Wireless Charging Paused Problem - Samsung Galaxy S8 / S8+

[Infobits]

Found the source of the problem. Details in the latest video from the guy linked in OP: https://youtu.be/fr4RlrfHIMk

To tell you the truth after watching that video, I don't see a difference in the fonts the guy keeps saying are different. I have the one that he says is the legitimate Samsung charger made in Vietnam and it works just fine. with my S8. The only obvious differences discernable that he shows is with the USB type C plug connector shape and the power supply adapter one made in Vietnam and one says made in China. If his assesment is true, the China made one is a pretty accurate looking knockoff.

 

[kidqwik]

Can anyone confirm which non-Samsung Wireless Quick Chargers work? The Choetech one I have here at work is driving me nuts tryin to reposition it correctly to get it to Fast Charge(yes, I can get my Choetech to fast charge at some inconsistent hard to get angle on the pad sometimes). I see some people saying their phone charges on so and so a pad, but some don't even know it's supposed to be quick charging instead of regular slow charging so they think what they have works.

 

[scgf]

I have two Anker fast charging pads and both fast charge my S8. I use QC 2 power adapters. The Amazon links to the Anker pads are here (UK) and here (US)

 

[daddymikey1975]

I have two stands and two different wall bricks. Both of my setups quick charged my S7 Edge and now also quick charge my S8

Let me go look to see which ones I have.

Here are links to the pads, cables and one of the wall bricks that I use.

YOUSHARES 2-Coil Fast Charge Qi Inductive Wireless Charging Stand, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GGYTNGA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_lx2HwOq7ozg3z

AUKEY Micro USB Cable, Quick Charge (6-Pack 1 x 9.9ft, 1 x 6.6ft, 2 x 3.3ft, 2 x 1ft) for Samsung, Nexus, LG, HTC, and More https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019JY97QA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_k7JM45mobVVgT

RAVPower Quick Charge 2.0 30W Dual USB Plug Quick Charger Foldable Pin for Galaxy S6/ Edge, Note 5/ 4, LG G / G5, Nexus 6 and iSmart for iPhone 7 (Whi https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018S3EVHS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_VF9rwlRK29Vb4

CHOETECH Fast Wireless Charger, Qi Wireless Charging Stand for Galaxy Note 5 / S8/S8 Plus /S7 / S7 Edge / S6 Edge+ and Other Qi-enabled Devices https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010B6PSMC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_sFhbzb7YP1BM6

I hope this helps.

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[Infobits]

To tell you the truth after watching that video, I don't see a difference in the fonts the guy keeps saying are different. I have the one that he says is the legitimate Samsung charger made in Vietnam and it works just fine. with my S8. The only obvious differences discernable that he shows is with the USB type C plug connector shape and the power supply adapter one made in Vietnam and one says made in China. If his assesment is true, the China made one is a pretty accurate looking knockoff.

I just want to update y'all on the latest findings of my Samsung EP-NG930 wireless charger stand and S8 experience. For the last two nights in a row, I placed the S8 centered on the charger before going to sleep and when I awoke in the morning the S8 was not charged to 100% at all. The S8 was warm to the touch each time and the battery indicator remained at slightly above the level I started the charging at. The blue charge light was still blue in the morning as if it was still fast charging. Each night I placed the S8 on the charger it said it was in fast charging mode and will take roughly about 1 hour 47 minutes or so to charge. But in the morning the phone was not 100% charged! In the morning I have to take it off the charger and place it back on to begin the charging cycle all over again and then it starts charging up the battery but seems to be slow charging instead.
I have the supposedly valid Samsung model made in Vietnam too. So I don't know what is going on. Sometimes it charged to 100% and the green light is on when I wake up in the morning.
The other nights it failed to fully charge and the blue light is still on when I wake up in the morning. So hit or miss.

I did read somewhere someone else posted that he started the charge at night and awoke in the middle of the night around 3am or so and the phone was 100% charged. So he left it there and when he awoke in the morning the phone was discharged and no longer at 100%. So this might be a tell tale sign of what might be happening to me. I will have to check this scenario out tonight when I start the charge all over again. I will check it at 3am or so and see if the S8 is fully 100% fast charged by that time. I will then leave the phone as is still sitting in the dock and check it again in the morning when I wake up to see if it is still at 100% or has it discharged sitting in the dock.

 

[Infobits]

I just want to update y'all on the latest findings of my Samsung EP-NG930 wireless charger stand and S8 experience. For the last two nights in a row, I placed the S8 centered on the charger before going to sleep and when I awoke in the morning the S8 was not charged to 100% at all. The S8 was warm to the touch each time and the battery indicator remained at slightly above the level I started the charging at. The blue charge light was still blue in the morning as if it was still fast charging. Each night I placed the S8 on the charger it said it was in fast charging mode and will take roughly about 1 hour 47 minutes or so to charge. But in the morning the phone was not 100% charged! In the morning I have to take it off the charger and place it back on to begin the charging cycle all over again and then it starts charging up the battery but seems to be slow charging instead.
I have the supposedly valid Samsung model made in Vietnam too. So I don't know what is going on. Sometimes it charged to 100% and the green light is on when I wake up in the morning.
The other nights it failed to fully charge and the blue light is still on when I wake up in the morning. So hit or miss.

I did read somewhere someone else posted that he started the charge at night and awoke in the middle of the night around 3am or so and the phone was 100% charged. So he left it there and when he awoke in the morning the phone was discharged and no longer at 100%. So this might be a tell tale sign of what might be happening to me. I will have to check this scenario out tonight when I start the charge all over again. I will check it at 3am or so and see if the S8 is fully 100% fast charged by that time. I will then leave the phone as is still sitting in the dock and check it again in the morning when I wake up to see if it is still at 100% or has it discharged sitting in the dock.

Update: Nevermind, I am sending this Samsung charger back to amazon.com. After placing the phone back on the charger this morning after it did not charge 100% overnight, I waited for it to charge up and it just charged very slowly over 4 hours waiting and it stuck at 85% and went no further from there. I removed the S8 once again and placed it back on the charger to reset it again and it started charging slowly again went to 86% after 15 minutes which tells me it was charging very slowly again even though the S8 screen shows a message saying it is in Fast Charging mode... the message is bogus! So either these new S8 softwares are buggy causing the sporadic non-charging conditions or the wirelss charger base is buggy. This needs to be figured out. I'd hate to send the charger dock back only to find out later that a bug in the new S8/S8+ phones is the culprit. ugh!

 

[bjl95mustang]

I have this fast charger I got off of Amazon. 17 shipped and includes the micro usb fast charge cable. I used the fast charge wall adapter from my s7 and I get fast charge every time with a case on my s8. It charges upside down and sideways with no issues.

Fast Wireless Charger,Itian Multi-coil Quick Qi Wireless Charging Stand for Samsung S8 S8+S7 S7 Edge S6 Edge Plus Note5,Normal for Other Qi Phones( Adapter Not Included) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E1EI9AS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_SfobzbZQ9MFW2

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[TechBSwift]

I have this fast charger I got off of Amazon. 17 shipped and includes the micro usb fast charge cable. I used the fast charge wall adapter from my s7 and I get fast charge every time with a case on my s8. It charges upside down and sideways with no issues.

Fast Wireless Charger,Itian Multi-coil Quick Qi Wireless Charging Stand for Samsung S8 S8+S7 S7 Edge S6 Edge Plus Note5,Normal for Other Qi Phones( Adapter Not Included) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E1EI9AS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_SfobzbZQ9MFW2

Yl
This charger works for s8 but not the s8+

 

[Infobits]

I have this fast charger I got off of Amazon. 17 shipped and includes the micro usb fast charge cable. I used the fast charge wall adapter from my s7 and I get fast charge every time with a case on my s8. It charges upside down and sideways with no issues.

Fast Wireless Charger,Itian Multi-coil Quick Qi Wireless Charging Stand for Samsung S8 S8+S7 S7 Edge S6 Edge Plus Note5,Normal for Other Qi Phones( Adapter Not Included) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E1EI9AS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_SfobzbZQ9MFW2

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Do you know it for that model it says that it is only a regular speed charger and does not say it is a FAST wireless charger?

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Update: Nevermind, I am sending this Samsung charger back to amazon.com. After placing the phone back on the charger this morning after it did not charge 100% overnight, I waited for it to charge up and it just charged very slowly over 4 hours waiting and it stuck at 85% and went no further from there. I removed the S8 once again and placed it back on the charger to reset it again and it started charging slowly again went to 86% after 15 minutes which tells me it was charging very slowly again even though the S8 screen shows a message saying it is in Fast Charging mode... the message is bogus! So either these new S8 softwares are buggy causing the sporadic non-charging conditions or the wirelss charger base is buggy. This needs to be figured out. I'd hate to send the charger dock back only to find out later that a bug in the new S8/S8+ phones is the culprit. ugh!

Folks beware, I've returned my Samsung Dock charger because it fails to charge my S8 reliably. it is hit or miss each time I try to charge on it. What put the nail in the coffin to return it though is that the model number and serial number on the little sticker that comes with it could not be found nor verifited when I tried to register it on the official Samsung website. The model number on the sticker had one character diffrent than the official Samsung model number! Sneaky! so be aware of this!

 

[bjl95mustang]

Do you know it for that model it says that it is only a regular speed charger and does not say it is a FAST wireless charger?

I don't know what your reading but it says fast charge on it and my phone fast charges.

It's normal for other qi charge phones and fast charge for samsung phones.

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Yl
This charger works for s8 but not the s8+

Are you using a fast charge wall plug and tried a different usb cable? I heard some people had issues and trying a different wall adapter or cable fixed it.

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[Infobits]

Do you know it for that model it says that it is only a regular speed charger and does not say it is a FAST wireless charger?

I don't know what your reading but it says fast charge on it and my phone fast charges.

It's normal for other qi charge phones and fast charge for samsung phones.

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Oops, yes you are correct. I misread the specs I was looking at for the model you linked to. I might give that one a try for only $16. One question I have though is that it is not clear if they are implying that you must remove the phone after it is fully charged or if you can leave it on the charger walk away and forget it and it won't over heat or do damage. Does this model come with any warnings saying to remove the phone once it reaches full charge? Is the power port connection micro USB or USB Type C?

 

[TechBSwift]

Do you know it for that model it says that it is only a regular speed charger and does not say it is a FAST wireless charger?

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Folks beware, I've returned my Samsung Dock charger because it fails to charge my S8 reliably. it is hit or miss each time I try to charge on it. What put the nail in the coffin to return it though is that the model number and serial number on the little sticker that comes with it could not be found nor verifited when I tried to register it on the official Samsung website. The model number on the sticker had one character diffrent than the official Samsung model number! Sneaky! so be aware of this!

Still doesn't work. It's to small for the plus, the only way it picks up a charging signal is turning the phone side ways, and it still won't charge right. My wife has the s8 and I have the s8+. Hers works, mine doesn't

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Do you know it for that model it says that it is only a regular speed charger and does not say it is a FAST wireless charger?

---------- Post added at 03:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:09 PM ----------



Folks beware, I've returned my Samsung Dock charger because it fails to charge my S8 reliably. it is hit or miss each time I try to charge on it. What put the nail in the coffin to return it though is that the model number and serial number on the little sticker that comes with it could not be found nor verifited when I tried to register it on the official Samsung website. The model number on the sticker had one character diffrent than the official Samsung model number! Sneaky! so be aware of this!

Still doesn't work. It's to small for the plus, the only way it picks up a charging signal is turning the phone side ways, and it still won't charge right. My wife has the s8 and I have the s8+. Hers works, mine doesn't

 

[bjl95mustang]

My app keeps crashing when trying to do a reply quote.

To: Infobits

The charger uses the micro usb cable and comes with one. You only need to supply a samsung fast charge wall plug. I haven't noticed any issues with leaving my phone on it all night. Its cold when I wake up in the morning.

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[Infobits]

My app keeps crashing when trying to do a reply quote.

To: Infobits

The charger uses the micro usb cable and comes with one. You only need to supply a samsung fast charge wall plug. I haven't noticed any issues with leaving my phone on it all night. Its cold when I wake up in the morning.

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Okay, good to know. Thanks!

 

[hollywoodfrodo]

Over the weekend I did more test with my 5 various 3rd party Qi Fast Wireless Chargers (Choetech, Nektek, Yooteck, etc). All worked fine with my S7 Edge so long as I was using a Quick Charge 2.0 Charger and a decent cable. I had no issues. None have worked with my S8+ though the Nektek seems to start to work sometimes and not other times. Over the weekend, I tried using both QC 2.0 AND QC 3.0 chargers, then tried using the Samsung Adaptive Fast Charger. I also tried several different cables (all of which worked fine previously with the S7).

Nothing changed - none of these Fast Wireless Chargers which all worked great with the S7 Edge work with my S8+ regardless of which charging adapter I was using and with trying several different cords.

 

[bjl95mustang]

Over the weekend I did more test with my 5 various 3rd party Qi Fast Wireless Chargers (Choetech, Nektek, Yooteck, etc). All worked fine with my S7 Edge so long as I was using a Quick Charge 2.0 Charger and a decent cable. I had no issues. None have worked with my S8+ though the Nektek seems to start to work sometimes and not other times. Over the weekend, I tried using both QC 2.0 AND QC 3.0 chargers, then tried using the Samsung Adaptive Fast Charger. I also tried several different cables (all of which worked fine previously with the S7).

Nothing changed - none of these Fast Wireless Chargers which all worked great with the S7 Edge work with my S8+ regardless of which charging adapter I was using and with trying several different cords.

Have you tried a samsung wireless charger? Could it be an issue with your phone?

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[hollywoodfrodo]

Have you tried a samsung wireless charger? Could it be an issue with your phone?]

No, I haven't just because I don't own one. I guess I might try to take my phone over to the Best Buy Samsung store and hopefully they have one I can try it on there - that way if it doesn't work on that one either, then that would let me know that perhaps I just have a bad phone with faulty coils and need to return it for a replacement. Of course if it does work, then that wouldn't solve the issue of it not working with any 3rd party chargers, but it would at least give me some info... Maybe later this week or this weekend I'll have a chance to give that a shot...

 

[kidqwik]

Have you tried a samsung wireless charger? Could it be an issue with your phone?

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One of my Samsung fast charge wireless chargers is working as Fast Charge. It has a Samsung brick and wire on it. The other two are slow wireless charging. One of them has a Samsung brick and wire on it, the other a different fast charge brick and an Anker cable. My Choetech at work has a Anker cable and different fast charger and sometimes I can get it to fast charge if placed randomly a certain way on it. Otherwise it will keep doing the "Paused Wireless Charging" thing nonstop unless I put it on there that random specific way to get it to Fast Charge.. All of these chargers at home and work all worked on my S7 Edge with Fast Charge. Samsung really screwed things up with this. I have another charger coming today that is said to work with the S8+. I hope it's just a software update Samsung can fix to get things working.

 

[kmaximax]

older slow charge wireless chargers freak out using a fastcharger plug and cable even my original SAMSUNG official wireless charger does it ... solution use a standard charger or old style Samsung none fastcharge plug on the end it works just fine it just slow Charges ?

 

[Lssar]

My S8 stops charging at around 85%, after all night charging. It also is very hot. Happens the same on standard and fast charging, and on all 3 chargers that worked OK with my S7.