bootloop when plugged to the charger... Is there anyway to change roms with the phone like that? Or am I screwed?
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Download mode go to stock rom then install custom recovery and your rom of choice, or go into recovery and flash new rom.
Did you already tried to reflash it? If the problem still occurs, try flashing another rom like dmod

Charging device when switched off reboots to TWRP

Hey
I have a problem with my device; Whenever it is switched off and I plug the charger on it always boots to TWRP but it does not work- The touch screen doesn't work and pressing the power button locks it and cant swipe meaning I have to manually reboot it.
Thanks
indy140 said:
Hey
I have a problem with my device; Whenever it is switched off and I plug the charger on it always boots to TWRP but it does not work- The touch screen doesn't work and pressing the power button locks it and cant swipe meaning I have to manually reboot it.
Thanks
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There are a lot of other threads talking about this this problem is known, and there's no solution yet (we have to wait for official twrp support). The only solution for now is to reflash original recovery.img and get back to stock recovery
gibihr said:
There are a lot of other threads talking about this this problem is known, and there's no solution yet (we have to wait for official twrp support). The only solution for now is to reflash original recovery.img and get back to stock recovery
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Thanks for this. To save starting a new thread do you know if there's a way to remove the red HTC boot text?
indy140 said:
Thanks for this. To save starting a new thread do you know if there's a way to remove the red HTC boot text?
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that shows only when you booting into recovery. the only way is to flash stock recovery
Oh, well, it's good to know I'm not the only one with this issue.
However, why should I flash stock recovery? I mean, there are no further issues, the phone still charges while in this state, and I can reboot it with my PC. There is one thing I'm worried about;
What if I turn off USB debugging? If I would end up in the "stuck recovery" after I have done so, would I be unable to get out?
And also, I think there is a possible fix.. Wouldn't it be possible to reboot the phone by just pulling out the battery and turning the phone back on? Yes I know, "battery is not removable" but I'm pretty sure it is, it always is. It's not going to be easy tho.
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Oh, well, it's good to know I'm not the only one with this issue.
However, why should I flash stock recovery? I mean, there are no further issues, the phone still charges while in this state, and I can reboot it with my PC. There is one thing I'm worried about;
What if I turn off USB debugging? If I would end up in the "stuck recovery" after I have done so, would I be unable to get out?
And also, I think there is a possible fix.. Wouldn't it be possible to reboot the phone by just pulling out the battery and turning the phone back on? Yes I know, "battery is not removable" but I'm pretty sure it is, it always is. It's not going to be easy tho.
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i don't see why you have to switch off your phone. theres a lot of options in stock rom like "do not disturb", "airplane mode" etc so you don't have to switch off.
It seems this problem happens when you reboot your phone while charging ( i never had problems) try to avoid that.
ps - i never switch off my phone and only reboot it if needed or maybe once a month. But thats me.
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i don't see why you have to switch off your phone. theres a lot of options in stock rom like "do not disturb", "airplane mode" etc so you don't have to switch off.
It seems this problem happens when you reboot your phone while charging ( i never had problems) try to avoid that.
ps - i never switch off my phone and only reboot it if needed or maybe once a month. But thats me.
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I never turn my phone off, but sometimes I can't charge my phone in time and the battery runs dry. See? I can't reboot at 0%, so I have to charge it a little. Now you could tell me that it still isn't a problem, since the phone still charges in recovery and I can use commands to reboot system.. sure, but I'm working on a way to prevent anyone from entering recovery or using adb-debugging or hard resetting my phone (from a distance, if phone is stolen). This would turn off adb-debugging, causing the phone to be stuck in recovery for ever, if it were to charge in off mode. I guess I'm the only one having a problem with the bug
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oh, and are you saying that you never had this problem, as in, you tried charging it in off-mode and it worked just fine?
[/COLOR]oh, and are you saying that you never had this problem, as in, you tried charging it in off-mode and it worked just fine?[/QUOTE]
Hi: guess im one of the lucky ones who never had to deal with this.
You can remote reset your phone using Google device manager. You can ring, lock or erase phone and check last location.
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
kativiti said:
[/COLOR]oh, and are you saying that you never had this problem, as in, you tried charging it in off-mode and it worked just fine?
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Hi: guess im one of the lucky ones who never had to deal with this.
You can remote reset your phone using Google device manager. You can ring, lock or erase phone and check last location.
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager[/QUOTE]
I'm using avast since there are more options for rooted devices I'm well aware of the google device manager, but thank you anyway!
I'm using the Honor 7 with TWRP 3.0.2.0by paulobrien and Unofficial CM13 by papsi177 and having the same issue.
When charging while the device is turned off, it automatically boots into twrp. Does anyone have a solution? Are there other recoveries (except the stock recovery) which doesn't have this problem? Is it somehow possible to modify e.g. a file to have a nice charging animation instead?
It isn't that big issue, but it would be nice to solve this anyway...
tomtomk99 said:
I'm using the Honor 7 with TWRP 3.0.2.0by paulobrien and Unofficial CM13 by papsi177 and having the same issue.
When charging while the device is turned off, it automatically boots into twrp. Does anyone have a solution? Are there other recoveries (except the stock recovery) which doesn't have this problem? Is it somehow possible to modify e.g. a file to have a nice charging animation instead?
It isn't that big issue, but it would be nice to solve this anyway...
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I found that users phones and recovery gets different reactions.
When i tried cm12 i had that same "issue" but with cm13 i had the battery animation. Same thing with getting phone freeze when battery run out.
The best chance is to try different recovery versions and hope for the best.
That said, i only switch off phone when battery died on me.
im currently still with TWRP 2.7.1.0-20140802
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kativiti said:
That said, i only switch off phone when battery died on me.
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I do so, too.. but I love details ?
kativiti said:
im currently still with TWRP 2.7.1.0-20140802
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I'll try to downgrade and see if my charging animation gets back ?
Try the new TWRP 3.0.2-0 from nightcore500. The freeze in charging only mode is fixed on his recovery

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