Hi folks,
Love my MDA II, but I can only get it to accept a charge when my laptop is turned on. If the unit is not plugged into USB or the laptop is not on, it won't charge.
What am I doing wrong?
Finally, I have noticed the last few days that the wall AC adaptor has not been plugged in, yet the MDA has been charging through the USB when the laptop is on.
My question is what is the point of having the AC adaptor if it serves no purpose.
I rechecked and pulled the USB and plugged in AC adaptor. No charging takes place.
you are doing nothing wrong. the power thru the usb port comes only when the laptop is powered up (whether the AC power is on or not ).
In other words u can
1. charge it from your laptop's battery but the laptop has to be turned on and it does not matter if the AC power of the laptop is plugged or not
2. you can charge the XDA directly thru its own AC adapter, independent of the laptop
The AC adapter does have a use, you can either use it in conjunction with the little square dc converter that you get free in the box to charge up the xda without the cradle, so you could have the cradle at home and tyhe AC adapter at home if you wished, and if you plug the AC adapter into the cradle you can charge an aditional battery, as the additional battery can not be charge via USB, Maybe xda developers may be able to frig the cradle to charge the additional battery in the future (hint hint)
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Cannot charge xda executive with car charger ,when connected nothing happens light does not go red and also the connection icon does not show
make sure you dont have a faulty charger... dont know what you are using but i believe most people use the cigarette lighter to usb converter and then just use the usb cable... also have you tried pressing the on and off swith with the charger plugged in ?
BR
car charger
Hi and thanks for the fast reply mate <yes it is a new charger from o2 .
No i have not tried the on off with the switch ,but would i still be able to charge when i am using tomtom
Whell....I use the cigarette lighter to usb adapter and usb cable ...at times i have had to quik press the on/off swith and at times plug and unplug the cable to get it to charge ....I used this as a "jump start" method only and no problems after that with using it whillst on charge (even with tomtom)..... other than that you may have a faulty charger or fag lighter to usb adapter (I never seen what a o2 one looks like).
BR
Is the charger one especially for the exec?
I found normal usb chargers for phones like V3 or a GPS charger cant supply enough current to charge an exec.
hi, yeah i have had this problem, and so have a few of my clients, seems that not enough juice flows through the non branded versions, unlike from o2's or Brodits cables
I found that a regular USB cable into a Cigarette Lighter -> USB Socket didn't work until I joined pin 4 to pin 5 on the USB B Mini plug. All of the adapters I had that worked, but only powered (no data, i.e. Brodit and mains adapter) seemed to have pin 4 joined to pin 5 (pin 4 isn't normally connected at all). Once I did that mod it worked fine.
Cheers,
Steve.
bluesign2k said:
Is the charger one especially for the exec?
I found normal usb chargers for phones like V3 or a GPS charger cant supply enough current to charge an exec.
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Orange shops carry a charger intended for HTC manufactured devices (i.e. the SPV C500/M500 range) which works fine. Only £9.99.
I was outside yesterday and my battery went out, but when i came home i puted my PDA on the USB cradle and no sign of working before i went out my USB cradle felt from my table, and i dont know if it is my PDA or USB Craddle? pls help...
my device came with a cradle
which can
1 power over the usb cable
or
2 have the powersupply that came with the device connected to it and charge that way
i can also connect a charger connector directly to the powersuppy and charge that way
sometimes when the device goes loco you have to hardreset it before it will
charge and connect to the pc and turn on for that matter
Yeah but, i got my pda from my cousin, so he's got the half of the stuff that's included in package, i have only usb cradle and the pda Ok but look, USB Cradle has a slot to charge only batery right? i plug the USB Cradle in my computer, place the battery in that slot, and after two hours of "charging" battery isnt even warm ... So i guess the usb cradle is not charging! Is it the usb craddle? But the battery is totaly empty, so i cant even start my pda, if i place it in the cradle it wont start...
I can't locate a usb bob to test ultra-tiny pins on mini? usb so it's hard to triage this issue.
I bought sync/charge and charge cables from BoxWave...they work perfectly and allow me to charge my 8525, S9, 820 and Holux GPS from a battery pack, wall xformer, car charger usb, etc.
I then bought charge cables from JAVOedge.com and they don't work...they do charge my friend's 8525 though.
The JAVOedge cable won't charge my 8525 but will charge my Holux GPS.
Both charging cables are 2-wire and charge/sync cable appears to be 3-wire.
Although JAVOedge doesn't charge my 8525 when it is powered up...noticing another forum thread I powered 8525 down and now it DOES seem to be charging...at least orange light is on.
I recently bought Targus ultra-slim hub, VEC414S and Tumi Universal Slim PS....yet can't get a lockdown on exact usb charge-only cable reqts.
Why can I connect ANY device via USB directly to computer and it always charges with vanilla usb....yet same usb connected to powered standalone usb hub or charger/battery no workee. Is this due to 1A from computer usb and only 500ma from hub?
Any ideas? I'm confused without approp. BOB to check pins with multimeter.
Found link...
I found this in Hermes-Accessories forums:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=277742
Still going thru 14+ pages...
I'm looking for a cradle that charges only by AC. I don't want it to sync/charge by USB with my computer. I keep my phone by my bed at night and there is no computer close by. A 2nd battery charger slot that charges by AC would be nice but not necessary. I checked Ebay and Amazon but couldn't find one. Anyone know if they make them and what site?
Seidio makes cradle that you can use with their AC adapter so you can charge without your computer on.
Cradle page
http://www.seidioonline.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=1219
AC POWER KIT
http://www.seidioonline.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=81
I have an HTC Tytn and it will not charge when connected to a charger but will only charge if it is connected to my PC via USB.
Chargers
Hermes will only charge from an original or hermes replacement charger...for example a motorola or blackberry charger wont do it.
Charger problems
breaker28 said:
I have an HTC Tytn and it will not charge when connected to a charger but will only charge if it is connected to my PC via USB.
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Your charger is probably defective.
The trouble is, charging via a PC jack doesn't work as well, it will take noticeably longer to get to a full charge.
Cheers.
Have you dropped the charger or something?
Sounds like somethings wrong with it if the phone will still charge on pc usb
put it on charger. softreset with stylus. It will restart and charge through normal charger.