Xperia Z accepts charge for a few seconds then stops charging. Help!

[XperiaUser85]

Regardless if its connected to poweroutlet, car charger or computer, it will accept charge for a few seconds to few minutes then it will stop charging. It doesnt seem to be a faulty power jack because the computer detects the phone is connected even after it stops charging. I have tried different cable but nothing helps. I have also reset the device with wipe/clean. The operating system is uptodate as well. Any help will be appreciated as I have gone to the sony service center already and they blame it on a faulty power jack, which is not the case as I have already explained.

Regards

Xperia User

[Uliwooly]

@XperiaUser85

Perhaps the problem it's the battery itself, contact your Local support to get the device inspected.

[XperiaUser85]

The battery has shown very little degradation of life over the last few years I have owned it. Yesterday I managed to charge it after 10+ attempts because of the problem and it went up to full 100%. 20 hours later its down to 70% after mild usage. I'm not sure whats going on but he local sony support guys wants to charge me $200 to change the power jack when its obvious thats not where the problem is.

[Uliwooly · Accepted solution]

@XperiaUser85

You could try to repair it yourself but it will void the warranty, if any, you could buy a new battery and test it, batteries won't be able to hold charge as good as new, and since your phone its more than 2 years old, it makes sense. 

[eager_newbie]

Solved Finally -  (from another forum)                                                                /t5/Xperia-Z-ZL-ZR/Sony-Xperia-Z-Dead-won-t-turn-on-won-t-charge-PC-doesn-t/td-p/425497/page/7

I have been using my Sony Xperia Z for more that a Year or more and suddenly two days back it stopped after I left it at zero percent battery one night. and then on it was not turning on, no matter how long I was having my phone on charge.  I saw many blogs and posts for suggestions.

But none worked and finally I thought to try out the docking station port for charging. But I didnt have a dock station for my phone.

1. So I took an old USB cable I had and cut it open.

2. Took the red and black wire.

3. Connected the red(+) to the upper point and black(-) to the lower charge point just with an insulation tape.

4. After 5-10 mins boom, sony logo came on and the device was back on.

5. Then after 2% conencted my normal charger. 

6. All works fine then on.

For me hard reset, hard reboot , boot loader mode nothing worked. But this one did. Cheers!!! 

[Gabbry]

Hello what exactly do you mean when you say take red and connect to upper side and black to lower?

[MooCOW11]

I was talking on the phone for about 20-30 minutes, when I turned call off the phone was very hot. I walked into another room and someone commented on my red ear! By the next day my ear was very sore and blistered. By 2 days I had 3rd degree burns on my ear. Seen by a medic now and very sore but hopefully healing. What's wrong with my mobile phone??? I can send a pic if needed. They took pics in clinic in case of infection or need for graft later on. 😔