I bought a Galaxy S2 (AT&T I-777 model) off ebay that was listed as new, but there are tons of problems with it. I can't pinpoint what the cause is though. Here are some issues I've experienced:
--Will not charge via charger. I plug it in and it won't register that it's hooked up unless I wiggle the charger in a certain way into the port. Even then though, it'll recognize that it is hooked up, but it will not charge; the battery actually goes down. It also won't connect to my computer even if it recognizes that it is hooked up to the usb cord.
--Battery won't properly hold a charge. At first, it was because I was charging it with the usb and it just wasn't delivering the juice right. But I bought an external charger and a 2nd battery to switch out with it, and both of them will be perfectly fine for a while, but at some point (usually around 50% so far) the phone will turn itself off and then reboot with maybe 10% battery life. Not sure if it has anything to do with the 2 batteries having different mAh ratings, but
--it's still randomly turning off and rebooting and I don't know why; the first time it did it, I was txting, 2nd time was when I opened up the camera app. This is obviously a problem because my last phone was constantly turning itself off at random and losing battery life insanely fast sometimes with no cause, but it was an env3 that was years old and had been dropped countless times. This new phone should not be that buggy.
I'm about to take it to a cell repair shop and ask them if they know, but I figured I'd come here first. Is it something with the software causing this? Or is the phone itself just malfunctioned and damaged? I'd rather not have to return it to the seller and be without a phone for a week while straight talk renews itself on a sim card with no phone, but I also don't want to have to pay $60 to get the phone fixed.
--Will not charge via charger. I plug it in and it won't register that it's hooked up unless I wiggle the charger in a certain way into the port. Even then though, it'll recognize that it is hooked up, but it will not charge; the battery actually goes down. It also won't connect to my computer even if it recognizes that it is hooked up to the usb cord.
--Battery won't properly hold a charge. At first, it was because I was charging it with the usb and it just wasn't delivering the juice right. But I bought an external charger and a 2nd battery to switch out with it, and both of them will be perfectly fine for a while, but at some point (usually around 50% so far) the phone will turn itself off and then reboot with maybe 10% battery life. Not sure if it has anything to do with the 2 batteries having different mAh ratings, but
--it's still randomly turning off and rebooting and I don't know why; the first time it did it, I was txting, 2nd time was when I opened up the camera app. This is obviously a problem because my last phone was constantly turning itself off at random and losing battery life insanely fast sometimes with no cause, but it was an env3 that was years old and had been dropped countless times. This new phone should not be that buggy.
I'm about to take it to a cell repair shop and ask them if they know, but I figured I'd come here first. Is it something with the software causing this? Or is the phone itself just malfunctioned and damaged? I'd rather not have to return it to the seller and be without a phone for a week while straight talk renews itself on a sim card with no phone, but I also don't want to have to pay $60 to get the phone fixed.
