Hi All
I have this OCD that I'm going to damage the Micro USB port when inserting or removing the cable. Is the port durable? And should I just not worry about it?
In note 4, it will get loose and you need you find position that charges the phone.
Well using the app "phone info" on my rooted note 4 I can tell you I have connected a usb lead 712 times in the last year and I have no looseness or connection issues whatsoever.
No the most scientific of responses I know, but hopefully it will give you an idea.
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I have more than a thousand times connected and removed my charger and its still fine.
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I don't know I've abused the port a lot, plugging in at night, moving it around quite carelessly too, then I also flooded it with water once accidentally, after a few hours of weirdness it still works great, not loose or anything
edit: charger connect counter: 1113
gabrymr said:
I don't know I've abused the port a lot, plugging in at night, moving it around quite carelessly too, then I also flooded it with water once accidentally, after a few hours of weirdness it still works great, not loose or anything
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My phone has been plugged in charging many a time in our living room and my Mrs has caught the charger lead with her foot and launched the phone across the room! Lol never had any adverse effects on the micro usb connection.
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If you've got a dodgy connection, replace the lead. They're cheap (much cheaper than trying to replace the socket)
My experience is that most micro USB leads are good for a couple of hundred connections or so.
Thanks to everyone who has replied. I really appreciate it soo much. I now will charge my phone worry free.
I charge wireless to save a little wear and tear on mine.
Still have connected 1108 times and 707 for spen. Spen is a little loose.
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It is much better than Mini-USB standard, which usually get broken in mid-long use.
My Micro-USB port is working very fine in my Note 4. Charged around 800 times.
almost 2000 count on my phone
and still work fine
800 times, no problem.
FYI, the MicroUSB standard states a design lifetime of 10000 cycles. The weakest parts are on the cable side.
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800 times, no problem.
FYI, the MicroUSB standard states a design lifetime of 10000 cycles. The weakest parts are on the cable side.
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Yeah actually the cable that came with my note 4 is a bust. the rubber part near the micro usb plug started cracking this summer and then opened up a month later
Is it easy to replace the USB port ?
Charger Connect Counter on mime is 2181. My port has just worn as in paint has chipped but 100% funtional
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Info: Charging paused. Voltage too high
Couple of days back updated My GS Note to official ICS 4.03. Today morning, suddenly after removing charger, facing a problem. every few seconds it beep with message " Info: Charging paused. Voltage too high".
When I reconnect charger or USB, there is no issue at all. But after removing cable, the problem continues.
Not sure any other GS note user are facing same problem or not?
Shut down your phone and let it cool down may help
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Info: Charging paused. Voltage too high
Couple of days back updated My GS Note to official ICS 4.03. Today morning, suddenly after removing charger, facing a problem. every few seconds it beep with message " Info: Charging paused. Voltage too high".
When I reconnect charger or USB, there is no issue at all. But after removing cable, the problem continues.
Not sure any other GS note user are facing same problem or not?
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Shut down your phone remove the battery for some time (around half an hour). Also check there is no dirt in battery compartment or inside the charging port.
Flash any stock firmware if you are on any custom rom and take it to the nearest service center
There might be temporary fixes but permanent fixture would be to replace the usb docking port which need to be replaced...
hi bro,
happen to me n my friend as well. what i did is, clean the usb port. using a piece of paper, wipe clean the in between the connector.. also if the hair dryer is available, blow dry the port..
This happened to me earlier and it keeps bugging the hell out of me, then I remembered that earlier this morning I used my Pantech charging cradle before plugging it directly to the mini usb port and it started bugging me with the charging error....tried blowing on the port,using different chargers but when I tried using the pantech charging dock it stopped and charged normally.I guess this will have to do as of now
My friend had that happen to him because of dirty contacts on the phone/USB cable. Just blow it out good, or use a swab with alcohol to clean it.
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lukasspro777 said:
My friend had that happen to him because of dirty contacts on the phone/USB cable. Just blow it out good, or use a swab with alcohol to clean it.
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I had this problem. There was a bit of pocket lint causing the issue. A swab with alcohol will do, but don't blow in there. Your breath has a lot of moisture in it. Those pins are sensitive and moisture can cause the "phantom car mode" issue.
Today I got this issue..
so I try to cleaning USB contact.
Hope this will help.
Thanks a lot..
isn't this because of some custom kernel that implemented some voltage changes?
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isn't this because of some custom kernel that implemented some voltage changes?
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Not in my case I was running stock at the time.
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Cleaning USB port worked
I removed the battery and used a little rubbing alcohol on a tiny brush (used to clean between teeth, a pickster). It rebooted and worked for a few minutes then the message came back.
Unfortunately I have seen this far too many times with Samsung phones. I once had a Skyrocket that had this issue, and then it wouldn't be recognized when plugged into the computer. Cleaned the port, used different cables, changed the rom etc. No dice.
My work phone (galaxy s2) started this yesterday. Then my Note was acting erratically while charged.
My best advise is to clean the port, and get another charger immediately. New cable/wall plug. My note is charging fine at home just not with the car charger (brand new Rocket fish). I'm lucky I caught it in time. Now my S2 is damaged.
I have also heard that the stock samsung chargers has a chip that detects when the phone is charged. Therefore using 3rd party chargers could therectically damage the phone.
Although I truely hate Apple phones, I think the 30 pin connector is far superior to micro USB. Too many problems.
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I did a factory reset and the problem seems to have been solved.
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I removed the battery and used a little rubbing alcohol on a tiny brush (used to clean between teeth, a pickster). It rebooted and worked for a few minutes then the message came back.
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It was the same for almost 3 weeks for me.. I bought "Charger Port Micro USB Connector Mic Flex Cable for Samsung Galaxy Note N7000" from ebay. This morning i received it. I replaced the part. Now it is perfect. Replacement this part is very easy. I bought it for 9 dolars.
This error is a hardware fault. So you have to replace the part. May be cleaning it solves the problem but it would be a temporary solution.
So you replaced the charging port on the note. It's good to know that is an option.
The cleaning of the USB port and then a full charge cycle using the Samsung original wall charger has fixed it for me. I have not had the error since.
blackfire08 said:
It was the same for almost 3 weeks for me.. I bought "Charger Port Micro USB Connector Mic Flex Cable for Samsung Galaxy Note N7000" from ebay. This morning i received it. I replaced the part. Now it is perfect. Replacement this part is very easy. I bought it for 9 dolars.
This error is a hardware fault. So you have to replace the part. May be cleaning it solves the problem but it would be a temporary solution.
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blackfire08 said:
It was the same for almost 3 weeks for me.. I bought "Charger Port Micro USB Connector Mic Flex Cable for Samsung Galaxy Note N7000" from ebay. This morning i received it. I replaced the part. Now it is perfect. Replacement this part is very easy. I bought it for 9 dolars.
This error is a hardware fault. So you have to replace the part. May be cleaning it solves the problem but it would be a temporary solution.
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hey
I'm having the same issue it looks like it really is the usb connector.
Anyway I don't have any warranty left so I'd like to give this a shot. Has this new charging port lasted? I hope it lasts longer than the one I got in my Note
Hi I am looking for a case that will plug into the microusb and provide an alternate port. The port being the weakness on every mobile device by plugging/unplugging all the time. Ive lost more than 1 phone this way. i just want to preserve the life of my Nexus. I dont mind if it increases the length overall. Has anyone heard of such a thing?
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Here is how I solved it, I have:
1. Asus Nexus 7 Dock
2. Sena Ultraslim pouch
So if I need to charge, it easy to remove the tablet from it, as for transferring files, I use wifi or Google Drive, simple as that.
Maybe I'm lucky, I've never broken a charging socket on a phone....but...the idea of a socket extension on a case is a great one. I've had to 'mod' a few charger plugs to get them to fit into the space left by case manufacturers around the socket.
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Hi I am looking for a case that will plug into the microusb and provide an alternate port. The port being the weakness on every mobile device by plugging/unplugging all the time. Ive lost more than 1 phone this way. i just want to preserve the life of my Nexus. I dont mind if it increases the length overall. Has anyone heard of such a thing?
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do you mean something like the battery pack cases for phones cause I have never seen one for any tablet. You could get an otg cable and mod a case to hold it in place to do what you want I believe.
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do you mean something like the battery pack cases for phones cause I have never seen one for any tablet. You could get an otg cable and mod a case to hold it in place to do what you want I believe.
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Yeah I've thought about doing that but was hoping for something more professional. Also I use a $35 seido case (already broke 2 N7's so I need the heavy case), would have to buy a second one to extend it to make the mod, with a good chance of doing a bad job of it and wasting $70.
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I still don't get it, according to Wikipedia, micro USB port, can handle like 10000 cycles of connect/disconnect, and will be fine..so how do you destroy them?
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"The newer Micro-USB receptacles are designed for up to 10,000 cycles of insertion and removal between the receptacle and plug, compared to 1,500 for the standard USB and 5,000 for the Mini-USB receptacle. This is accomplished by adding a locking device and by moving the leaf-spring connector from the jack to the plug, so that the most-stressed part is on the cable side of the connection. This change was made so that the connector on the less expensive cable would bear the most wear instead of the more expensive micro-USB device"
E15i said:
I still don't get it, according to Wikipedia, micro USB port, can handle like 10000 cycles of connect/disconnect, and will be fine..so how do you destroy them?
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My HTC Thunderbolt disagrees. Ive been having to swap the battery 3 times a day for the past year, using external chargers. For a while I could still connect to PC with a usb cable, not to charge but for file transfers, but now I can't do that either.
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Before I send it back to HTC to repair I wanted to know if anyone had experienced this problem.
I was plugging in my car charger which I have done since the phones release. Everything is working fine.
I have been running OrDroid ROM(current) with his supplied kernel. I then tried Elemental X kernel and it ran fine for the past few days.
Earlier today I was plugging in the phone and smelled a funny smell. The Micro USB port on the phone was smoking a little. I immediately unplugged the phone. The phone is working fine but its low on battery.
I thought it was a bad cable or charger so I replaced both and still the same problem. So now I am home and I plug it into the computer USB and I get a message from Windows that I have a power Surge in the USB port and the tip of the micro-USB cable is burning hot!
I don't think I have enough juice to back up the data to Helium online or to Dropbox. I can't plug it in to back up. Can I do anything with a Bluetooth sync?
I was able to backup my message to email from the HTC backup option. But my pictures and things are not backed up and I don't want to send it to them without a backup.
This really sucks. My only regret at this point is not buying it from AT&T since I could just walk in and get another one. At least that would be better than waiting up to 2 weeks.
I have an back up phone but not of the data.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I have turned off the phone for now until I can figure out what to do to back up my data at least.
How about a wifi file explorer?
Probably a long shot, but is there anything in the socket that could be shorting it?
If ur that worried go buy a battery wall charger where ubonly charge the battey not the phone. Then u can back it up and do what you do.
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If ur that worried go buy a battery wall charger where ubonly charge the battey not the phone. Then u can back it up and do what you do.
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The battery is non removable
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Ah sorry. I seen ur post somewhere and ive had problems like that on my evo and just bought a wall charger. Or take the phone apart. Take pictures of what u take off so u know how they go back together. Sorry ita just nobody seems like theyre intereated in helpen u
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You could try mounting an External SD card and moving your files that way. I know that will still use the micro-USB port on your phone, but that's the only thing I can think of.
Have you tried charging the phone while it's off? Does it still smoke?
Thank for the input/help peeps.
The USB port was dead off or on. I charged up a 5000mAH battery Backup that has indicators if the USB source is drawing power. It would come on and then off immediately. Did this for a few times with different cables.
I tried charging only and with data/charge cables and it wasn't that helpful.
For it to get hot so quickly that meant there must be something in there or resistance immediately upon plug in. My cables where new so I know it could be that.
I went out today and purchase a few cans of compressed air since I ran out and took a fine pick/needle and cleaned the contacts. I blew it out and clean. It started showing signs of progress as the LED indicator would like up for longer than it had since I had this problem.
Cleaned it a little more and now I got it back to charging again and my data is backed up. I have tested it in the car with a 2A charger and with my 3.1A wall charger and my laptop and it seems to be working fine again.
Whatever small particle that got in there must have created a resistance that started burning the connectors and left residue behind to cause the USB Surge Errors. I mean it got hot quick. Less than 2 seconds and it was sizzling hot at the Metal Micro USB tip.
Crossing my fingers that its working right now. Patience and cleaning the very small contacts did the trick.
Yea i always ALWAYS check my charger for little hairs or anything that could get in there. I went thru this with a blackberry
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Hmm... I would have never thought to do that. I'll keep that in mind if I come across that type of issue.
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Thank for the input/help peeps.
The USB port was dead off or on. I charged up a 5000mAH battery Backup that has indicators if the USB source is drawing power. It would come on and then off immediately. Did this for a few times with different cables.
I tried charging only and with data/charge cables and it wasn't that helpful.
For it to get hot so quickly that meant there must be something in there or resistance immediately upon plug in. My cables where new so I know it could be that.
I went out today and purchase a few cans of compressed air since I ran out and took a fine pick/needle and cleaned the contacts. I blew it out and clean. It started showing signs of progress as the LED indicator would like up for longer than it had since I had this problem.
Cleaned it a little more and now I got it back to charging again and my data is backed up. I have tested it in the car with a 2A charger and with my 3.1A wall charger and my laptop and it seems to be working fine again.
Whatever small particle that got in there must have created a resistance that started burning the connectors and left residue behind to cause the USB Surge Errors. I mean it got hot quick. Less than 2 seconds and it was sizzling hot at the Metal Micro USB tip.
Crossing my fingers that its working right now. Patience and cleaning the very small contacts did the trick.
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You clean USB cable or Micro USB port on phone?
Hope this trick works for me.
So my situation is that, using the app Galaxy Charging Current, my current seems to be fluctuating. I got several cables and they were okay for a few weeks and after a while their performance started to degrade even though there was no abuse. The cables would be charging at 1800mA one moment, the next it'll be 1400mA. The values would also change if I plug in and out the cable. Oddly though, using the same cable and charger combo on another phone, the charge would be about 1800mA. I'm thinking that the USB port might be broken because when plugged in, I could wiggle the USB quite a bit. Also, I'm using an original Samsung charger too. Anyone else had any problems like this before? Did changing the USB port helped? I don't really mind changing it, but I rather not spend money on something unless I'm pretty sure.
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facing same issue as above
current in galaxy charging apk was 1800 but now it is 1400, i have usb replacement previously
So I have 4 different cords for nexus 2 off amazon 1 with my car charger and the original.. I've noticed gradually over time I'm having trouble getting them to stay connected to the phone... Anyone have any experience with this.. Any suggests anything lol
I've found that with a lot of usb cables the little prongs that hold it in the phone lose their springiness eventually causing it to slip out.
Replaced the phone twice because of that problem. Pretty sure the ports on the 6 are built looser than other phones.
Use a QR charger. It will help wear and tear on the USB port.
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