Replaced Battery and cradle charger on Galaxy Gear still no charge... - Samsung Galaxy Gear

I have tried replacing the battery and the cradle charger on my Galaxy Gear and still can't get it to charge. I have tried using the USB cable trick and opening the cradle and holding the button also, but still nothing. Any other ideas? or is the watch just dead?

hi all !
same pb here .
is anyone get a solution ?

I get the same problem until I use a sharp metal object to clean the contacts on the back of the watch and then it will work again for a while until they get dirty again. I tend to work hard and sweat and the contacts get dirty.

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[Q] Galaxy note not charging

Hi,
First off, I have a non rooted, stock Galaxy note. It's not modded in any way.
The problem started occurring yesterday, all was just fine before. Since then, it won't charge no matter what USB cable or charger I use.
1) Phone on
- I plug the charger to the phone : nothing. The phone doesn't register being connected to the OEM wall-charger.
- I connect the phone using the OEM USB cable to my computer (tryed 3 different computers) : Nothing.
I also tried another charger and several USB cables : no luck.
2) Phone off
- I plug the charger / I connect my phone to a computer using USB cable : the phone boot up and doesn't charge the battery.
Any thought ?
Thx in advance.
Try using some compressed air to clean out the usb port on the Galaxy Note. I had a similar issue with an iPhone once and there ended up being a piece of lint stuck on 1 of the contacts which made it unable to charge. Could be the case with your phone. Other than that contact Samsung and see what they can do for you.
Thx for the advice.
I'll try that out and call over Samsung.
Try factory reset if that could help..
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Update:
I tried a micro USB Host Cable (OTG Cable) and it's working fine : recognized and plugged in USB stick is working fine.
Also, I tried a factory reset after backuping my data. All went fine but sadly the problem is still there : no charging.
More update:
After two days, It started working again as if it never happened.
Still wondering what might have caused it
Might be the dust that settled on the battery pins and the contacts on your phone.. happens some times .. glad its back to work.. poor thing..
Amande said:
More update:
After two days, It started working again as if it never happened.
Still wondering what might have caused it
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Happened to me too! It wouldn't charge until I turned off the phone. It worked after I cleaned the phone and usb cable's metal parts--sorry no correct jargon for this--with rubbing alcohol. Make sure there's no lint left from the cleaning.
Yup, had this. On charge with stock charger in the mains. Battery dropping fast, back (top) getting warm. I turned the screen off, left it for 5 mins. Looked again, it was 2% less!
Reboot fixed it.
There did not seem to be any rogue program using the CPU, but I now have a meter and a better logger to examine this if it occurs again. I assume the system got into a loop somewhere, although the phone was normally responsive.
holgalee said:
Happened to me too! It wouldn't charge until I turned off the phone. It worked after I cleaned the phone and usb cable's metal parts--sorry no correct jargon for this--with rubbing alcohol. Make sure there's no lint left from the cleaning.
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Happening to my phone as well right now. I was worried that the battery is dying so I got a spare online. But it doesn't make sense that its charging and know that it is on one state and not the other.
I panicked so I replaced Rocket Rom with Cassie's. It's still doing this.
Have you guys checked if there is a weird smell from your battery? I thought that was something to look at but dont all batteries smell like that?
galaxy note is experiencing the same hardware problems as galaxy s2 phones. I am very pissed off at samsung. I bought a new galaxy note in dominican republic and after one month of delicate use the phone developed charging problems. Drive mode would start automatically or the phone would shut off all by itself and a battery removal reset would turn the phone on again. then finally, the phone would stay in charging mode even after the usb charge cable is removed. the phone would discharge quickly and then would not turn on. I finally gave the phone to repair dept at claro phone company. they would not fix it and are just showing me a middle finger. Now I guess, I would have to learn to change the charging port myself. After seeing galaxy s2 videos, I see many ribbon contacts would get corroded and need to be cleaned frequently. Many phones were just less than 2 months old and had so much corrosion on the contacts. this is bad design and I think the high current draw for a dual core phone of that huge screen size is causing all kinds of electrical corrosion on the contacts inside the phone. this sucks majorly as I loved the phone when I had it working fine. Now I think I have bought a problem with my saved cash. I will try to repair my own phone soon as I get it back from the repair dept.
My Galaxy Note is doing a similar thing. Not all the same symptoms, but a few similarities.
The other night, when the charger was plugged in the phone kept changing it's mind whether it was plugged in or not - probably every few seconds I was getting the chime it makes when you plug the phone in. I eventually managed to charge the phone by turning it off, removing the battery, replacing it, plugging the charger in, waiting for it to start charging, then turning it on.
Today my phone was trying to tell me it was charging when it wasn't even plugged in to anything!
As with the above post, my phone has been getting hot occasionally and the drive mode has started by itself a few times.
I've used three chargers and four cables.
I'll be taking it along to where I bought it from later on today.
Battery not charging
G Note Battery is not charging .. same problem as of 1st post.
Changed usb cables, chargers, thru PC, laptop, direct wall, cleaning etc
Every thing fails. one month old set ?
OMG, glad to know I'm not the only one. Bought a Galaxy Note from a brazilian network provider (VIVO) and after 1 week of usage I'm experiencing the same problems as you guys.
My phone will only charge when it is powered off and USB connection does not work anymore (even in download mode). Before the problem onset, I noticed some MTP connection and SD Card rescanning without connecting to the PC.
Did a factory reset and got no results. Downloaded Odin Mobile and flashed stock rom and the problem persists.
Has anyone found a fix or the cause for this?
Thanks!
Missing my old Galaxy S...
Strange! After a full night charge, now I can unplug and plug the battery and continue charging from where I stop without turning it off.
I can now get beeps when connecting to PC. It show MTP-Inicialization in the Note screen but I have no access to to Note partitions in Windoes Explorer.
Update: One more strange thing just happened now.
Went to college and left it charging. When I came back at night, tried to connect the Note to the PC and everything is working ok now.
What?!?! Now I'm confused. How can I send it to warranty now? I think I'll have to wait a couple more days.
issue as well
That is my 3rd galaxy note, first one screen cracked, second dont ask me why it was not modified at all but it was so sluggish and froxze all the time, my 3rd one it is rooted device and i have similar issue...I am thinking is it because i was charging it from my wife's htc one phone? I thought they would have the same pins...anyway it is doomed, i tried so many chargers and problem not solved
ok i can comfirm to everyone that i have fixed the problem by buying contact cleaner spray and sprayed inside the usb and beautiful all back to normal!
Nooo..
Have a charging problem as well :/ It detects the charging cable and shows the battery icon with the circle about to charge. But it just turns off before it starts charging, turns on shows the icon again, turns off, turns on, shows the battery icon and so on. I have tried with two different chargers. For me i looks like the voltage is too low? Maybe the battery needs a jumpstart? I'll just leave it in the charger and see what happens. Suggestions welcome
Edit: It's just two weeks old, damn it. Last night I used it untill the battery was empty. That is why I think the voltage is so low it doesnt accept charge.
Edit2: Fixed! Puh! I was right. Battery needed a higher mah to start the charging. Leaving the post as it is for future reference.
same problem here, however it charges from my laptop... how strange?

[Q] Note keeps saying charging when not plugged in

Hi all,
I've noticed today out of nowhere, that my Galaxy Note keeps turning it's screen on due to being connected to a charger, when it hasn't. I've tried turning the phone off since it was seriously draining my battery, but it turns itself on and goes to the battery meter and then restarts again. The charging symbol appears when using the phone on and off, and I was just wondering what I could do to fix this?
I've tried flashing a new ROM incase but the problem is still there :/
Thanks in advance!
Try cleaning the contacts on your usb port.
Also your usb port could be damaged.
I have also a similar issue on my n7000 I replaced the port and its fine now Samsung ports from factory are crap
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ShahinTehShiz said:
Hi all,
I've noticed today out of nowhere, that my Galaxy Note keeps turning it's screen on due to being connected to a charger, when it hasn't. I've tried turning the phone off since it was seriously draining my battery, but it turns itself on and goes to the battery meter and then restarts again. The charging symbol appears when using the phone on and off, and I was just wondering what I could do to fix this?
I've tried flashing a new ROM incase but the problem is still there :/
Thanks in advance!
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It also happened to me. I had to open up the Note and clean up the usb port to get rid of the problem.
Phone Charging when Not Plugged In - The Definitive Answer
Samsung Galaxy Note
I've had same problem as reported by many others with phone displaying charge icon when not plugged in. I've tried all the recommended solutions. Here's what I've found:
1. Not related to JellyBean update (it happened just after I updated but turns out to be coincidence)
2. Factory reset or flashing doesn't help (it's a hardware problem)
3. Clean out the USB port (there's all kinds of fluff, dirt, lost keys, foreign coins etc in there!) - don't use soapy water for this...
4. Bend the pins (gently) so that they are located in the centre of the port.
In my case it's the charging cradle I was using that was damaging the port. I'm using a flip-case on my phone which means the phone doesn't fit in the cradle properly and I was having to force it to sit on the connector. The pins had become bent and were shorting out against the edge of the port.
Replacing the port is painless, if you have any mechanical aptitude. Numerous youtube videos show how to change it.
Takes about 15 minutes. Just make sure you get the correct port. If you get the wrong one, you're signal will degrade
considerably
I had the same problem and I have managed to solve the problem by replacing the usb port. I bought the usb port from ebay but you must open up your note first to see which revision of usb port board you have inside the phone. I think it makes a difference so the revision number has to match with the old port.
Cleaning the port and straightening the pins helped for a few months but then the problem came back again. changing the old port for a new one solved the problem. I think their usb ports in galaxy phones are crap.

[Q] Gear won't charge.

Hi all,
My Samsung Galaxy Gear won't charge after a month of empty battery. Have tried to charge it about 22 hours now, but no success. The charging symbol is not displayed either.
A voltmeter shows that the charging cover gives power out to the gear, but it seems like the gear won't accept charging.
Using the original charger and charging cover.
Some knows what I could do about it?
EDIT: Also tried multiple chargers, and tried to plug it in the computer, also tried to reset it by holding the power button for 10+ seconds.
Tweekaz said:
Hi all,
My Samsung Galaxy Gear won't charge after a month of empty battery. Have tried to charge it about 22 hours now, but no success. The charging symbol is not displayed either.
A voltmeter shows that the charging cover gives power out to the gear, but it seems like the gear won't accept charging.
Using the original charger and charging cover.
Some knows what I could do about it?
EDIT: Also tried multiple chargers, and tried to plug it in the computer, also tried to reset it by holding the power button for 10+ seconds.
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check if its in the charger backwards
it should charge in about 1 hour fully
forshaw said:
check if its in the charger backwards
it should charge in about 1 hour fully
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Have checked, its the right way.
Help me
Tweekaz said:
Have checked, its the right way.
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find the solution? I have this problem and not try to do as many things ...
problem solved, connect your Laptop and Gear to wait, wait 6 hours, others 15 minutes, so there is no specific time, I hope you serve!
Mine does that from time to time. I simply use a Q-tip to clean the contacts on the watch and the cradle, and all is good.
Sent from where the wind begins....
The actual problem is the fact that the craddle does not have direct connection to the battery, it has to go through the mainboard first. In some cases, if battery is completely empty, mainboard wont recognize the cradle and thus not charge or boot up. This happened to a friend of mine and he gave it to me to tinker with it. What finally worked was this: put the gear in its cradle (ofc cradle connected to power supply), but did NOT close the cradle cap. Instead I pressed on the gear to have connection and with a flat screwdriver i held the power button for about 10 seconds, while in the cradle and getting power. Aaaand it booted. Afterwards all charging was fine, no more problems.
The moral of the story, in my opinion, is to never let your gear discharge completely. When at less than 10%, shut it down yourself until you can charge it

Gear one dead

So my galaxy gear one did not turn on this morning! No idea why! Any idea what to do? Odin and kies won't find it. Is it possible to get it repaired and how much would something like that cost me!
klauspabst said:
So my galaxy gear one did not turn on this morning! No idea why! Any idea what to do? Odin and kies won't find it. Is it possible to get it repaired and how much would something like that cost me!
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You need to charge it internally, This issue is mostly a battery problem, i had the same issue the Device it dead, or you can tell a store that the battery is dead, and if they can jump start it once again.
Just Charge it with Positive 1v and negative 1v cables to the pin sockets inside it, if you do not want to go do this, see if there is a Repair shop nearby.
Let me know if you need anymore help.
Regards
JonteStark74 said:
You need to charge it internally, This issue is mostly a battery problem, i had the same issue the Device it dead, or you can tell a store that the battery is dead, and if they can jump start it once again.
Just Charge it with Positive 1v and negative 1v cables to the pin sockets inside it, if you do not want to go do this, see if there is a Repair shop nearby.
Let me know if you need anymore help.
Regards
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Can I buy or make me a cable like that?
Would it be ok if I cut a charging cable and switch the wires?
Plug it into a computer, somehow that works when my gear fully drains and wont charge with the normal charger
Mine went dead last week also, I've been researching threads and most say charging via USB from laptop or desktop (USB 2.0 seems to be preferred) will bring it back to life. I've also read about hair dryers being helpful. None of that worked for me.
I read earlier that separating the motherboard from the battery could be helpful. I just did that (literally 20 minutes ago) and while the screen isn't on, nor do I see any indication of charging, my computer let me know that a USB device was connected this time.
I'm leaving it sit overnight (I still haven't screwed the back back on yet) to see what happens.
Well I left it overnight and still no life. I've gone even further and completely removed the battery now and will leave it out of the watch for a while and reassemble it later tonight and then leave it overnight again fully assembled in the charger connected to my PC via USB.
Another day of charging via USB after completely removing the battery and still no sign of life. I think I'm giving up. The computer still recognizes something is attached but that's as far as I get.
klauspabst said:
Can I buy or make me a cable like that?
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All you need is two telephone wires the same type you would typically use in the USB Cable and Insert on the two copper sockets inside
Let me know if you need anymore assistance.
Mine completely overnight and then I didn't feel like charging for a few days. After a few days I went to go charge it and I could not get it to charge. I tried roughly 5-6 different chargers/cables and all sorts of different usb ports on laptops, car chargers, and nothing work. In middle of moving I took my chromecast off of my tv and remembered it was a microusb charger. Plugged it into my watch cradle and it came back on.
Connect your gear watch to USB port on your Notebook , after 5 min open charging cradle , while pressing gear watch to charging cradle try to turn on watch from power button with plastic card. After several attempts gear watch will turn on , close charging cradle and continue charging.
It seems to me there is a problem with the battery. Maybe you battery is dead. You need to remove the battery from your watch and keep it in the sun light for 15 min then try to charge it. If it doesn't work properly then contact with service center.

Galaxy Gear Battery Not Charging

Hey everyone. So upon switching from Apple to Android, I remembered the Galaxy Gear I had and was enthralled to try it out once again.
I tried using the cradle that it used to charge on - Quick screen flash but didn't charge.
Took it apart, pulled the battery, put it back together, threw it on the charger - Didn't charge.
Took the cradle apart (3rd party one as I got this from a friend), cleaned the contacts, put it back together - Still nothing.
Lost the cradle parts so I stripped a spare Samsung microUSB cord, pulled the battery out, put the 2 wires on the correct contacts of the chip that is attached to the battery, held them in place whilst having everything still plugged in - Still nothing.
Tried charging it with a wireless Samsung charging pad - Still nothing.
I'm left with all the components of the watch, everything except the cradle. I was wondering if there was a way to charge the battery separate from the watch, maybe putting the actual battery directly on the wireless charging pad and seeing if it will charge, or if I could take the screen portion with the opposing contacts that lead to the mobo and see if anything happens. No, don't have money for a newer one. No, don't have money for another battery/cradle. Any ideas? I really like this watch. It was working fine a month ago. It was rooted with nullrom but I restored it w/Odin and it worked like new. I left it uncharged for a week or so and when I wanted to use it again, wouldn't charge.
Same problem i left my gear for 2 weeks without charging and now it doesn't charge
I too have had this problem. What seems to work (worked for me) is to charge you watch from a desktop/laptop usb port.
I had this problem . Thinking about it, I hasn't used the watch in over a month. I bought a third party charger for about $5 from amazon and it charged it fine. All is well with the world again
Some problem here. The only thing that works its charging with my laptop.

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