I have a tilt that now will charge from the USB to computer connection, but does not charge when plugged into the wall with my wall charger (an after-market charger that worked fine until today). The phone says "charging" but actually loses battery power .. and after a while the orange charging light goes off.
Any thoughts -- sure is a drag to have to charge my phone through the laptop.
What after market wall charger do you have? Does it use the USB cord to charge? I'm assuming that you plug the USB cord into the wall charger and then into your phone. If so this will not work. The USB cable is only capable of trickle charging. If you are doing anything while it is charging over USB you will use power faster than the trickle charger can provide. You have to charge it with a wall charger that does NOT use the USB cable.
Yes I realize that the standard wall charger uses a mini-USB plug but the internals of the cable are not the same as a data USB cable. The difference in juice it can provide is like comparing a PVC pipe to straw.
I was just using a radio shack iGo charger with a usb tip ... it worked fine until my latest ROM upgrade.
Ahh I see. Yep the charger is most likely bad.
One of my Tilts suddenly won't charge on some chargers:
HTC AC charger - OK
USB to PC - charge and sync OK
HTC compatible car charger - no charge
Blackberry AC charger - no charge
My second Tilt is OK on all four chargers (as expected).
I am suspecting a problem with the usb connector but looking for a reason why some chargers work and others don't.
Any insights would be appreciated.
Thanks
I saw a few weeks back a thread on this very forum that examines this problem in detail -- keep searching
Problem Charging
I think I 've read everything relevant. I am looking for someone who has h/w insight into the Kaiser charging scenarios. I suspect mini-usb damage.
I am somewhat familiar with HTC's pin 4-5 implementation to detect a true charger as opposed to a usb connection that can also apply power.
I want to eliminate software possibilities.
How can a Kaiser charge from an HTC AC charger and also charge from a USB connection to a PC....but not recognize a car charger or a third party AC charger that does not implememt the pin 4-5 grounding technique to identify a charger (and not a generic USB connection).
That is where I am lost.
Looking for "inside-out" knowledge...not "outside-in", if you catch my drift.
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If the car charger worked before, you can do an easy test. Just put in the car charger and do a soft reset. If it starts charging than, its only a software issue. I did a modification on a charger myself. Because I have different chargers using a normal USB cable, my device didn't charge alway as well. I modified a standard miniUSB cable by connecting the 5th pin to ground. When I use this cable for charging I never have a problem anymore. Succes.
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I think I 've read everything relevant. I am looking for someone who has h/w insight into the Kaiser charging scenarios. I suspect mini-usb damage.
I am somewhat familiar with HTC's pin 4-5 implementation to detect a true charger as opposed to a usb connection that can also apply power.
I want to eliminate software possibilities.
How can a Kaiser charge from an HTC AC charger and also charge from a USB connection to a PC....but not recognize a car charger or a third party AC charger that does not implememt the pin 4-5 grounding technique to identify a charger (and not a generic USB connection).
That is where I am lost.
Looking for "inside-out" knowledge...not "outside-in", if you catch my drift.
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xboomer55 said:
One of my Tilts suddenly won't charge on some chargers:
HTC AC charger - OK
USB to PC - charge and sync OK
HTC compatible car charger - no charge
Blackberry AC charger - no charge
My second Tilt is OK on all four chargers (as expected).
I am suspecting a problem with the usb connector but looking for a reason why some chargers work and others don't.
Any insights would be appreciated.
Thanks
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I had exactly the same problem after I tried to re-set my device by poking the stylus in the mini-usb port instead of the re-set hole (tryng to do three things at once!). The port was mangled, and once i'd pushed it all back it wouldn't take a charge from the genric car charger. I bought an HTC branded car charger and it charges as good as a wall adapter.
I imagine that your suspicion of USB port damage is correct.
Recently my X1 cannot be charged with USB cable through wall outlet & even car charger , but able to charge with USB cable through PC.
Anyone do encounter the same problem?
Well that's a strange one - how long was it connected to the wall?
Without getting into the discussion about volts and amps provided, and amps drawn by the phone, any method should charge.
In terms of speed, I would think the wall would charge fastest (see above), and the USB slowest.
Did the phone show on the top bar, the charging icon when attached to the wall? Or after a period of time there was no increment in the % charge showing??
If the battery was down to 0%, you probably wouldn't see an immediate increase in the % charge. The % charge is orientative, especially at both ends of the scale.
paul c said:
Well that's a strange one - how long was it connected to the wall?
Without getting into the discussion about volts and amps provided, and amps drawn by the phone, any method should charge.
In terms of speed, I would think the wall would charge fastest (see above), and the USB slowest.
Did the phone show on the top bar, the charging icon when attached to the wall? Or after a period of time there was no increment in the % charge showing??
If the battery was down to 0%, you probably wouldn't see an immediate increase in the % charge. The % charge is orientative, especially at both ends of the scale.
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I do agree with you. Charging with wall outlet is faster. Therefore, normally I'm charging my X1 with wall outlet, unless in office, will use PC USB.
Top bar never show charging icon, but once I charge it with PC USB, the charging icon show up immediately.
It seems like no power for the USB when connected to the wall outlet. I've tested with battery removed, plugged in USB cable connected to wall outlet, there is no charging illumination light. I cannot power on it.
I tried to recall, it happened after I used a USB charger for my MP3 player. The next day, when I tried to charge with car charger. To my surprise, the USB connection notification showed up (I do remember, while charging with wall outlet or car charger, it will never prompt me for USB connection).
I don't think, it is the ROM issue. Try a few ROM still having the same problem.
From now, I got to live with PC USB :|
X1 Charging problem
I have same problem. I can not charge via both USB-PC and Wall. In order to charge the phone, I have to switch it off and then charge it.
This happened after I used CHEAP car charger from dealexteme.com
Now everytime I want to charge my phone, I have to switch it off.
torquefever said:
I have same problem. I can not charge via both USB-PC and Wall. In order to charge the phone, I have to switch it off and then charge it.
This happened after I used CHEAP car charger from dealexteme.com
Now everytime I want to charge my phone, I have to switch it off.
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let's me try with power off charging with wall outlet
well thats why se said USE only original accessories...you need to change the power ic on the board.
donottouch said:
well thats why se said USE only original accessories...you need to change the power ic on the board.
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will the SE service centre entertain changing 'power ic'?
make sure your charger have an out put minimum is 1.Ah ,if lest than that it will not work , that is the troublem
nguyennghiep said:
make sure your charger have an out put minimum is 1.Ah ,if lest than that it will not work , that is the troublem
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I'm using the original SE charger!? I would not think the problem with the charger, but my X1 was screwed by the incompatible MP3 USB charger
Yep same with me, not sure why mine started doing that though, I never got used a cheap charger. Maybe its the rom... I am trying a new one now.
torquefever said:
I have same problem. I can not charge via both USB-PC and Wall. In order to charge the phone, I have to switch it off and then charge it.
This happened after I used CHEAP car charger from dealexteme.com
Now everytime I want to charge my phone, I have to switch it off.
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digitalspree said:
Yep same with me, not sure why mine started doing that though, I never got used a cheap charger. Maybe its the rom... I am trying a new one now.
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it's not caused by the ROM, I'm very sure. I've installed different ROM. The problem still exist.
I am having a similar problem. When the phone completely discharges , i am unable to charge it with any power adapter or even car charger. I have to initially charge the phone using a PC , then after the power is around 15% , then the phone gets charged with a normal adapter.. any suggestions??
same problem. It happends when the battery is completely discharged.
what I do is use a charger w/ low amp rating (.1) and plug it in for at least 10-20min. Give it some time, it will start charging after a while (indicated by the blinking lights). After that, you can turn it on and charge it normally
I had a similar problem twice.Both times I solved it by replacing the charger.
the same happen to me and i have another issue
my xperia doesnt work as usb mass storage!!!
the solution was buying another charger but..the usb mass storage issue still not working as a flash drive!!
luirhy said:
same problem. It happends when the battery is completely discharged.
what I do is use a charger w/ low amp rating (.1) and plug it in for at least 10-20min. Give it some time, it will start charging after a while (indicated by the blinking lights). After that, you can turn it on and charge it normally
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It works with Z1 too. Thanks a lot!
I guess something goes wrong with battery controller
So I had my Thrill charging by being connected to one of the USB ports. And suddenly it stopped charging and the phone will not charge at all despite being plugged into a wall unit or a laptop.
Any suggestions short of replacing the phone?
Hello, I have a PINENG PN-989 20000mAh Power Bank. When I try to charge it from the 2.1a port it does not charge (Shows a red X over the battery icon and shows as USB charger in Ampere) When I plug it in the 1a port on the same power bank it does charge (Shows a lighting icon over the battery bar and shows as AC Charger in Ampere)
I was wondering if anyone knows why it is behaving this way and if their is anything I can do to make it charge at 2a.
If I understand correctly the power bank is not able to charge at 2.1a port, have you tried using a different cable to see if it helps? The only other thing I can think of is it being a fake but I've never read of that being an evident factor. Or it can just be faulty. Would trying getting it replaced if your still under any warranty.
I try using a shorter cable (1.5f) and now the 2.1a port works as ac when charging. The official 5f cable still shows it as USB charging with a red X on the battery bar.
You can use different cables or devices to test