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Samsung Galaxy A13 5G(A137) Not Charging

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Samsung Galaxy A13 5G(A137) Not Charging
Device Galaxy A13 5G
Affects part(s) Logic Board
Needs equipment Soldering Iron, Hot Air Station, Microscope
Difficulty ◉◉◉◉ Specialist
Type Soldering, BGA


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Problem description

You have a phone that does not charge but it works with charged battery. It could have happened due to faulty charger/short on cable or something similar.

Symptoms

  • Phone does not charge at all
  • No charging logo on top(near battery)
  • Does not connect to PC
  • Burned charging port
  • Customer said happened with bad charger/usb cable

Diagnostic Steps

This is how to diagnose and repair the no charging fault:

  • Check if these diode values on fpc are ok.
Required for Charging
  • ALL OF THE VOLTAGE CHECKINGS BELOW SHOULD BE DONE ONLY BY INSERTING A CHARGER AND NOT A BATTERY. IF YOU WANT TO CHECK GR SHOULD BE WITHOUT ANY SOURCE OF POWER(CHARGER OR BATTERY)
ic's to check
IC's and Diode value
  • Check for 5v input in the VBUS IN capacitor:
    • if ok then check check on VBUS IF FL(bypassable coil):
      • If voltage is ok then skip the next step
  • If no voltage in VBUS IF FL then you most likely have a fused OverVoltage Pritection ic. There are 2 ways to fix it.
    1. Change the OVP IC with a similar one.
    2. You can bypass it but by bypassing it you will have higher risk to damage a chaging ic in future because of faulty chargers/cables.
      • Bypass the OVP IC: remove the OVP IC and make the same exact jumper(short VBUS IN to VBUS IF) shown in the picture below
      • removed ovp ic
Bypassed OVP IC
  • Check for Voltage on VPH COIL(3.7-4.2v) Should have stable voltage and no fluctuation.
    • If voltage is not stable then check GR of VPH COIL, if okay then the problem could be the charging ic(replace charging ic)
  • Check for GR and voltage on BOOTCAP
    • Should have 3.7-4.2v in one side and the other side should have almost the double voltage of it
    • if it doesn't then you could have a faulty bootcap or faulty charging ic.
    • Check for faulty BOOTCAP: probe both sides of bootcap and check for short, if does not show low gr then its considred ok.
    • Note: If you have a faulty bootcap then the problem you will most likely face is fake charging.
    • Your problem should be solved by replacing charging ic.