Got an NC for Christmas and after reading all the awesome help on here got it rooted and set up the way I wanted it. So I plug it in night before last and it wont charge. Had to hold it at a certain angle then when I let go it would quit. I call B&N and they were gonna send me a cable. I said no the port is bad and I tried another usb cable and got the same result. So they are sending me another NC should be here tomorrow. I had barely 20% battery when I restored it to stock (which they told me to do before sending it back) or I would have been screwed. Anyone else had his problem? Also she told at first that another USB cable wouldn't work on it?? Anyone else use another cable or phone charger?
Thanks again for all the great info on here!!
All I know is that the mini-usb port on my NC -- where the charging cable plugs in -- is a mess. I have to insert the plug at a sharp angle and wiggle/force it, before it will go all the way into the port. (lame!)
On another note, the black plastic around the larger USB plug at the other end of the cable fell apart completely on the second day I had the NC. That end of the cable is now being held together by electrical tape. (even more lame!)
I'm considering an RMA for the entire unit to try my luck with a new one...
PS: performance wise, once rooted, this thing kicks total ass for $250!
Yeah, once mine is plugged in if I push the cable around it will stop charging.
I wonder if that Tear down gave us a reason for this?
After reading lots of posts over the past months it seems the port/plug is the most often reported problem .. I have two units and one (the first) is just fine, the other had difficulty with plug insertion but once inserted was fine. I tried the plug from #2 on #1 and yup, it was a problem to insert, so perhaps the B&N supplied cable is the problematic part, not the NC itself?
Saw that the EU has/will 'standardize' on the uUSB for charging .. personally don't understand ... it can't make that much difference in design/mfg and the miniUSB is very much more preferable to me .. sturdier it seems ... but it is what it is and I still love my NC!!!!
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Got an NC for Christmas and after reading all the awesome help on here got it rooted and set up the way I wanted it. So I plug it in night before last and it wont charge. Had to hold it at a certain angle then when I let go it would quit. I call B&N and they were gonna send me a cable. I said no the port is bad and I tried another usb cable and got the same result. So they are sending me another NC should be here tomorrow. I had barely 20% battery when I restored it to stock (which they told me to do before sending it back) or I would have been screwed. Anyone else had his problem? Also she told at first that another USB cable wouldn't work on it?? Anyone else use another cable or phone charger?
Thanks again for all the great info on here!!
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NC #1 that I got last Thursday had a fault USB port, as in I had a b!tch of a time getting the USB cable inserted, but managed it twice on Thursday for initial charge and a second time to try something sideloaded from Calibre. (Actually was about to return it as soon as I got it home and had trouble with the cable insertion until just as I was about to give up and pack it up, the cable went in...)
The next morning no amount of fiddling would allow me to insert the cable, so I factory reset and went back to the B&N for a horrid cs experience before they finally deigned to replace it. NC #2 the cable inserts MUCH more readily into...
Crossing fingers that nothing else goes wrong with #2. Ended up giving up on a pushed 1.01 update and sideloaded it last night, but first try was a phail, 2nd try went as expected. They need a user fw check and initiate fw update app as their OTA doesn't seem to be very robust or even work AFAICT.
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NC #1 that I got last Thursday had a fault USB port, as in I had a b!tch of a time getting the USB cable inserted, but managed it twice on Thursday for initial charge and a second time to try something sideloaded from Calibre. (Actually was about to return it as soon as I got it home and had trouble with the cable insertion until just as I was about to give up and pack it up, the cable went in...)
The next morning no amount of fiddling would allow me to insert the cable, so I factory reset and went back to the B&N for a horrid cs experience before they finally deigned to replace it. NC #2 the cable inserts MUCH more readily into...
Crossing fingers that nothing else goes wrong with #2. Ended up giving up on a pushed 1.01 update and sideloaded it last night, but first try was a phail, 2nd try went as expected. They need a user fw check and initiate fw update app as their OTA doesn't seem to be very robust or even work AFAICT.
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Sounds like the charging port is a piece of crap. Still love the NC but I dread everytime I have to plug it in to charge it. Also when I plug it in to the computer or the wall the screen goes crazy and is virtually unusable. Read a few cases on here but no real explanation as to why.
As far as the update. Had to sideload it on both of the NC's i have had. Never would push it to it. Strange.
My first NC had a bad charging port. I returned it immediately. The second is fine.
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My first NC had a bad charging port. I returned it immediately. The second is fine.
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Does your screen act up when plugged in? Mine does either plugged in the wall or the computer. Just curious how many people have this issue??
I haven't returned mine. The cable that comes with it is difficult to insert, but if I fiddle with it, it goes in. I have a generic cable that I use to connect it to my PC and it charges it, too. It may be slower and doesn't indicate that it is charging, but if I leave it plugged in all night, it is fully charged in the morning.
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Saw that the EU has/will 'standardize' on the uUSB for charging .. personally don't understand ... it can't make that much difference in design/mfg and the miniUSB is very much more preferable to me .. sturdier it seems ... but it is what it is and I still love my NC!!!!
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You do realize the NC (and most phones) uses MicroUSB, right? And actually MicroUSB is rated for more insertions and is sturdier.
The reason the NC's cable is a PITA is because it's not a standard MicroUSB, it has extra pins on each side to deliver the 1.9A of current that the NC charges at.
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My first NC had a bad charging port. I returned it immediately. The second is fine.
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Does your screen act up when plugged in? Mine does either plugged in the wall or the computer. Just curious how many people have this issue??
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Mine double enters characters when on the charger
khaytsus said:
You do realize the NC (and most phones) uses MicroUSB, right? And actually MicroUSB is rated for more insertions and is sturdier.
The reason the NC's cable is a PITA is because it's not a standard MicroUSB, it has extra pins on each side to deliver the 1.9A of current that the NC charges at.
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Great info. What I was wondering about. One question....will it hurt the NC port to use a standard micro usb cable to charge or connect to the computer?? I did on my first one and thought that may have been the reason it went bad.
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Great info. What I was wondering about. One question....will it hurt the NC port to use a standard micro usb cable to charge or connect to the computer?? I did on my first one and thought that may have been the reason it went bad.
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I would not think so, in fact if that were the case I'd hope B&N would have had the jack not fit normal MicroUSB cables, but who knows.
Also B&N knows users aren't going to unplug the cable from their charger and plug it into their computer.. At least a reasonable number of users won't do this, although I might be the exception having a MiniUSB and MicroUSB dangling out from under my monitor for plugging in stuff
I've plugged mine into my computer numerous times, no problems so far. It does charge from any USB source, albeit slow.
On the new one. No.
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Does your screen act up when plugged in? Mine does either plugged in the wall or the computer. Just curious how many people have this issue??
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Patmos00 said:
Does your screen act up when plugged in? Mine does either plugged in the wall or the computer. Just curious how many people have this issue??
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Yep. #2 has that problem while #1 did not. I notice it on #2 as soon as I had gotten home and had it charging and was trying to do the setup/registration... It was an exercise in frustration...
I'm going to be letting #2 discharge today, then do a full charge and carefully track how much time I get off the charge since I've read a battery runtime thread on the B&N forums. (Very low backlight & WiFi off.) Might need to return #2 for battery problems as it seems very short to me although I have not been keeping careful track of how long I've been running between charges...
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Yep. #2 has that problem while #1 did not. I notice it on #2 as soon as I had gotten home and had it charging and was trying to do the setup/registration... It was an exercise in frustration...
I'm going to be letting #2 discharge today, then do a full charge and carefully track how much time I get off the charge since I've read a battery runtime thread on the B&N forums. (Very low backlight & WiFi off.) Might need to return #2 for battery problems as it seems very short to me although I have not been keeping careful track of how long I've been running between charges...
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It is very frustrating! Guess will just have to quit using while charging. About the battery, are these like the new phones where you can just charge them each night? I do this on my Droid X just wondering if it would hurt these batteries?
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Mine double enters characters when on the charger
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I have this problem. I believe this is caused by the AC adapter. I went to my local B&N and hooked up my nook to their charger and had no problems. I called B&N support and explained the problem to them. They said they would send me a new AC adapter which should have arrived yesterday. It hasn't arrived yet but I think that should fix the problem.
I also have a problem with having to insert the micro usb in at a funny angle, but once in it charges.
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I have this problem. I believe this is caused by the AC adapter. I went to my local B&N and hooked up my nook to their charger and had no problems. I called B&N support and explained the problem to them. They said they would send me a new AC adapter which should have arrived yesterday. It hasn't arrived yet but I think that should fix the problem.
I also have a problem with having to insert the micro usb in at a funny angle, but once in it charges.
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Think I will call them as well. Just to calm my OCD.
Yeah I have insert my USB at an angle as well. Once there though it is fine.
Would like to know about the battery though as I stated in a post above.
My sister bought one on Monday with a bad port. She took it back and got a new one.
BTW - My sister so liked my rooted Nook she went and bought one. She came straight to my house to have me root and install apps.
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Okay, I'm stumped. I'm already getting a replacement device from HTC under warranty so my problem is solved, but like many of you, I HATE NOT HAVING AN EXPLANATION FOR THINGS!
I'm also wondering if anyone else has had this problem? About 10-Days ago my Kaiser (Tilt) stopped charging via the automotive charger. The A-C charger works fine, but the vehicle charger sent to me with my device from AT&T completely stopped charging my device. I went to the AT&T store & bought a new charger, It didn't work. I changed power points, & cigarette lighter in the vehicle &, it wouldn't work. I tried the charger in the vehicle of two different AT&T sales guys & also tried multiple chargers, & it wouldn't work. Is there any reason why the unit would lose it's ability to charge via a vehicle charger while still retaining it's ability to charge through USB to computer & through the A/C home charger? It seems to me that if the charge portion of the MB was fried, then all charging would be affected.
So how can my device charge fine through all means EXCEPT the vehicle charger?
Again, AT&T is sending me a new device, but I hate not having an explanation for the problem, drives me Nucking Futs!!!
Any ideas, anyone?
Thx!
I dont want to sound rude but have you checked your power settings?
Under the "Advanced" it has a option for "When device is turned on, do not charge the battery when connected to the PC."
If this is ticked it will not charge via the in car charger.
It's a known issue, not just with the Tilt
I had the same problem with my Axim X50 and X51v.
The original sync/charge cable wouldn't charge from the car's lighter, while non-branded cables did so without any problems at all.
This happened with other Axims as well, so I know that it wasn't a defective unit.
I then purchased an HP Ipaq HW6910, and encountered the same issue with my wife's Mazda 5 - the HW6910 woudn't charge if the cable was connected to the charger, when I started the car. It only worked if the adapter and cable were disconnected while staring the car. This did not happen with my Mazda 3 or my Mitsubishi.
And another thing I discovered, is that some cables are not designed for use with car chargers, but they work perfectly with AC chargers.
I bought a couple of retracting sync/charge cables for my HW6910, they worked only when connected to the mains. But regular cables worked perfectly with both power sources.
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I dont want to sound rude but have you checked your power settings?
Under the "Advanced" it has a option for "When device is turned on, do not charge the battery when connected to the PC."
If this is ticked it will not charge via the in car charger.
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OF COURSE I DID.
Yeah, It charges fine from the PC, & from an A/C source. But the HTC TYTNII car charger that came with my device, as well as replacement car chargers don't work.
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I had the same problem with my Axim X50 and X51v.
The original sync/charge cable wouldn't charge from the car's lighter, while non-branded cables did so without any problems at all.
This happened with other Axims as well, so I know that it wasn't a defective unit.
I then purchased an HP Ipaq HW6910, and encountered the same issue with my wife's Mazda 5 - the HW6910 woudn't charge if the cable was connected to the charger, when I started the car. It only worked if the adapter and cable were disconnected while staring the car. This did not happen with my Mazda 3 or my Mitsubishi.
And another thing I discovered, is that some cables are not designed for use with car chargers, but they work perfectly with AC chargers.
I bought a couple of retracting sync/charge cables for my HW6910, they worked only when connected to the mains. But regular cables worked perfectly with both power sources.
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Funny, I just ran out to the truck & grabbed one of the guys Blackberry chargers & it looked like it was working. But SK Tools reports an even bigger (negative) amp draw (like discharging twice the normal rate). So with the BB charger it dischages even faster. Maybe reversed polarity Guess I should've checked first. That's a moot point now though as I await my new unit. Weird though.
Well i was using a BB charger that worked fine up until this morning. i bought my phone when it first came out so it wasnt easy to find a charger made for it at the time. i never had a problem until today. i also noticed that the Usb terminal on my device was bent. i called htc but they charge way too much to fix it. i have no idea how or when the terminal broke but it does still charge when pluged into pc or into the wall. ill have to spend $80 to have ppctechs fix it.
wassup, i`m in SF Cali, I had a att 8525 that was doing the same thing. I assumed it was the phone when it 1st started happening. After a week or so it was bothering me so i started playing with it trying to figure out if it was a setting, bad flash, or hardware. I noticed that if the phone was off it wood charge but not if it was on. I started flashing my phone and testing (for trouble shooting purposes) and for the first 2 or 3 roms problem still existed, then one of the roms i flashed to would turn on the back light as if it was charging but no LED or charge, when this started happening I realized that if i turned my fone off it wood start charging and continue to charge when i booted the fone back up. So if when i got in the car i pluged in/ shutdown/ waited like 45 sec or 1 min. / then booted it would temp. fix the problem for as long as my fone was on the cable. At some point after that many weeks/roms later i noticed it was working correctly again, So I had decided it was a glitch in the rom, But i`m not a Dev. or fone guru so I really dont know what it was, but hope this helps someone.... PEACE!! ~bboyphrog1~beatz`n pieces krooh~
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Well i was using a BB charger that worked fine up until this morning. i bought my phone when it first came out so it wasnt easy to find a charger made for it at the time. i never had a problem until today. i also noticed that the Usb terminal on my device was bent. i called htc but they charge way too much to fix it. i have no idea how or when the terminal broke but it does still charge when pluged into pc or into the wall. ill have to spend $80 to have ppctechs fix it.
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The slight diagonal slant on the bottom right? It's supposed to be like that. All AT&T Tilts (and I'd assume TyTN II's, but I've never had one to compare) have a mini-usb port that looks that way.
i looked at a 8525 and the usb terminal was straight. i even took a pencil and straightened mine out. it should be bent. that wouldn't make sense because the charges slot is not bent. i think the problem is that one side of the terminal is not soldered to the board and can easily be broken. in another thread 3 people have the same issue. as far as the car charger goes ill do some testing but until today it was charging fine while the phone was on.
this issue is known ,it even happens with the htc tynt.... by simlpy rebooting while in the charger it starts working again ..at least with mine.
I've had the same problem. I went to the lcoal AT&T store and they said they never heard of it so I thought it was just me. It looks like many of you have the issue. I wish I knew what it was. It was really bad with my 8525,
i thought Faria developed a cab to fix this issue in the hermes forum? might be worth having a search for it and when i get home i will see if i have a copy on my pc.
any of you guys get anywhere with this? I have exactly the same problem. posted in a couple of other threads actually.
Not sure whether the usb port is damaged, but it's certainly is slightly "down" on the right hand side.
It charges perfectly on the mains and perfectly from usb, but not in the car.
I have used a normal car charger, spent £50 on a Carcomm powered mount and tried one of the separate chargers that you plug the standard mini usb cable into. Nothing works. This is driving me crazy (if you'll excuse the pun!) a the primary reason I bought the Kaiser, was for GPS.
Thanks
well i also just found out 2 of my minisync cables dont work anymore. 1 of them still charges the phone but neither of them sync the phone anymore. it still syncs fine through a normal usb cable.
I am using a moto Razr car charger and it works fine so far.
Okay, confirmed on my replacement Tilt: The USB port is arrow straight. Someone earlier mentioned it being lower on the right side & indeed my DEAD DEVICE was as such. Looks like a bad job of connecting the port to the device.
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It's a good idea to take a look at your charger before you plug it in to make sure the charger USB connector is not bent or mi-sshappened.
i have the same problem i went through 4 att car chargers adn 5 phones. They are crap. Its not the phone its the charger if you play with it you will see that it comes and goes. The end tip on the charger is bad doesnt make a good connection. i have yet to find a good car charger.
Mine stopped charging using the car charger supplied and a brodit. A friend's kaiser charges OK with the same chargers.
No-one has mentioned it in this thread, but my phone, shows "charging" in the battery control panel and the LED lights up to confirm this. The percentage charge value decreases as though it isn't being charged!
As others have done I noticed that the corner of the plastic centre of the connector nearest the reset hole was slightly bent and I assume (though can't remember doing so) that I missed the reset hole with the stylus tip and pushed it in. Menu driven resets for me from now on!
HTC Europe didn't know anything about this fault, so seem to be happy to repair / replace it under warranty. It's with them at the moment, so I'll have to wait and see.
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faria said:
this issue is known ,it even happens with the htc tynt.... by simlpy rebooting while in the charger it starts working again ..at least with mine.
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that didnt work for me. only one of my chargers work now.
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Mine stopped charging using the car charger supplied and a brodit. A friend's kaiser charges OK with the same chargers.
No-one has mentioned it in this thread, but my phone, shows "charging" in the battery control panel and the LED lights up to confirm this. The percentage charge value decreases as though it isn't being charged!
As others have done I noticed that the corner of the plastic centre of the connector nearest the reset hole was slightly bent and I assume (though can't remember doing so) that I missed the reset hole with the stylus tip and pushed it in. Menu driven resets for me from now on!
HTC Europe didn't know anything about this fault, so seem to be happy to repair / replace it under warranty. It's with them at the moment, so I'll have to wait and see.
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Please let me know the outcome. mine is getting worse by the day.
Now I'm confused.
Because the device charges over USB I just assumed it would draw <500mA (the max output of a USB port) but the specs say it draws up to one amp.
Having owned a high-drawing device before (Axim x50v) I know that trying to pull this out of a USB port can blow your motherboard. So are these safe to charge over USB??? How does the device know whether its being charged over USB or mains - are there different charging pins on the connector?
Well I'm at about 2% battery life, and it will not charge. I'm using my computer to charge it. Charging it from the wall hasnt worked for me for a while, not sure why.
Anyway I was wondering what it can be? I doubt my battery's dead or something is wrong with the phone... I'm sorry if this question's been answered, but I couldnt find an answer on google.
If USB charging works, but not charging with the AC adapter then the adapter is either bad, or plugged into a bad power outlet.
Nope it's neither of those because Ive tried two working AC ountlets and two warking cables. However, that's not my problem, my phone died and I can't charge it :-/
Ya so the phone died. It didn't look like it was going to charge on the USB, really weird. Anyone ever have there phone refusing to charge? While it was alive I tried to run activesync; that didn't work. So what should I do?
Btw, I've had the phone for a couple months now and I haven't had any big problems. I don't think it can be my phone failing, worst case just the battery. I've had something similar before but it fixed itself, doesn't look like thats happeneing now.
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Maybe charging from the computer wasn't such a good idea. I recommend changing the battery and the charger and always be a nice boy and charge from the outlet ::- ).
I had the same thing happen to me - the connector at the bottom was broken. I had to do a return to factory. I looked (using a magnifying class) at the bottom of the phone and clearly see a crack in the connector.
It doesn't charge from the outlet.... I kinda just explained that lol
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I had the same thing happen to me - the connector at the bottom was broken. I had to do a return to factory. I looked (using a magnifying class) at the bottom of the phone and clearly see a crack in the connector.
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Hmm my connector does look a little bent. However it would of had to be like this before, and it was charging until I let my battery get to 5% :-/
I had a similar problem with my Kaiser a couple of weeks ago - it started to crawl and a soft reset took over 15 minutes to come back up to a working state, after which the battery wouldn't charge. It definitely wasn't the charger at fault as that still works on my TyTN. Phone was about 3 months old, so called Vodafone UK who seemed to think it was software related and so provided next day swap out. Old battery works in the new handset so never did get to find out if it was hardware or software that caused it to die.
Here's what probabally happened... you meant to stick you stylus in the reset hole and accidently put it in the usb hole... thus bending your charging port. I did it and when I plugged it into my car it would actually discharge the battery.. but when I plugged it into an outlet it just wouldn't charge.. if I were you I'd go see if it charges in a car
I appear to have a similar issue when charging from PC usb, and have identified that if I put pressure up or down on the charger it will charge the kaiser. But if plug in the charger without applying directional force it will not charge. Currently i have a small weight resting on the mini USB chargin input.
So obviously something up with the connector. But I haven't jammed anything up the usb port to my knowledge. Are these ports really that flimsy?
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Oh no, now I can't charge or sync my Tilt.
My power is slowly running out.
What do I do? This is covered by manufacturers warranty in a year, is
ATT going to take my Tilt back and give me a new one?
I need my phone to be working and working well.
Thoughts?
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Maybe charging from the computer wasn't such a good idea. I recommend changing the battery and the charger and always be a nice boy and charge from the outlet ::- ).
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Charging from the computer should be better than the wall, given that the USB ports on the computer have a 5.5v output, while wall chargers have 5v.
Found this on ebay, looks good. Wonderin if anyone ever seen any more of this.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/USB-Desktop-Sync-Cradle-Charger-Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-/130475918920?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1e60f88648#ht_1945wt_959
its too fancey for me, but i dont see why it would have any problems
Bought one - does charging fine for me - don't use it for syncing.
Cons - getting to buttons isn't the easiest when it's docked. It's a bit "fancy" and takes up a fair bit of space on the desk.
Pros - fairly cheap for a dock at the moment. If you feel like a bit of DIY you can remove the black docking section and wiring and put in a smaller stand bit. Next month's job for me.
I've also found this one:
http://www.4u-mobi.com/onlineshop/online_shop_detail.php?pid=5678
I haven't seen any reviews on it yet, but it looks pretty nice. Comes in both black and white.
Hmm gonna need too get me one of those docks Hate keep unplugging the usb plug and plugging it in the wall outlet adapter every time i want too charge than back too the computer when i want too sync..
Even tho it charges threw usb on my computer but very slow...
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Hmm gonna need too get me one of those docks Hate keep unplugging the usb plug and plugging it in the wall outlet adapter every time i want too charge than back too the computer when i want too sync..
Even tho it charges threw usb on my computer but very slow...
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This is bugging me too. I was actually thinking of picking this up so that it would allow me to switch at the press of a button.
http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=15646#page=page-1
Anyone think of a reason this would not work?
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This is bugging me too. I was actually thinking of picking this up so that it would allow me to switch at the press of a button.
http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=15646#page=page-1
Anyone think of a reason this would not work?
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It will probably work, but you'll have same results (charging wise) as on normal USB. Without original Samsung cable, the tab will always open the USB connection window.
BTW; the tab will charge on any USB, even on your computer USB, only thing is it will charge slower. Also, it will state that the battery is not charging, but it will charge just fine anyways.
You may not be able to charge enough to keep the batter at 100% if you're doing some heavy processing on the Tab, but it will prolong the battery life.
You could make one of these for one side of the switch and then it'll switch the Tab to fast-charge. If you have it plugged into a 1A or greater power source, it should charge faster than just the standard usb trickle.
Or if you're feeling adventurous, just open that switch up and put the resistors inline on one of the usb ports itself.
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It will probably work, but you'll have same results (charging wise) as on normal USB. Without original Samsung cable, the tab will always open the USB connection window.
BTW; the tab will charge on any USB, even on your computer USB, only thing is it will charge slower. Also, it will state that the battery is not charging, but it will charge just fine anyways.
You may not be able to charge enough to keep the batter at 100% if you're doing some heavy processing on the Tab, but it will prolong the battery life.
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I can charge the tab fine via my pc; although as you mentioned it indeed is much slower rate. I hate having to unplug from computer to power adapter when I want to get a full charge quickly; thus the switchbox idea.
I actually went ahead and order one, although different one from what I listed above. It was only $13 shipped so I figured I'd give it a shot. Also picked up a universal dock / stand. I'll post back how well it works and picts when I get it.
What about this one?
Whats your thoughts on this dock/cradle/charger?
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Or ebay Item number: 290531506105
I like it, but want to know if anyone has any previous experience.
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Found this on ebay, looks good. Wonderin if anyone ever seen any more of this.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/USB-Desktop-Sync...Accessories&hash=item1e60f88648#ht_1945wt_959
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That is pretty cool. I would be able to stand taking mine in and out of a case though.
Ok so this nook was bought brand new in December 2010 For my mother In-law. She hasn't used it much. So I asked if I could put Android on it? She said sure cause she hasn't used it at all. As a matter of fact the NC was totally dead when she gave it to me. So I get back to my house and put it on the stock charger. I let it charge for 2 hours. I picked it up and turn it on and all I see is this message: Battery too low to power ON. I did a search and turned up similar problems but the nc where all rooted. I'm wondering if other people have had this same problem? And what they did to solve this as it is more then likely an easy fix. A. Take it back to the store and exchange it. Or. B. Send it off for repairs. C. Someone On XDA has the answer.
Also I've done some trouble shooting like trying to reset it. Also I've used 3 Other chargers and its still not charging or turning on.
Edit: It turns on it just stays at the screen with a red battery displaying the message in the title. Also after charging for a while the screen kind of lites up like its going to turn on but only goes black after that and then comes back to the same red battery screen.
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Ok so this nook was bought brand new in December 2010 For my mother In-law. She hasn't used it much. So I asked if I could put Android on it? She said sure cause she hasn't used it at all. As a matter of fact the NC was totally dead when she gave it to me. So I get back to my house and put it on the stock charger. I let it charge for 2 hours. I picked it up and turn it on and all I see is this message: Battery too low to power ON. I did a search and turned up similar problems but the nc where all rooted. I'm wondering if other people have had this same problem? And what they did to solve this as it is more then likely an easy fix. A. Take it back to the store and exchange it. Or. B. Send it off for repairs. C. Someone On XDA has the answer.
Also I've done some trouble shooting like trying to reset it. Also I've used 3 Other chargers and its still not charging or turning on.
Edit: It turns on it just stays at the screen with a red battery displaying the message in the title. Also after charging for a while the screen kind of lites up like its going to turn on but only goes black after that and then comes back to the same red battery screen.
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what are you charging from? are you using the stock nook cable and plug?
Yes. And charging it from the wall outlet. Did that with the stock charger. my charger from my HD2 and also tried with the charger from my vibrant. All have the same affect. It has the red battery and the messege below and it also has been a total of 6 hours of charging 2 hours each with the all the chargers.
That stinks. You may have to contact B&N for it. If your using the stock and other chargers then it must be a battery failure.
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That stinks. You may have to contact B&N for it. If your using the stock and other chargers then it must be a battery failure.
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Yeah seems to me thats what it must be I'll post back what I find out.
When that message is displayed, try holding the power button for 30+ seconds and then turning it back on.
That has worked for me the couple of times it seemed stuck on that screen.
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When that message is displayed, try holding the power button for 30+ seconds and then turning it back on.
That has worked for me the couple of times it seemed stuck on that screen.
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Nope its not working at all. I was wondering is there an SD card that come with the NC bought brand new from B & N?
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Yes. And charging it from the wall outlet. Did that with the stock charger. my charger from my HD2 and also tried with the charger from my vibrant. All have the same affect. It has the red battery and the messege below and it also has been a total of 6 hours of charging 2 hours each with the all the chargers.
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If you're using other chargers, it's possible that you've damages the usb port. The NC uses a non standard usb port, which has two stages. The first stage is standard 5 pin uusb communication, the second stage is non-standard 12 pin charging...
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Non-Standard chargers...
As far as I can tell it works fine with any microusb cord.
Their charger cables break...(bend and break) very easy. I have gone through 2.
The upside is that their charger provides power far faster than the normal microusb cords.
At this point...I'm charging mine almost exclusively from my stock evo cord.
If you don't turn off the screen when charging...it may not have enough power coming in to actually build a charge without their cable.
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If you're using other chargers, it's possible that you've damages the usb port. The NC uses a non standard usb port, which has two stages. The first stage is standard 5 pin uusb communication, the second stage is non-standard 12 pin charging...
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I never used another charger besides the stock charger that came with the NC. Up until this happened all that was ever used was the stock cable for charging. I only used another charging cable once I ran into these problems cause I figured the cable was damaged. Its happened to me before with other devices. But the same results happen with every cord I use. When I plug it in it lights up and shows the red battery screen. So that tells me that the cord or USB port couldn't be the problem. Cause its clearly getting power its just not charging.
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As far as I can tell it works fine with any microusb cord.
Their charger cables break...(bend and break) very easy. I have gone through 2.
The upside is that their charger provides power far faster than the normal microusb cords.
At this point...I'm charging mine almost exclusively from my stock evo cord.
If you don't turn off the screen when charging...it may not have enough power coming in to actually build a charge without their cable.
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When charging I can not turn the screen off it's stuck on the screen with a red battery.
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Nope its not working at all. I was wondering is there an SD card that come with the NC bought brand new from B & N?
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No. They sell it without one...the 8GB internal storage is enough for looooottts of books. The microsd was just a nice + for people with lots and lots of music.
I had this issue as well, but I found a fix!
No matter what I did or how long I let it charge, it would always have that red low battery icon.
What I ended up doing to fix it was opening up the back of the unit and disconnecting the battery cable from the unit. I then plugged it directly into the wall without the battery connected to see if it would boot, though I don't know if that was necessary, I don't even remember if it booted that way or not.. I think it did not.
Anyway I unplugged the power cable again, reconnected the battery, then plugged in the power cable and tried to boot and it booted up perfectly after that. The battery icon indicated 13% charge, but it quickly charged back up just fine.
FYI I left the unit in the car overnight right before this happened, and it was pretty chilly that night, 10-20 degreed Fahrenheit. I suspect that caused the issue for some reason, so I've been sure not to do so since.
P.S. I had to do a fair amount of googling around before I found good instructions on taking apart the NC. I think I had to take off the 2 screws under the SD card slot and use a butter knife to just pry the back off. It's just held in with clips and you can't tell it was opened except for the little stickers over the screw holes.
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I had this issue as well, but I found a fix!
No matter what I did or how long I let it charge, it would always have that red low battery icon.
What I ended up doing to fix it was opening up the back of the unit and disconnecting the battery cable from the unit. I then plugged it directly into the wall without the battery connected to see if it would boot, though I don't know if that was necessary, I don't even remember if it booted that way or not.. I think it did not.
Anyway I unplugged the power cable again, reconnected the battery, then plugged in the power cable and tried to boot and it booted up perfectly after that. The battery icon indicated 13% charge, but it quickly charged back up just fine.
FYI I left the unit in the car overnight right before this happened, and it was pretty chilly that night, 10-20 degreed Fahrenheit. I suspect that caused the issue for some reason, so I've been sure not to do so since.
P.S. I had to do a fair amount of googling around before I found good instructions on taking apart the NC. I think I had to take off the 2 screws under the SD card slot and use a butter knife to just pry the back off. It's just held in with clips and you can't tell it was opened except for the little stickers over the screw holes.
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Thanks for the feed back. I'm wondering by un-pluging the battery from the nook if it resets it. Kind of like if a phone freezes or if your computer freezes and you pull the battery. Seems like a plan. Not sure if this is what I'll do as I'm sure its still under warranty. If it comes back and its not covered or B & N wont replace it I guess thats my only hope.
im having the same problem as well it was off for a while and now its at the red batter screen. i guess ill try and take it apart?
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im having the same problem as well it was off for a while and now its at the red batter screen. i guess ill try and take it apart?
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If your not worried about voiding the warranty then sure I guess its worth a shot.
So I got it fixed right. All it was was a faulty cable lol!
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So I got it fixed right. All it was was a faulty cable lol!
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I had this problem too, but I'm not sure "faulty" is the right word for the cable.
My friend borrowed my nook and returned it with a dead battery (Thanks asshole). So I plugged it into my computer at work and just got the always-on low battery message. After 45 minutes I took it to my car so I wouldn't forget it. I plugged it into my USB charger in the car using a different cable. Two hours later, same state.
When I got home I pugged it into the Nook wall charger with yet another cable (not the nook's original) and got the same thing. I searched here to see if I could figure out what was going on and decided to try the original cable with the wall plug. literally two seconds after plugging it in it started booting into Froyo.
I'm sure I didn't have four "faulty" cables. I think those that are saying you should be using the original are correct. The others worked fine when the battery wasn't empty, but mine only responded to the original once it got to the point of the unending low-battery message.
Original charger / cable required with totally empty battery
Same here. With battery completely empty and non standard cable,stuck at red battery sign forever. With orginal cable, boots fine and charges.
solution I found
Have CM7 installed on SDCard, got the battery icon, even with the unit plugged into the charger with oem equipment. Held the power button 'til the unit turned off completely, removed the sdcard, rebooted. Nook booted into stock fine, turned off, re-inserted sdcard and rebooted. All is well.
Long story short, formerly rooted NC is not being recognized by PC(or MAC) anymore via USB. Nothing happens when connected-both NC and SD card is simply not visible. Also, now it takes like 8 hours to fully charge. I restored it to stock(1.3), same story.
Help is much appreciated.
Did you try a different USB cable? I have connection problems with my original (and almost brand new) Nook cable. My old Blackberry cable works like a charm though...
The slow charge sounds like you're not using the B&N charger and cable. Unfortunately, you (seem to) need both to get a quick (< 3 hrs.) charge. Normal USB cables and chargers take forever to charge the unit.
I'm using same original USB charger that worked fine for 9 moths since I purchased brand new NC. I don't even have another cable to try. Another thing- no OTA 1.4.1 updates after restored to stock.
Happy New Year! Any ideas?
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Happy New Year! Any ideas?
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Personally, I'd drop by a B&N and ask to get another charger and cable, or just drop the $25 for the bloody thing and try it. Try doing it by phone if no stores nearby. If it doesn't help, return it. Not fun, I know, but sounds like you've been idled for a long time with this.
Do the lights on the cable still work like they did originally? I've got one cable that glows red unplugged, then green the second it's plugged in. No yellow while charging. I'm hoping to go argue with them at the store tomorrow to get it swapped.
Call BN customer service, and if you are registered, they will send you a new cable or charger or both for free. Its a known issue. I have gotten two cables for free over the last 14 months. Their cable use two extra pins in the cable and a higher voltage than a regular usb cable.