So I will start by saying overall, I love my GS3. It's the best phone overall I have had especially when it comes to apps, the user features, and capabilities. My service (calls) is shoddy, especially in my house which must be a dead zone but everywhere else its fine (verizon). However, even with all the great features and functionability of the phone for apps and games, the daily frustration I face when trying to charge this thing makes me want to just crush it with a hammer. I'm on my second GS3. I bought the first one literally the day it was released by Verizon back 2 summers ago. By about April of last year, I could barely use it because every single charger I tried wouldn't work. I had to have the phone positioned perfectly with the cable angled in some manner or another. I got Verizon to replace under a warranty claim after fearing they would screw me and charge me the full retail price like I had heard in some horror stories from other users with the same issue when Verizon said it was user fault. thankfully I was never charged for it. My replacement actually began having similar issues within a couple months and it has steadily progressed to where my first one was with the difficulties.
I have tried dozens of chargers from various companies. Sometimes, I can plug it in and it works flawlessly and charges very quickly. Other times, it takes 12 hours to get a 30% charge. Sometimes a charger won't work at all no matter how I position the phone and charging cable and other times it plugs and goes with no effort at all. Other issues I have had, especially on the first GS3 I had include the little "beep" sound when its first plugged into a charger, well it basically beeps constantly as if i am rapidly plugging and unplugging the phone. I have gotten so frustrated with it and not being able to move onto something else because of these ridiculous 2 year contracts I have considered going back to basic phones altogether and just sacrificing the pleasures of a "smartphone."
To get to my actual "question" I guess, I am looking to see how common these issues are with all smart phone users, not just GS3 phones? Am I doing something wrong with mine? Am I just having bad luck? I really would love to keep using smart phones but I don't want to sign myself up to another 2 year death contract and being stuck with another nightmare of a phone that won't charge so does anyone have any advice for other manufacturers or devices that they can confidently say plugs in and charges without issue even 12 months after purchase? Or does anyone have any advice in general about getting my phone to charge without issue? I feel I have tried everything. I've been so close almost every week to taking it back to Verizon and screaming at someone but after a long week of work, I never feel like dealing with the hassle again. I guess I believe the issue is either with Samsung's USB port design or the micro usb for charging is just a plain bad idea in general that we are all forced to deal with now until we go to iphones (yuck) or a basic phone that is just plain built more ruggedly.
I have tried dozens of chargers from various companies. Sometimes, I can plug it in and it works flawlessly and charges very quickly. Other times, it takes 12 hours to get a 30% charge. Sometimes a charger won't work at all no matter how I position the phone and charging cable and other times it plugs and goes with no effort at all. Other issues I have had, especially on the first GS3 I had include the little "beep" sound when its first plugged into a charger, well it basically beeps constantly as if i am rapidly plugging and unplugging the phone. I have gotten so frustrated with it and not being able to move onto something else because of these ridiculous 2 year contracts I have considered going back to basic phones altogether and just sacrificing the pleasures of a "smartphone."
To get to my actual "question" I guess, I am looking to see how common these issues are with all smart phone users, not just GS3 phones? Am I doing something wrong with mine? Am I just having bad luck? I really would love to keep using smart phones but I don't want to sign myself up to another 2 year death contract and being stuck with another nightmare of a phone that won't charge so does anyone have any advice for other manufacturers or devices that they can confidently say plugs in and charges without issue even 12 months after purchase? Or does anyone have any advice in general about getting my phone to charge without issue? I feel I have tried everything. I've been so close almost every week to taking it back to Verizon and screaming at someone but after a long week of work, I never feel like dealing with the hassle again. I guess I believe the issue is either with Samsung's USB port design or the micro usb for charging is just a plain bad idea in general that we are all forced to deal with now until we go to iphones (yuck) or a basic phone that is just plain built more ruggedly.
