My battery usually takes about 8-9 hours to charge (from about 10%, so it's charging a little over 10% per hour). I'm using the USB cable that was in the box, and it's plugged into my laptop. Is this normal? It seems like a ridiculously long time. If I bought a wall charger and used that instead would it charge faster? Or if I used the USB cable but with a desktop instead of a laptop?
Usb will be slow its going to be the same on desktop or laptop. They just don't put out the juice. Wall charger is very fast to charge.
Should be MUCH faster with a wall charger, USB charges are usually quite slow.
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Nah it's slow regardless of whether you charge it via USB or wall charger.
It's not the only phone that charges that slowly, e.g. the HTC Touch Cruise had the same issue (but not the HD and HD2).
One method to test this is to plug your phone in and use it heavily (e.g. for web surfing or GPS navigation).
Most phones will still charge the battery then, but the Desire is one of the phones that actually lose charge. It doesn't get enough charging current.
Sucks, but you can't do anything about it. It's a hardware design issue.
Well my phone charges slow as f..... through the usb connected to a computer aswell.
But it charges in like an hour or two when connected to the wallcharger.
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Well my phone charges slow as f..... through the usb connected to a computer aswell.
But it charges in like an hour or two when connected to the wallcharger.
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Which, as mentioned, is normal.
Hi,
Was reading about this issue in some android-board a few days ago - just can talk for the htc desire, but there is something special in the combination of original usb-cable and original wallcharger!
Only with this combination the desire is loading with 1000mA - if you plug the desire to another wallcharger, even if this also supports 1000mA or more, or to a laptop or a pc, the desire will be loaded with only 500mA.
This would be normal for pc or laptop, as the usb-connectors don't support more - but it is strange that even on wallchargers with 1000mA or more the desire is also loaded only with 500mA!
On the desire you can check this under Settings-Telephone-Battery - if you're connected to pc, laptop or a not-original wallcharger, you can read here: Charging (USB), with the original wallcharger it reads Charging (AC)...
Alright I went to a Verizon store and bought a generic micro USB wall charger and it's A LOT faster. It seems like it takes a little over 3 hours to charge, does that seem about right?
Yeah that sounds about right really. Think mine does a full charge in roughly the same time from almost dead.
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Hi.
i got a unbranded Touch Pro2 in france. the battery stand 2 days before the first recharge. but seems i got a problem of recharging.
i decide to recharge it when the phone is ON, but seems it consumes more than recharge speed. there are less and less electric in the battery, even the screen is Off, and no applications running, and all connections are disabled (WIFI, Bluetooth, Data Connection) except Phone
so i have to take the phone completely OFF, with a cable USB connected to the computer, now it is more than 6 hours, but the recharing light is always "Orange".
this is my 3rd HTC phone, and i never met this problem before. as the first recharge of TP2, is it normal to me?
thanks in advance of your help
Try the supplied wall charger - will do the job a lot quicker!
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Try the supplied wall charger - will do the job a lot quicker!
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Thanks, nearly 6.5 hours with usb cable. the light turns green, so i can start it now.
but i still not understand why it consumes more quickly than recharge. i will see if it happens only in first charge.
I saw somthing somehwhere about turning on quick charge or full charge via activesync usb, dont know what its about but its worth investegating if this is a problem for you.
I have another charging or connection problem, with all my other htc phones (5) i could use any regular usb cabel, with the pro 2 they all seem to have poor connection, have to hold the cabel in a sertan angel for it to work. The supplied cabel and the org cabel for my pro 1 works fine though. Anybody else having this issue?
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I saw somthing somehwhere about turning on quick charge or full charge via activesync usb, dont know what its about but its worth investegating if this is a problem for you.
I have another charging or connection problem, with all my other htc phones (5) i could use any regular usb cabel, with the pro 2 they all seem to have poor connection, have to hold the cabel in a sertan angel for it to work. The supplied cabel and the org cabel for my pro 1 works fine though. Anybody else having this issue?
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same here - but applies to all my htc phone. they can not connect stability with the mini-usb of my SLR camera. in fact, there are a little different with HTC ext-usb and mini USB -- the port is a Right-angle trapezoidal, while the standard mini-usb is Symmetric trapezoidal. so that's why we should use the ext-usb cable.
same here with the usb cable ...well is not the usb cables problem but the usb plug in the phone .
concerning charging from a pc laptop.....
if i leave my phone overnight charging from the laptop and the laptop goes into standby ,even if the battery is 100% it gets totally discharged with in hours!!!! this while plugged into the laptop!!!
what a hell is this , i mean, m i charging the laptop from the pda or what!?
this is a serious bug that htc needs addressing.
please note that there is laptops that do not power down usb ports while in standby, i got one that does just that.
now my eee-pc1000h doe power down the usbs ports when going into standby.
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same here - but applies to all my htc phone. they can not connect stability with the mini-usb of my SLR camera. in fact, there are a little different with HTC ext-usb and mini USB -- the port is a Right-angle trapezoidal, while the standard mini-usb is Symmetric trapezoidal. so that's why we should use the ext-usb cable.
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Well i know that but that is becous they also have the headset on the same port. As far as i know you should be able to use a normal usb cabel with the device.
USB ports on a computer can only supply 500Mah of current. it seems really odd that the phone would be discharging at such a rate to deplete itself even with that current available. that would seem to indicate the 1500Mah battery in the Tp2 would only last 2, maybe 3 hours before dying if left unplugged.
when connected through a Wall outlet the phone should be being charged at 1000Mah. although the maximum safe charge rate of the battery is 1.5Amps (1500Mah.)
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USB ports on a computer can only supply 500Mah of current. it seems really odd that the phone would be discharging at such a rate to deplete itself even with that current available. that would seem to indicate the 1500Mah battery in the Tp2 would only last 2, maybe 3 hours before dying if left unplugged.
when connected through a Wall outlet the phone should be being charged at 1000Mah. although the maximum safe charge rate of the battery is 1.5Amps (1500Mah.)
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I have noticed that my TP2 can complain with a popup warning that there is insufficient power to charge when connected to my Dell laptop. I think it just stops charging at this point. After that it is downhill all the way!
I agree that there is something strange going on with the TP2 recharging from a USB port. I got my TP2 as a replacement for my HTC Universal. I am using the TP2 on the same port with the same cable. The Universal was very straightforward - plug it in and it charged regardless of whether it or the PC was on or off. The TP2 is very different - leave this connected to a powered off PC overnight and I routinely find that the TP2 has reached critical battery low the next morning. This means that not only does it seem not to have been charging, but it must have been "on" overnight (where the power management settings should have turned it off) in order to deplete the battery to this extent, regardless of whether it was charging or not. The battery charging light (amber to the left of the ear speaker) is on throughout.
The power management information is also odd. This AM it reports last full charge at 23:12 last night and since last full charge a standby time of 6h39m, talk time of 0 and device usage of 2h55m. However, it wasnt used at all after about 20:00 last night and power management should have turned it off after 30 mins.
It charges normally from the USB port when the PC is on.
Any ideas?
This problem happens with standard USB cables and the official HTC cable. You must have an active ActiveSync connection or the phone won't charge.
Last night I plugged my phone in while my computer was still booting. The charging light came on, but this morning I was left with 10% battery.
If you plug it into a computer without ActiveSync installed the phone won't charge.
If you plug it in and the ActiveSync icon turns green the phone is happy and will charge.
If you turn off the phone and plug it in to just about any USB power source, the phone doesen't know better, and it will charge.
I got the power error in my car last weekend. Running with the splitter, with 3.5mm into car sterio and car charger plugged in. Was running slide2play and the pop up showed up. Come to find out, later on the charging light wasnt on the phone anymore. Tried the wifes tilt 2 and it wouldnt charger hers either. The car charger died.
BUT, at the time the error came up, the charging light was up and running.
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This problem happens with standard USB cables and the official HTC cable. You must have an active ActiveSync connection or the phone won't charge.
Last night I plugged my phone in while my computer was still booting. The charging light came on, but this morning I was left with 10% battery.
If you plug it into a computer without ActiveSync installed the phone won't charge.
If you plug it in and the ActiveSync icon turns green the phone is happy and will charge.
If you turn off the phone and plug it in to just about any USB power source, the phone doesen't know better, and it will charge.
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Total nonsense, I plug my phone into my computer here at home to top it off on the weekend and it does not have ActiveStink on it.
Problem with TP2 and Mini USB sync/charge cable
I have an unbranded GSM TP2. It charges normally using the HTC wall charger and the HTC supplied ExtUSB cable.
I have read that Mini USB cables should be compatible with the HTC ExtUSB port for normal operations like charge and sync so I bought a generic Mini USB sync/charge cable on e-Bay. The supplier stated it was compatible with TP2, but when I plug it in to USB port, the device charging light comes on for 1 sec then goes off and the PC shows a message saying "a USB device has malfunctioned".
The supplier sent me a replacement cable but it has exactly the same problem so I don't think the cable is faulty. I think maybe the problem is with my device.
Does anyone out there have more detailed knowledge of the compatibility of Mini USB and ExtUSB?
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I have an unbranded GSM TP2. It charges normally using the HTC wall charger and the HTC supplied ExtUSB cable.
I have read that Mini USB cables should be compatible with the HTC ExtUSB port for normal operations like charge and sync so I bought a generic Mini USB sync/charge cable on e-Bay. The supplier stated it was compatible with TP2, but when I plug it in to USB port, the device charging light comes on for 1 sec then goes off and the PC shows a message saying "a USB device has malfunctioned".
The supplier sent me a replacement cable but it has exactly the same problem so I don't think the cable is faulty. I think maybe the problem is with my device.
Does anyone out there have more detailed knowledge of the compatibility of Mini USB and ExtUSB?
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Do you use Internet Connection Sharing?
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Do you use Internet Connection Sharing?
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No, I am just using ActiveSync to sync my data and charging via USB whilst connected.
As I said, it works perfectly with the standard HTC ExtUSB cable but fails to connect properly when I try to use the Mini USB cable.
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No, I am just using ActiveSync to sync my data and charging via USB whilst connected.
As I said, it works perfectly with the standard HTC ExtUSB cable but fails to connect properly when I try to use the Mini USB cable.
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I think the odds are you just got a bum USB cable...the failure rate among the generic ones on e-bay is considerably higher as a rule. Do you or any of your friends have any other mini-USB equipped devices you can test it with?
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I think the odds are you just got a bum USB cable...the failure rate among the generic ones on e-bay is considerably higher as a rule. Do you or any of your friends have any other mini-USB equipped devices you can test it with?
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That was my first thought but I have now tried three different cables, from two different e-bay sources, with the same effect. However, I haven't yet tried any of them with any other device - I'll try that at the weekend and see what happens.
so the option to not charge it is not ticked under power settings, and its set to charge via usb from advanced config and still no dice.
tried different usb ports and nothing
the led is orange, says its charging in power options
any thoughts?
Try a diffrent usb cable, some cables do not provide enough power to charge the phone. (guessing maybe they are old 1.1 cabels). But I know I have a few cables around that dont charge my phone and they also will not work with my portable external usb hard drive because they wont provide enough power for it. But they work just fine with my digital camera.
I´ve read somewhere that disabling USB charging is better for the battery life, so I have it disabled.
You've tried different USB ports, but were they on the different computers?
so i've tried different cables, different ports and 2 different PC's and 2 different laptops.
I know its not the cable i'm currently using because i plugged it into one of those A/C to USB adapters and charged fine.
I'm starting to think its my batter,
If you have tbattery installed, do u get values for all the boxes?
All mine except 3 or 4 are 0 :/
Well, you are not the only one having this problem. Mine is brand new. I started setting it up last night and had it hooked to the computer via usb. I installed a few .cabs such as google maps, myphone, and a few tweaks such as tether, disable sent notification, enable all camera modes, and manila start menu unlocker. While it was connected it said it was charging. When I went to bed I turned it off and connected it to another usb cable on another computer which is an a/c hub. I went to turn it on this morning and thought it was strange it was not fully charged. I continued to set it up a bit and take it for a spin. After a while I turned it off again and hooked it to the usb a/c charger again. I just tried turning it on and nothing was happening. I connected it to the usb again and it finally turned on, but I checked the battery level and it was at 0% and turned off. I have it connected to the a/c charger and giving it a little bit to see what will happen. One thing that seems strange is that the battery discharged more while it was off and attached to the usb a/c hub during the afternoon causing it to refuse to turn on at all. Any thoughts?
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so i've tried different cables, different ports and 2 different PC's and 2 different laptops.
I know its not the cable i'm currently using because i plugged it into one of those A/C to USB adapters and charged fine.
I'm starting to think its my batter,
If you have tbattery installed, do u get values for all the boxes?
All mine except 3 or 4 are 0 :/
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I think the odds are pretty good it's your battery. The orange light means power is going through the charging circuit, so you obviously have your settings correct.
I'm guessing you're in Austin or near? If you want to try popping my battery in it for a few minutes and see if it charges fine then, PM me and we can set something up.
the same thing is happening with mine. Sometimes it will charge, sometimes it wont. weird thing is that it only started doing this a few days ago... i know nothing has changed ROM wise, so only things i can think now is maybe the actual USB connector on the phone or the battery, but since I am getting a charge via wall chargers im not sure what to think lol
Just an update.
If i have the USB cable plugged in (and car charger to which doesn't charge as well ) after 15 min or so a warning appears saying that the current is too low to charge the device. Either closed unused apps or switch to a/c power.
I've ordered a 1800mah Mugen Power Battery. Gonna see if it resolves the issue, if it does then i'm gonna call at&t and see if they'll swap my battery for me.
I have found as have others here after reading some posts that if the phone is almost dead or battery is very low then it will not charge via the USB anymore. The orange light goes on and it says that its charging but the charging circuit seems to be protecting the phone and not letting the battery charge.
The only solution I have found, and it has only happened twice so far is to plug it into a wall charger and fully charge the battery. It will then charge via USB again and all is good. I normally only charge my phone with usb while connected to Activesync but once in a while you seem to need to top it up with a wall charger.
It is also highly recomended not to run Lithium Ion batteries right out.
How do you know it is not charging?
There is a difference in the wiring from a wall charger and a USB charger. There is a signal line in the wall charger telling it to charge at near 1000ma. In the USB cable that line tells it to limit the charge current to 500ma. That is the limit for current that you should pull from a USB port. If you are using the unit heavily, you may actually need more then the 500ma., those running the battery down possibly.
If the unit is idle, it will still take much longer to charger from USB then off of a wall charger.
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How do you know it is not charging?
There is a difference in the wiring from a wall charger and a USB charger. There is a signal line in the wall charger telling it to charge at near 1000ma. In the USB cable that line tells it to limit the charge current to 500ma. That is the limit for current that you should pull from a USB port. If you are using the unit heavily, you may actually need more then the 500ma., those running the battery down possibly.
If the unit is idle, it will still take much longer to charger from USB then off of a wall charger.
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If you are asking me, I know it was not charging because I also had the "not enough power to charge message" and the phone went from about 15% when I plugged it in to stone cold dead by the morning. The whole time it was pluged into a computer I have used repeatedly to charge it with. I then put it on a AC charger and it went to full charger in about an hour and a half or so.
Just been on a long run and used the satnav ( google ), and the whole time it was plugged into the cigarette lighter charger.
Despite this, the battery level was running down
Is this normal - that the battery drain using the satnav/gps is greater than the charging rate?
I used mine yesterday for about a 1/2 hr journey, was not plugged in, but batterey was down to about 30%, also seemd to use about 20mb for 15 miles, so watch your usage.
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Just been on a long run and used the satnav ( google ), and the whole time it was plugged into the cigarette lighter charger.
Despite this, the battery level was running down
Is this normal - that the battery drain using the satnav/gps is greater than the charging rate?
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Its been discussed already, your charger is not powerful enough to charge it when using satnav, so the end result is that your charger is just slowing down the discharge. Happens when you are using 3rd party accessories.
Ah - That makes sense -- where can I get a decent one - at a decent price
I'm using the factory supplied lead and still get the same, also used to be a problem with my Touch Diamond 2 WinMo Phone, was hoping Desire would be better and it is... just... If I make sure it is fully charged before I set off I can do about 3 hours with it plugged in before it goes flat, I just keep switching it off while I know where I'm going and only switching it on when I don't! That way you can make it last until it is needed.
Another thing to check is that it is kept cool enough to charge, again, in common with my older HTC winmo phone, the Desire gets very hot while being used for GPS and this can be worse if it is in sunlight on your windscreen, sometimes this can stop it charging at all, (you can tell its in this state because the indicator light blinks alternately orange and green) I angle a vent so its blowing cold air on the phone and that seems to do the trick.
Weird thing with the Desire is that for me it shows the green charge light and battery full indicator right up till it is nearly dead... rather than showing that it is draining
I've also noticed with the Desire that even If I'm just browsing the web it drains quicker than it can charge, even using mains charger, I often get a message "the current is insufficient, please connect to AC" or something like that (when it is already plugged in)
I don't think the in car charger you use would make a big difference, the current/voltage for your cigarette lighter socket is limited by the vehicle electrics (I know mine is fused at 15 amps)
Pauly
You need a charger which supplies 1A. Most 12v cigarette lighter chargers only supply 500mA
I use this one, and plug the USB cable into the "quick charge 1A" socket
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5140927/Trail/searchtext>BELKIN+CHARGER.htm
Are you using Bruts worldwide maps mod? I just installed it. I ran it for literally only 5 minutes, but my phone got really hot and the battery monitor shows the app used 10% of the charge (the phone has been unplugged for 24 hours). I have a strong suspicion that this app is faulty.
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This has been discussed and solved here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670702
Basically most usb car chargers (even 1a rated ones) are recognised by your phone as a data connection and to protet delicate computer usb circuits will only draw 500mAh where your phone requires 950mAh.
An easy mod of either the charger or a data cable will solve the problem. Your charger MUST be able to supply up to 1a.
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This has been discussed and solved here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670702
Basically most usb car chargers (even 1a rated ones) are recognised by your phone as a data connection and to protet delicate computer usb circuits will only draw 500mAh where your phone requires 950mAh.
An easy mod of either the charger or a data cable will solve the problem. Your charger MUST be able to supply up to 1a.
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Thats why I use the Belkin one, it detects it as a charger only and charges at full rate when plugged into the 1A socket.
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Whenever ive had a phone with a usb port in the past ive usually charged it via USB connected to my PC. However, with the desire it takes about 45 mins to improve battery by 1% when connected to pc, whereas is takes about 1 min to do this when connected to AC. Ive never had this with any other phone which is why im wondering whether theres something wrong there
anyone else have this issue?
I'm pretty sure most devices do this.. any I've toyed with have..
it might be slower, but its never been this much slower. In fact, ive just had it plugged into usb for the last hour and the battery has gone DOWN 3%!!!!!
The current that you can draw through a USB port probably isn't as much! can't remember what the USB standard is but it's more that likely a lot lower than the AC charger
Yes, I am experiencing the same thing. On USB 1% every half an hour, on AC like 1% per minute. Still, I don't know what is causing this. The output power of AC and USB are different, but they shouldn't be this much.
is your laptop running on the mains or battery?
is your charging cable original (htc desire) ?
my laptop is running on the mains/AC but i am not using the cable that was originally bundled with the desire....should that make a difference though? Surely a USB cable is a USB cable?
Same here. Very slow on USB.
Wiki says this:
However, many devices require more power than this method can provide, and will not work in this type of hub.
USB current (related to power) is allocated in units of 100 mA up to a maximum total of 500 mA per port.
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ive generally always charged my phone via USB and never had this problem with any phone. the desire must be sooo power hungry. Im actually at a stage now where even if i plug it into the USB port, it still loses charge
One usb hub can provide up to 500 miliamps of current, one port just 256. The ac adapter can give you 1000 ma. So do the calculations yourself
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Since I have had my desire I have never charged it via the charger my pc charges it even when its turned off and I've never had any problems with charge speed.
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i found the htc cable to be more effective than a micro usb one from samsung.
I've charged my phone from my PC loads of times. Takes about twice as long (roughly, I've never actually timed it).
Definitely not 1% per half hour though!
What is your setup and are you doing with the phone whilst it's connected?
With WiFi and 3G and the screen left on, I get +1% every 3.6mins using the PC USB.
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no, i definately dont get it charge that quick. Also, for the record, when using gps connected to a car charger, it doesnt ever charge, it only loses charge at a much slower rate (not good for long journeys!) unless i switch the screen off
When its connected to the pc im usually not doing anything with it. If even tried it with the phone switched off before, charged it like this for an hour and then when i turned it back on it had only charged by 2%
what do you want to know about the setup? Could it actually have something to do with the fact im not using the original bundled USB cable? I just cant see that being a factor
something is definitly wrong with either your cable your phone.
Let's try to cancel out one of those factors:
-have you tried using a different able?
I have NEVER used the AC charger, i've always used the usb charging method, and it takes about 2 hours for a half charge.
ill try using a different cable and see what happens. could the fact im charging it off a netbook be a problem? i wouldnt have thought so as i always charged my last phone (touch diamond) off this netbook too
ok, so it seems the USB cable used DOES matter. When using the original one it charges a lot quicker via USB ... AND AC
i didnt realise different usb cables have different power transfer rates....i guess now i do
Do this test.
Try to charge the phone while it's off.
The power controller of the phone needs to split the power between the phone requirements and the charging of the battery.
I think that your phone is drawing to much power so there is very little left for the battery charge.
So 1. test the usb cable 2. test the power consumption of your phone.
I have no problems charging my phone, when it's connected to my desktop.
Use it all the time at work.
Anyone else notice that our Nitro is rather fickle about the power source it receives?
If my battery is completely drained, it MUST be plugged into a higher power source than USB (so far a wall charger that ouputs 750ma works) until it gets an initial charge (usually needs at least a couple of %)...Then it will accept charging from USB (USB provides 500ma).
I can tell when it's in this "state" because it remains dead if I plug it into USB and then if I plug it into a wall charger the touch buttons at the bottom flash for a few times and then the LG logo pops up and finally a charging battery icon comes on. Considering this sequence, this seems like a functionality of the phone. I wonder if this is common, my Nexus One certainly didn't have a higher-initial charge rate requirement when the battery was dead.
I've experienceed the same scenario.
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I only have chargers that operate 1.8amps and higher.
As the battery is an issue the higher the amps the faster it will charge
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Well I did notice that if it was on usb...and I had bluetooth...gps, and wifi...plus running some apps and stuff...the battery actually continued to drain I think they have the usb thing as a safety measure...for some reason...I think it's odd...but meh
try a usb cable that has 2 jacks plugs to connect to tyhe computer. These cables are often supplied with external hard drives as they they require more power than can be supplied by just one usb connection.
I was also having the problem of my p-930 discharging while plugged into compute usb jack - even when screen off nad only in charge mode. I have since bought a dual plugged usb cable and it charges now. Although I haven't tried it from a completely discharged state.
my spectrum is the same way.. i can charge it with usb.. but it takes about 15-20 minutes to get enough charge to turn on
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Well I did notice that if it was on usb...and I had bluetooth...gps, and wifi...plus running some apps and stuff...the battery actually continued to drain I think they have the usb thing as a safety measure...for some reason...I think it's odd...but meh
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This! I only charge with a wall adapter now. I had a hard time charging it until someone here recommended this to me.