Sprint Galaxy S3 charges very slowly.

[nante263]

my phone charges over 12 hours and not fully charged

 

[Farhan Jack]

Try charging with packet data disable. .
Or try charging with 2g network access .
The last one is try charging without switching on your Android.
Hope this helps for you...

 

[Golfdriver97]

my phone charges over 12 hours and not fully charged

Welcome to the forums!
You can also try a different cable. A pin may be damaged.

Sent from a SlimROM S3.

 

[Andrew Martin 24]

I have Verizon S3 since May and have had this problem since July. If I use my phone while charging, the charge actually decreases. Last night I charged it for 8 hours and it went up 14%. I'm using the charger that came with the phone. I always close my apps via task manager and have recently started clearing RAM. I even turned on airplane mode because I need my alarm, other I'd turn it off. Took it to Verizon once and they said I'd probably need a new USB port put it. Same thing happened to my Galaxy S Continuum. Waiting to see if anyone answers this post before I do so though. One time however I checked to see what was eating my battery via the battery app and this was the result: poooo - Imgur Not sure of what to make of this. Any ideas?

 

[meyerweb#CB]

While it's possible the port is bad, it would be unusual for it to fail this soon, unless it was somehow abused (picking the phone up by the cable, for example). A few things you can try to diagnose the problem:

if you have another micro USB cable, try it with the OEM charger. The cable Samsung ships is notoriously cheap. If a different cable solves the problem, you have your answer.

Try the OEM cable (and a different cable, if you have one) plugged into a computer's USB port instead of the charger. Use a USB port on the computer, not one on a USB hub. Does that make a difference?

Use any other micro-USB charger. They all put out 5 volts, and as long as it puts out at least 700mA it should be fine. Note that chargers designed for iPhones and iPods will charge more slowly than other chargers, but should still be better than what you describe.

 

[gollum18]

I don't know if this was suggested or not. Download an app called "galaxy charging current", run it with your phone plugged into the wall outlet. If you don't see around 1000 in the now section then something is wrong.

Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2

 

[meyerweb#CB]

I've never been able to get that to work on my Sprint S3, and the play store page says it "may" not work on Sprint devices.

 

[yayah]

Open the contact plate and press from left to right *#0228#

Click on the red button below "Quick Start"

this operation decrease the rate of charging about 15%

and go back to charge the battery until 100%

You will notice the difference when the charging begin

notice: don't do that when the battery low from 20%

 

[meyerweb#CB]

What do you mean by "decrease the rate of charging"? Do you mean this makes the phone charge slower? Why would I want to do that? Anyway, can you support this with any documentation? It looks to me like this is simply a status screen, with no ability to actually change anything.

If one follows these instructions, is there any way to reset back to the original value?

 

[Ayonike]

Many thanks, this worked for me, charged my phone overnight and it was just at 74% after eight hours charging, (usual charge time to 100% was about two hours). Typed in *#0228# and clicked the red quick start button, out of curiosity checked after about 10 seconds and it had jumped from 76% to 89%. Yay!

Open the contact plate and press from left to right *#0228#

Click on the red button below "Quick Start"

this operation decrease the rate of charging about 15%

and go back to charge the battery until 100%

You will notice the difference when the charging begin

notice: don't do that when the battery low from 20%

 

[mcguillicudy58]

I had the same charging problem and was in another forum yesterday- their advice was to use a non-usb charger from an old phone. Worked very well! My phone charged up to 100% very fast.

 

[Lasantha Peththawadu]

I had same problem. I cleaned pin and it's ok now.

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[Rana Kamran]

I think so this problem is coming from your charging port. You went any repairing shop and changed the charging port. make sure your warranty will be void if you done it any local shop. Thank's

 

[Nihaaattt]

My galaxy s3 was charging very slowly and I fixed the problem using a simple pliers.
I have prepared a website. Have a look at it. It might be helpful
Galaxy S3 Charging Problem and Solution

 

[Michael Maeder]

This is how I SOLVED this: Clean the wee terminal on the bottom where you plug it in. Pocket lint is the culprit. I used a small folded piece of paper, alcohol and also an unbent staple. Check your chargers' end too to see if any lint was mashed into it. It was barely noticeable but when I started cleaning loads came out. Best of luck.

 

[litti]

Brother,
check your data cable.
It must be having one pin missing out of 5.
Replace with a good cable, with all pins working.
And there you go!


I was having the same problem.
I used another samsung micro usb cable and the problem solved!

 

[NoHillary16]

I force stopped most of the google apps like books, music, play movies and the like. My charging speed increased