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Good evening nairalands, please who can explain this to me, as I am tonally scared and confused. I started charging this phone when I got home from work say around to eight. Because I slept early after taking dinner, only to wake up now and went straight to the parlor to check my phone qhere I was charging it. First I notice this smell when an electronic device is buring or has burned, I quickly checked my PC and unplug it and I went straight to my phone saw it was just 60% and was not charging but I saw that the charger was smelling so I unplug and perceive the phone n the odour was every strong. Only to check the back and I saw this. I quickly check the charger with my wife's phone also A16 Samsung and it was working. I later test it again with my phone n was working pls what would have caused these. Picture of the phone and charger below.

Something is cooking


Congratulations

Short circuit

dimexy247:
Short circuit

What must have caused this short circuit? And is it something I should be worry about and lastly what can i do to prevent further occurent?

We don't have stable electricity and current in the country. Next time, don't leave your phone to be charging overnight. Unplug it before you sleep. Na so fire dey take start.

Where is the phone charger in this picture? All I can see here is HP laptop 💻 charger or is it that you used a laptop charger to charge your phone?

Please don't tell me you are amongst the people who buses type c laptop chargers to charge phone.

If you're not using the charger rated for your phone it's on you.

Your battery is gone.
Simply take it to be looked at

You dey use laptop charger to charge your phone. You no see HP for the charger. That kind of charger almost burnt my S21 ultra. I'm sure you got the signs from day 1. It's a fast charger but it always leaves your phone hot after charging

Na the fire make your phone pouch look like old peugeot 504 ?.

Thank you guys for the input, yes is true I use my hp charger and I have been using it over a year but I suspected that too, coupled with the fact that when I came back home to charger the phone the light was really unstable was just fluctuating between highs and lows. Though the phone, the battery and the charger are very much okay but I am getting a charger this morning and I will stop using the laptop charger, God bless you all...

jonnypie:


What must have caused this short circuit? And is it something I should be worry about and lastly what can i do to prevent further occurent?

Well, it's primarily the issues of faulty wiring, loose connections, overloading the circuit which means using too many devices on a single circuit unit, water is also part of it.

To avoid further occurrence, try to do some tracing into the wiring, maybe call an electrician to come help you check. Trust me, there's definitely a fault somewhere.

Lastly, Samsungs phones are sometimes known for burning like this, that's why you must always use only Samsung certified charger, wired cord.

laptop trype c is not the problem, rather a bad or faulty phone is the problem

millions of people use type c laptop charger to charge their phone and it works well, type c is universal

dimexy247:



Well, it's primarily the issues of faulty wiring, loose connections, overloading the circuit which means using too many devices on a single circuit unit, water is also part of it.

To avoid further occurrence, try to do some tracing into the wiring, maybe call an electrician to come help you check. Trust me, there's definitely a fault somewhere.

Lastly, Samsungs phones are sometimes known for burning like this, that's why you must always use only Samsung certified charger, wired cord.

Thank you, I will also see into this...

chiboyjohn:
laptop trype c is not the problem, rather a bad or faulty phone is gthe problem

millions of people use type c laptop charger to charge their phone and it works well

if it works doesn't mean it's good. It's not recommended

jonnypie:
Thank you guys for the input, yes is true I use my hp charger and I have been using it over a year but I suspected that too, coupled with the fact that when I came back home to charger the phone the light was really unstable was just fluctuating between highs and lows. Though the phone, the battery and the charger are very much okay but I am getting a charger this morning and I will stop using the laptop charger, God bless you all...

what happened to it follow come original Samsung charger. HP charger is meant for your Hp only, stop using it for your phone. If it works doesn't mean it's recommended

Nawa o

Lol

Nawaoh u just used your laptop charger to cook your phone.....

Perhaps you the circuit that should flow into the charging , escaped and its current touched the board and the charger was now bounced the way they bounced two people at the Vatican.


Brother, your charger is bad. Please do not use it again. of Samsung will decide on it shortly.


PS. If you have been using Type C laptop Charger to charge phone, please stop. The excess volatage is being loaded on the or board of the phone and obviously since the voltage is higher, it will heat and be susceptible to burning.

That is what spoilt my last phone. Charging it with hp laptop charger. It charges fast but it's not appropriate. It will spoil your phone.

jonnypie:
Thank you guys for the input, yes is true I use my hp charger and I have been using it over a year but I suspected that too, coupled with the fact that when I came back home to charger the phone the light was really unstable was just fluctuating between highs and lows. Though the phone, the battery and the charger are very much okay but I am getting a charger this morning and I will stop using the laptop charger, God bless you all...

Why would you use HP charger to charge phone? wtf

Please stop using using laptop charger to charge phones... Even if the wattage is the same.

Fried phone

it is likely that you are lucky. you phone battery caught came close to catching fire.

what is known as thermal runaway.

that A14 nah useless phone. Same thing happened to my daughter's phone.The battery got pregnant 3 months I bought it brand new for her.The screen guard 1st cracked
I told her maybe it is fake one. The moment she removed the pouch...... .the original battery nor dey sef

jus buy iphone

Phone don burn finish

jonnypie:
Good evening nairalands, please who can explain this to me, as I am tonally scared and confused. I started charging this phone when I got home from work say around to eight. Because I slept early after taking dinner, only to wake up now and went straight to the parlor to check my phone qhere I was charging it. First I notice this smell when an electronic device is buring or has burned, I quickly checked my PC and unplug it and I went straight to my phone saw it was just 60% and was not charging but I saw that the charger was smelling so I unplug and perceive the phone n the odour was every strong. Only to check the back and I saw this. I quickly check the charger with my wife's phone also A16 Samsung and it was working. I later test it again with my phone n was working pls what would have caused these. Picture of the phone and charger below.

Your case is that of over charging the battery and possibility the battery was weak already coupled with the a possible voltage fluctuation

As an advice:
Buy original Samsung!
If you know someone abroad, better ask him to buy you a Samsung over there. A well used one is better than some of these Samsung phones being sold in Nigeria (especially the cheaper ones)

Adewale1603:
what happened to it follow come original Samsung charger. HP charger is meant for your Hp only, stop using it for your phone. If it works doesn't mean it's recommended

Samsung A series don't come with a head charger, they only come with a type c to c cord. This is the only accessory they come with.