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my samsung recently started not charging properly. It is plugged into charge but as i use it the percentage decreases until it goes to 0 and shuts down. i left it in last night to see if the problem was me using it while it was in charger ( even though iv never had a problem with this before) and it only had 83% when i woke up. so i left it in for another hour and it was still on 83, i jiggled the charger then it started charging. What is wrong with my phone, is it the battery or charger. Phone is fairly new ( 6 months) Charger is original Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo
You said you have to jiggle the charger to get it to work? If you have to wiggle/jiggle or biggle (my new word:) the charger in the port to get it to charge it’s most likely losing connection to the traces on your motherboard. We’ve seen this a lot on the S3 in my store. If the charging port inside looks normal (no bent pins or damage) its possibly damage to the traces on the motherboard that connects the charging port to the motherboard. Unfortunately when this is the case I recommend another device or motherboard. You would basically need super human eyes to fix this part of the board. Even if you replace the charging port it might be a temporary fix if the connection to motherboard is poor/damaged. I’d first inspect the inside the the charging port (see if there’s any visible damage). I would say try a battery or another cable but if you have to adjust the cable, it prob won’t work. I’ll upload a picture of what I’m talking about soon.
faulty battery , If phone is as old as stated you should have manufacture warranty
