i tried with 2 different AC chargers and 1 car charger...similar problem...so i assume is phone problem and not charger problem...

wah how to wipe...the lubang so small wor...cotton bud also cannot masuk wor...

anyway, now i plug in charger, cannot charge liao...and a few other funny symptoms now...

if plug in charger, it won't charge.
if off phone and plug in charger, phone turns on by itself.
if plug in charger then off phone, phone turns on by itself.
but unplugged, if off phone, phone remains off like normal.
after phone turns on by itself with charger plugged in, it will show charging. after unplugging charger, it still shows charging!!! i'm like WTF??? not plugged in also charging?

pening...

have done a factory reset...still the same, so is a hardware problem...

Fallenangelz, how did you wipe/clean the port? what did you use?

how did you get the cloth into the small hole where the contact points are? must need some really tiny tools...

thanks...i'm just very cautious as the usb port is very small and seems delicate...thanks...

tonite will try, if dun work, go samsung service centre...

Tried yr suggestion...remove battery, used a toothpick, frayed the tip into a sort of tiny brush, used contact cleaner to spray the toothpick tip, then brushed/rubbed the contacts on the little tab inside the usb port, then unplugged charger from power outlet...sprayed the charging plug and plug in-out of phone few times...

And it works...for now...hope it works permanently...now charging...

THANKS!

last night was successful doing the above...but latter when the phone cooled down, i tried again and had the erratic can-cannot charging problem again...but then this morning i plug in to try, is ok liao, can charge...

i suspect is the contact points dirty and some moisture condensation around the port (when moving from cold room to outdoors in humid weather)...dirt + moisture might have caused the problem...

LB1 - malaysian firmware?

after i factory reset my phone, it booted up like a brand new phone, i set up google account, and it started to install almost all my apps automatically one by one (i ticked on "back up my data" and "auto restore" in "privacy"). before that i moved all my data (photos, downloads, etc) to the SD card...so the only thing i lost were the settings and configurations, and a couple of apps...took me a good few hours to configure settings to what i want. would be faster if i remembered more...

now, after the reset, the phone runs smoother, less lag, and more stable...i also may have gotten back some components that i might have lost, corrupted or accidently delete or whatever (result of messing around without knowing what i'm doing) at least i noticed i got back one... eg: the microphone key button on the keyboard which is for voice talk...it had disappeared. now is back.

happy with the performance of the phone after factory reset!

how do i scan for corrupt files?

BTW, my phone not rooted, don;t have intention to root it yet...

why dun you stick with k9 email? i think many are using it...
on k9 - menu - more - settings - account settings - fetching mail - sync server deletions: untick it

happened to me recently when i had charging problem...it was a dirty usb port contact, probably with some moisture condensation causing the charging problem...anyway it has stopped after cleaning the usb port and so has the driving mode activation...

mabe the symptoms are related to the same cause?

make sure phone off and battery out...

fray a toothpick tip so the wood fibres are like a brush...wet the tip with alcohol or contact cleaner...brush the usb port contact points...

disconnect charger from wall...spray charger micro usb plug with contact cleaner, while still wet, stick in and out of usb port...make sure phone is upright when doing this...

it worked, then problem came back, then went away for good...i suspect got moisture somewhere at the usb port tht eventually dried up...

i had this problem last week...is probably caused by dirty connector pins in the USB port and maybe some moisture condensation too...u need to clean the USB port and dry the phone...look back a few pages on how i cleaned it with a tooth pick...

about drying it, i suppose heat can dry the moisture up...i had 3G on for a couple of hours, the phone heats up quite high, then next morning the problem gone...that is when i suspected moisture...

my wife's S2 had the same problem when she dropped her phone into water for a split second...i put the phone into a container with silica gel and put the container at the window under sunlight in the morning, and after a few days, problem went away... don't soak the phone in the sun too long...just keep it warm (like how animals sun themselves for a while in the morning)...i read in the internet ppl use hair dryer to warm the phone up oso got...

just be careful not to overheat/burn the phone...

do at your own risk...