GS3 won't charge unless I bend the charger or push really hard

[Kelly Kearns]

If you can take 7-10 days to send it to Samsung, I would do that for sure. Like I said, they will look over everything and make sure everything is in top order.

Sent from my AWESOME Note 2

 

[duanedude1]

Another option is to buy an inductive charging back and charger... costs money but stops furthur damage to the usb port. Consider it an investment.

 

[Robert White1]

Before you give up, do this.....

Find a single layer cardboard that has no finish on either side that will fit into the charger cable socket just a tad snug. You might have to cut a strip to make it fit into the socket. Soak some alcohol into the cardboard. Not dripping flooding wet, but wet enough to dampen the contact pins of the socket. slowly and carefully push in and pull out the cardboard and maybe do this a few times, each time using a clean piece of card stock dampened with denatured alcohol. The upper side is easy and uses a thicker cardboard, and the lower (TOWARD THE BACK COVER) is a thinner gap. After you're done, let the socket dry for a couple minutes and then try the charger cables again. I had some crud get onto my charger connectors and it was behaving just like yours and I even tossed a cable that was really hard to get to charge, and all the time it was the contacts internal to the socket....

Good Luck, and Aloha!

 

[npunk42]

Before you give up, do this.....

Find a single layer cardboard that has no finish on either side that will fit into the charger cable socket just a tad snug. You might have to cut a strip to make it fit into the socket. Soak some alcohol into the cardboard. Not dripping flooding wet, but wet enough to dampen the contact pins of the socket. slowly and carefully push in and pull out the cardboard and maybe do this a few times, each time using a clean piece of card stock dampened with denatured alcohol. The upper side is easy and uses a thicker cardboard, and the lower (TOWARD THE BACK COVER) is a thinner gap. After you're done, let the socket dry for a couple minutes and then try the charger cables again. I had some crud get onto my charger connectors and it was behaving just like yours and I even tossed a cable that was really hard to get to charge, and all the time it was the contacts internal to the socket....

Good Luck, and Aloha!

That reminds me of De-Oxit you can get at Radio Shack. Its an aerosol to clean tiny electrical parts and connectors.

 

[sfrrr]

Please let us know how this works. The aerosol sounds safer because you're not pushing something into the socket, but do we know that the aerosol doesn't leave its own residue?

Sent from my unrooted 32 GB Polish Samsung Galaxy GT I9300 running 4.1.2.

 

[Tkbredx]

I have a problem that's similar. Mine charges on and off repeatedly. Like 2 second intervals making the phone vibrate a lot or make the charging sound. It actually drains the battery. I know it is the charging port that's jacked up. I sleep with my phone sometimes and I bend the charger all up or drop the phone and catch it by the wire. So I know I probably screwed it up. Probably going to take mine back soon. But I don't feel like unrooting and what not. Plus I have 2 extra batteries. So I'll wait a while.

 

[Robert White1]

De-Oxit comes in a tiny bottle with a brush applicator too. Sorta like a mini cutex bottle. The Cardboard insertion approach is a means of adding abrasion properties to cleaning the contacts.

 

[tjeloep]

try to blow the socket with air blower [the one you use to clean camera lenses] or simply with ur mouth...
it solves my problem.
momentarily.., at least. =D
interesting that smartphone at this price range cannot withstand small amount of dust.

 

[Learyy77]

i have the same problem with the s4 however my s4 charger always works as well as the htc 1 charger, although when i try charge with a s2 charger for example it doesnt work, if you unplug the cord from the wall socket and plug into the computer it works! so i think it may have to do with the wall socket... very strange

 

[butts_haters]

It's lint in ur charging port!!!! Take a needle or a push pin and take out all of it

 

[nickw1235]

This issue can be fixed easily, you just have some stuff to fix it with. It's not only the connectors that's dirty, It's also the bottom of the micro usb port, it can easily be blocking the the connector from connecting all the way in. Here's how i fixed mine:

The first thing you'll need is some rubbing alcohol

Some Q-Tips.

The second thing you'll need is a very small sewing needle (go ask your grandma for one )

The third optional thing you'll need is some compressed air WITH a straw thing at the end


First off, remove the battery of the phone and set it somewhere.
Then get your sewing needle and dip it into the rubbing alcohol (helps clean the residue).
Then DELICATELY take the needle and clean ALL residue on the bottom of the port. Do this and make sure ALL residue is gone.
Then take the Q-tip and dip it in the rubbing alcohol.
VERY GENTLY take the Q-Tip and put very little pressure against the charging port.
Take the needle and go for a second try for the residue and let it air dry, OR get the compressed air and CAREFULLY blow out the rubbing alcohol and dust out of the charging port.
Put the battery when dry and turn on phone.

This will effectively clean the charging port AND the bottom of the port.

This has probably an 80% chance of working. It worked for me!

Plug it in and see if that works!

I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU MESS UP AND SCREW UP YOUR PHONE!!!!!

I hope this helped everybody

 

[Noah C]

Best post of the entire thread regarding removing the phone cover. The charger not fits in perfectly! Thank you so much for this brilliant idea I was getting really annoyed and you saved me a trip to a busy, annoying mall!

 

[Noah C]

Is the phone in a case or skin? If so, it's possible that the rubbery connector that contains the metal piece that is the micro usb connector is too thick to stay in the micro usb port. Or that the case 's usb opening doesn't exactly line up with the actual port in the phone. Until a month or so ago, this had never happened to me, but my new cheap cables just use thicker, fatter rubber around their metal usb male parts. (double entendre not intended.)

Sent from my unrooted 32 GB Polish Samsung Galaxy GT I9300 running 4.1.2.

Best post of the entire thread regarding removing the phone cover. The charger now fits in perfectly! Thank you so much for this brilliant idea. I was getting really annoyed and you saved me a trip to a busy, annoying mall!

 

[xchessthebest]

This is exactly my problem right now. My charger somehow stopped working so I borrowed my mom's. It worked perfectly fine for a while, but now it's just like my charger--useless. My phone died right now and I need this to contact my mom after school. I'm not sure what's going on, but it's annoying the heck out of me.

 

[GSDer]

This is exactly my problem right now.

Which 'this' are you referring to? Your phone won't charge when it's in a case; you have to press on the cable to get it to charge; the charger and/or cable are acting up; other?

If it's just a problem with the charger/cable, get another set - you can practically find these things in a box of Cracker Jacks.

If it requires pressure on the micro-USB connector to keep it charging then you can either get the micro-USB port replaced or go with a wireless charging solution.

Sent from my rooted, debloated, deodexed Sinclair ZX-80 running CM 10.2 using Tapatalk 4

 

[Karma Veer]

Hi guys,

So far I have used 3 chargers. A Verizon green 10ft long charger, the charger for my Nexus 7, and a Verizon car charger.

Basically when I plug any of these chargers in it will show it is charging for a split second, then it'll go away. So in order for it to charge, I have to push the charger in really hard, push it down, or bend it to the right. If I bend it to the right, when I let go, it stops charging. Sometimes I can get it at the right angle to keep it there, but I come back later and see that it isn't charging. Also if I push it in really hard, bending it to the right stops charging it.

The Verizon car charger has been the best for me even though it gives me problems, but I use my nexus 7 charger for it most of the time.

This is super annoying, how it's real hard to get it to start charging and even harder to keep it. None of the pins on my chargers look crooked, nor inside my phone. I don't know if there is a fix for this, I might just take it to Verizon.

Anyone with the same problem or know of a fix out there? Thanks!

 

[Karma Veer]

I had same problem. In my case some dust was accumulated in my phone charging port. The dust was not easily visible. I removed battery and with the help of niddle I cleared port of my charger.
Now its working perfectly.

 

[Jessica Lee Custard]

You beat me to it, Having the exact same problem with my S3. I could have written your post verbatim- everything you said is what I've been going through the last week or so. At first, I had no issue with the charger but the phone was not working right, it would die immediately and stay off if it wasn't on the charger, so I could only use the phone if it was plugged in. I got a new battery for the phone and it really worked well for a few days but what good is a new battery if I can't charge the phone. Right now I've got the stupid thing lying on my desk, with the charger cable bent up and over and its taped down with heavy medical tape. And it STILL won't work for more than a second. The damn thing has been on the desk "charging" since yesterday morning and it's at 32 percent.