I teach you how to fix "Error Please Unplug Charger" and other options that might come in handy if you find yourself in this mess that takes over your phone and renders it nearly worthless. While this problem may be trivial on the one hand or serious on the other, it is anticipated that one or more of the remedies presented here may resolve the issue at hand.
Other Forms or Variations of this Warning Message
Depending on the phone manufacturer or setup, the warning messages may alternatively appear as "Error Plug-Out Charger", "Error Please Plug-Out Charger", "Charge Error", and so on. The following are some precautions you may take to avoid this unpleasant surprise!
How to Fix Charging Error Problems and the "Error Please Unplug Charger"
- Firstly, for “Charging Error, you should try to check with another working battery.
- Check your charging port for moisture, dirt, or debris, and clean up or replace the charging port or the entire charging base sub-panel (PCB).
- Check your phone’s battery flakes and connector that connects to the battery terminal socket on your PCB. When the BSI line of the battery flakes has a cute either visible or invisible, it can result in this Error Please Unplug Charger issues. So you need your multi-meter to check for flakes or battery connector open.
- Check your BSI (Battery Size Indicator) terminal and make sure it is not having partial contact with its point or base on the PCB. If not firm or well soldered on the PCB, then re-solder firmly.
- Using your multimeter, (download multi-meter eBook here) check if BSI has continuity with VBAT or GND and make sure to disconnect such relationship where a bridge exists (usually indicated by a beep sound) when the multi-meter is set in buzzer mode.
- Check your BSI diode for short, if the BSI diode is short, then remove it. (replace same if available though it will still work in absence).
- Check BSI Resistor: if resistance is lost or the BSI resistor is missing ensure to replace the same or equivalent values.
- If you have done all of the above without success, then you should be ready to troubleshoot for the specific BSI IC for your phone using the avatar or schematic diagram, block diagrams and service manual to spot it and replace it accordingly