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i have some micro usb plugs and for some reason they dont fit all the way into the usb port on my captivate and keep falling out....anyone know where to get car chargers that fit all the way in? most plugs have to thick of a plastic and wont go all the way into the port....the one that came with the captivate has thin plastic around the plug itself..
Take a sharp blade and trim some of the plastic off at a 45 degree angle, worked for me.
one028 said:
i have some micro usb plugs and for some reason they dont fit all the way into the usb port on my captivate and keep falling out....anyone know where to get car chargers that fit all the way in? most plugs have to thick of a plastic and wont go all the way into the port....the one that came with the captivate has thin plastic around the plug itself..
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I bought the Motorola car charger from ebay for like seven bucks and it fits perfect and is really long. I use a Nokia cable for charging at home and my Samsung cable stays in my travel bag since I'm on the road about three or four days a week. All fis excellent.
I ordered a car charger for like six bucks and usb cable for approx 4 bucks from amazon. Both were original Samsung products and the ends are shaped just like the cable that came with the phone, fits perfect. Just search for Samsung car charger andSamsung usb cable on amazon, if you haven't found an alternate solution.
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one028 said:
i have some micro usb plugs and for some reason they dont fit all the way into the usb port on my captivate and keep falling out....anyone know where to get car chargers that fit all the way in? most plugs have to thick of a plastic and wont go all the way into the port....the one that came with the captivate has thin plastic around the plug itself..
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Before you go out and buy a new cord, are you sure that you are opening the hatch all the way? My wife thought that no cords fit and kept falling out until I showed her that you have to slide the USB open until it clicks.
Is it that hard to figure this out? Sand paper or a sharp knife can shave away the plastic on the cable. The side that faces the back of the phone is where they interfere just bevel it a bit and you are all good. forget the stock over priced stuff, I get my cables at the dollar store.
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Out of the 4+ charging stations I have laid out at home/work, each one has had the MicroUSB plug modified with a razor blade. Takes all of 10 seconds to hack off a little rubber, and then you're all set.
I've had the same issue. Most chargers wont fit. I think the USB on the phone is recessed a little too much for most chargers. Do what everyone else says and hack a little of that rubber off so it fits!
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I use my old Moto Q wall charger at home, and the stock cord for connecting to my desktop. At work I use the USB cable from my old Moto Q and the stock plug part for charging at work and connecting to my laptop. I got my bases covered. ;-)
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I bought a charger at Walgreens at all places.. it was 14 bucks and I didn't need to cut anything
I bought Motorola mini to micro usb adapters and they fit just fine. Seems like Motorola OEM stuff is small enough by my experience and other's above. I had tons of mini sized chargers for my GPS, camera, and Blackberry so the adapters have allowed me to keep using them. I bought a pack of 5 for less than $20 on Amazon.
Any micro USB cables that you guys would recommend over the OEM original cable.
I seem to be one of the very few that have problems with the original cable fitting snuggly. Yes, the door is open all the way til it clicks, yet the cable easily falls out.
If anyone has a suggestion of another cable or has the same problem with a fix that I just somehow missed after searching for a couple of days, it would be greatly appreciated.
I had the same problem. After about a month of use it just came completely loose and would only stay in if I propped it up a certain way. I tried a friend's charger and it worked fine (likewise my charger was loose on his captivate).
I just took the usb cable from my external hard drive and that one fits very snuggly, unfortunately it is also much shorter
I'm also having this issue. I wonder why...
foofiebeast said:
I had the same problem. After about a month of use it just came completely loose and would only stay in if I propped it up a certain way. I tried a friend's charger and it worked fine (likewise my charger was loose on his captivate).
I just took the usb cable from my external hard drive and that one fits very snuggly, unfortunately it is also much shorter
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Yes, this is exactly what I have to do for mine to charge. So I guess I'll have to just start looking for one that will work for me. It seems just any other standard micro USB cable will do the trick. Thanks a lot my friend.
jayrod88 said:
I'm also having this issue. I wonder why...
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Well upon further inspection, you can see how the top of the phone is curved and if you look at with the USB door open from the top and tilted slightly back you can see how the jack actually looks crooked inside the phone. I'm quite sure that this is because of the curved top parallel to the circuit board that has the jack is too tall. And I think for some reason I might need to trim down the micro end a bit on the front side..it looks like its hitting the front side of the phone.
I'm looking for a replacement cable as well...even OEM is fine. The case around mine cracked off one night when I feel asleep playing on my phone. Mine was always kind of loose compared to the att charging cable which is nice and tight. Does radio shack carry cables like this?
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i called AT&T about this with my cappy and they said that the charging port was bad and sent me a new phone , thats been 3 mo ago and the problem hasnt recurred.
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Search Amazon for "blackberry usb cable micro usb". The first result should be it, it's a very high quality, shielded cable. To get a solid, snug fit I suggest a razor or a knife to easily cut back some of the rubber around the micro tip. Works amazingly well. I could even make it work before I trimmed it.
just to elaborate, the specific micro end is called a "micro b " usb connection.
not to be confused with mini or micro a
of course the other end is just standard.
The place I work has a 5' nice quality cable that fits my Captivate tight. They got them to go with the 2100mA USB Car Charger we sell. Cost on the cable is $ 4.99 plus shipping (about $2.99 first class parcel).
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I'm not sure if its quality, or just chance, but I've found that only some 3rd-party cables will work. I've tried a blackberry one that didn't work, and a really cheap one that did.
I would suggest keeping the one you got from samsung, just in case.
I'd like to know if anyone else had issues with cables not working?
I got a Samsung cable designed for the galaxy S on Amazon for like $6 with free shipping.
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Jmurph3 said:
Any micro USB cables that you guys would recommend over the OEM original cable.
I seem to be one of the very few that have problems with the original cable fitting snuggly. Yes, the door is open all the way til it clicks, yet the cable easily falls out.
If anyone has a suggestion of another cable or has the same problem with a fix that I just somehow missed after searching for a couple of days, it would be greatly appreciated.
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I had the same problem.
I used some tools(hammer,knife, etc) to fix the cable.
Now my cable works fine!!
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I just used a razor blade to trim the rubber back, works great.
If you look at your cable. The black part and the silver part(part that goes in your phone) is not in a straight line.
Just try to make it straight. And use a knife to cut the rubber of the edge a little bit.
That should do the trick.
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I haven't read all of the posts so I don't know if someone has already posted a solution to this problem, so I'll just answer.
I had this same problem. If you notice their are two tiny metal teeth that lock the charger into the phone. These teeth no longer stick out as far as they used to. That is why you are having this problem. The teeth are not bent. It is the micro usb plug that is around it. All that you need to do is give it a firm bush on the table. Bend the plug away from the teeth so that they stick out more. This fixed my problem.
When you put it back into your phone, you will notice that the plug is no longer in the phone at an angle.
bluemoon1221 said:
If you look at your cable. The black part and the silver part(part that goes in your phone) is not in a straight line.
Just try to make it straight. And use a knife to cut the rubber of the edge a little bit.
That should do the trick.
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You should saved me from buying 3 more cables. I distroyed my OEM cable to make a jig because I bricked my phone. I ordered 3 sets of cables and they all had the same problem.... Usb kept popping off. So I was just about to go out and order 3 more sets if cables, this time OEM untill I decided to read this tread. It never occured to me that it was fitting in well because of the extra rubber on the connector. I trimmed it down and now the cable snapped in perfectly like it was supposed to. Thanks for the fix!
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I'm afraid of buying the wrong cable off Amazon. There is so much out there. Can anyone post a link?
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I haven't read all of the posts so I don't know if someone has already posted a solution to this problem, so I'll just answer.
I had this same problem. If you notice their are two tiny metal teeth that lock the charger into the phone. These teeth no longer stick out as far as they used to. That is why you are having this problem. The teeth are not bent. It is the micro usb plug that is around it. All that you need to do is give it a firm bush on the table. Bend the plug away from the teeth so that they stick out more. This fixed my problem.
When you put it back into your phone, you will notice that the plug is no longer in the phone at an angle.
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I know this is getting old, but it took me about 2 hours to find an answer that WASN'T recommending to just make sure the slider was all the way open. For no reason at all, my phone cable just wouldn't hold a real connection this morning... your answer saved the day
For cables that are good quality and cheap, go to www.meritline.com ....... I have never gotten a bad cable from them, typically I use their HDMI cables but the USB cables are less complex and work just as well. My last usb cable was one of theirs.
Hi all.
Im hoping someone can help me out.
In the process of building the wireless charging hack for the htc desire and the prototype works fine.
However at the moment i have connected the induction coil circuit to a micro usb plug which then plugs into the desire. This is an ugly solution!
I would rather solder the induction coil circuit straight to the circuit board but am having trouble identifying where to connect to.
Has anyone looked into this and able to show me a +5v solder point on the board near the micro usb socket?
Appreciate the help.
Hi all.
Sat down with my multimeter and the desire in several pieces! Lol.
Finally found the contact points on the main board for the micro usb power.
Have now attached the induction coil to the phone main board and slipped the back cover back on.
Now I have a a desire with wireless charging using the palm touchstone but still retaining the ability to charge via the micro usb if needed!
I love the desire so much! is there nothing you cant do?
tanv28 said:
Hi all.
Sat down with my multimeter and the desire in several pieces! Lol.
Finally found the contact points on the main board for the micro usb power.
Have now attached the induction coil to the phone main board and slipped the back cover back on.
Now I have a a desire with wireless charging using the palm touchstone but still retaining the ability to charge via the micro usb if needed!
I love the desire so much! is there nothing you cant do?
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You going to post some pictures of that ???
Pics
duryard said:
You going to post some pictures of that ???
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Good idea!
I spent ages trying to build a slim line micro-usb plug that could easily plug in and out if I needed to charge away from a touchstone but it was not very pretty and in my frustration I took apart the phone trying to find a points on the board instead! Initially I was planning on soldering to the micro usb +5v pin but that was way to hard so instead I searched for a contact on the pcb and eventually found one.
From the outside, the phone doesn't look any different from any other desire which I prefer.
Here are some pics. I can't take pics of the internals as I've put it all back together now and don't fancy the risk of breaking the tiny wires!
Attached some pics though as requested.
Nice project
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hi , i was thinking of doing this , when i got my phone apart i noticed two holes in the plastic that covers the microusb with two gold contact underneath, are these ground and 5+ i would check but my multi meter is bust
Hi,
this project is great and I also want to build this.
Could you please indicate the appropriate contacts which you used on one of these pictures:
http://blog.afkbio.de/index.php/uncategorized/anleitung-fur-displaytausch-bei-htc-desire-teil-3/
Did the copper coil together with the PCB (there is a PCB needed, I guess) easily fit into the HTC Desire casing? I tried to fit 5 sheets of paper there but couldn't close the case afterwards.
Do you have any more details? Will the Desire hold on the Touchstone or did you add magnets somewhere?
Hi.
Regarding the contacts, I used the 0v of the microusb socket.
The part of the pcb i soldered the +v to is not shown in those pics but if you look at pic 7, there is a square contact on the hidden side of the pcb connected to the microusb socket at the bottom of the phone. That is what i used.
I found that the case fits on fine and the phone is held on ok to the touchstone without any additional magnets but maybe that could be strengthened by thinning down the backcase a little.
i hope that makes sense. very hard to describe without pictures! i wish i had taken some when i did the mod!
I asked because I was afraid that I would need a "bigger" back cover as used by some extended batteries for the Desire. So you just extracted the coil from the Pal Pre backcover together with the board and put it on top of the regular Desire battery?
mikey887 said:
hi , i was thinking of doing this , when i got my phone apart i noticed two holes in the plastic that covers the microusb with two gold contact underneath, are these ground and 5+ i would check but my multi meter is bust
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If you are talking about the ones to the left of the battery (the only ones i could find) thats +2.6V
Does it work through a case? Such as otterbox commuter?
con247 said:
Does it work through a case? Such as otterbox commuter?
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I'll find out tonight, i'm going to destroy a powermatt cube and give this mod a shot.
Ok, so now I got my hands on a backplate and a touchstone and already disassembled the stuff.
The point is that I still need to know where to solder the 5V. How can I measure the various golden points? I have a multimeter, but where do I probe the black (mass) pin and where the red one (sample)???
I'm a little confused.
I'm reviewing this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0078VTQ2M/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00 I forgot to mention in the title this is for the GSM GNex only.
First of all, it has a tray insert that's removable, so if you have a case, it will accommodate it, within reason. If you don't have a case, and you put the phone in with the tray insert, it's a very tight fit as you can see in the picture, and goes into place with a satisfying click that I hope isn't slowly breaking my USB port. You will have to hold onto the dock to pull the phone out.
It is a simple charger in that it only has one MicroUSB port in, but it comes with two USB cables: one for power only, and one for syncing. I can confirm that the sync aspect does work, though I'll be using it almost exclusively for charging. One of my concerns was that because the vertical dock blocks the speaker port, I would not be able to hear the alarm. It's still quite loud. I guess it's just if you cover it with your hand that it muffles. The charger does have a spare battery port, but I do not have a spare battery to test that function.
One thing I was a bit surprised about, and maybe it's just because I came from a Galaxy S, but the phone does not automatically go into home dock mode when it's plugged in. This is not a problem for me because I can get to it through Beautiful Widgets, but I'm still uncertain if this is a bug or a feature.
Considering how much the Samsung docks are, if you don't need HDMI out, this is a pretty good deal.
Should probably note that this is gsm only.
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Hi,
I recently bought a qi wireless charger because my charger port of the phone broke and it's too expensive to fix.
Anyways, yesterday I left it for 2 hours the % went from 49 to 90 which I was quite happy with but I let it charge over night and it only went from 34% to 50%.
I am rooted and on AOSP.
I check the wireless current and sometimes as soon as I put it on the pad it's 1000ma but then it keeps dropping quick to 100ma. The pad as an output of 1000ma.
Csn someone tell me how to fix the slow charge. Thanks
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you're probalby not lining it up properly. that happens when you've misaligned the pad to the charger. find the sweet spot and just remember to place your phone there the same way.
if you're handy,you can probably also come up with a cradle of some sort so the phone falls right in place everytime.
mputtr said:
you're probalby not lining it up properly. that happens when you've misaligned the pad to the charger. find the sweet spot and just remember to place your phone there the same way.
if you're handy,you can probably also come up with a cradle of some sort so the phone falls right in place everytime.
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I placed mini rare earth magnets under the phone's back plate, just 2 on the top area, and then 2 on the Qi wireless charger so the phone aligns perfectly with the charger, and gets the best charge it can get.. Also I opened up all my Qi Chargers and used my Dremel to remove all the extra plastic, as much as I could to remove any kind of resistance or space between the Tx Coil and the Rx Coil.. I tested the best place they could be aligned with a Multi Meter, and then added magnets.. Works like a charm.. Its a pain in the ass, but mine works out pretty well. I didn't place the magnets on the inside, I placed them on the outside of the charger.. Works well
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271329239542?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
thats what I purchased..
uh wow... that's seriously overkill but sure.. you can do that..
although i wonder if putting magnets that strong in your phone will mess with your gps and magnetometer.
i would say a small plastic cradle or creating little edges on the transmitter so the phone just physically falls in would be an easier and safer alternative that using a dremel on your receiver.
mputtr said:
uh wow... that's seriously overkill but sure.. you can do that..
although i wonder if putting magnets that strong in your phone will mess with your gps and magnetometer.
i would say a small plastic cradle or creating little edges on the transmitter so the phone just physically falls in would be an easier and safer alternative that using a dremel on your receiver.
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I would of thought the same thing, but it has given me zero problems when the magnets are set up top.. HOWEVER, when I tried to place 2 near the bottom, it caused all kinds of problems with USB charging and my phone locked up a few times... I'm glad the damage wasn't permanent.. I used my Hotglue gun to hold them into place, the magnetic field caused a short in the Gluegun and it EXPLODED in my hand.. I was lucky enough to drop it right when I heard the sizzle and BANG.. So when playing with strong magnets.. Be careful.
Edit: I also have an external case with the same type magnets, and even with the case on, it doesn't give me any issues, at least any I'm aware of.. I made a magnetic mount on my desktop pc, just for kicks.. But since the case is metal, I can't put a Qi charging coil on it.. Now that would be neat..
yeah.. that's dangerous in general. I honestly would not recommend anyone to do what you did considering you almost ended up with stuff blowing up un your hands.
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The idea behind Qi is simple: all devices with the Qi logo will work with all Qi chargers. That’s it. No need for separate chargers, no need for cables, and no need for adapters when traveling. Qi is a global standard – this means that your device can be charged wirelessly wherever you are.