Hi
I've looked through the threads and can't find any posts with this problem.
My phone has stopped charging through the cradle or car charger. It syncs and charges through the usb and my wired sat nav connects up but neither method charges my phone. Obviously the battery will die down quick when I use my tom tom so I need that to work and only being able to charge via usb is a pain and inconvienient.
What can I do to fix it??
sounds like the chargers power supplie has blown buy a new one.
well no, cause it doesn't charge with the car charger either. so its a problem with the xda. Or did you mean buy a new XDA?
maybe the connector is broken and the pins which do the charge from other sources then the usb connectors is disconnected
you can 1 make a cable which have an usb connector in the end and AC or Car power in the other
you can change or pay somebody to change the connector in the xda
or you can buy a new pda
thanks. Know anyone who does repairs?
sorry no
and even if i did this being a somewhat international forum
me saying "yeah the guy down my street have a mobil shop and he can do it" would not help much
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Hi anyone can help me here,
I need to know what is the voltage and current for charging a xda2. I am looking at modifying a nokia phone car charger to charge my xda2. From what i have read, it the output 5V and 2A (i took this from the cradle) but can the current be lower than 2A to charge. Thanks.
I do not know how you could do this, but have you tried this?
http://www.pdamods.com/proddetail.asp?prod=XDACC
It is a car charger and sync cable in one, so looks like good value..
5-6V, 500 mA should do it.
Just take care you use the correct polarity on the connector.
Car charger for XDA2
Why bother? Standard O2 USB sunc cable is only £12 from eXpansys and will charge the XDA from any powered USB port (eg your laptop/desktop) and you can buy generic cig lighter USB adapters for about £8. No risk, no hassle
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stephen_oliver said:
Why bother? Standard O2 USB sunc cable is only £12 from eXpansys and will charge the XDA from any powered USB port (eg your laptop/desktop) and you can buy generic cig lighter USB adapters for about £8. No risk, no hassle
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Because there are always people who like to experiment.
And why throw something old away if it can be adapted for something new with minimal effort?
Good answer!!
Good answer!!
And you keep £20 in your pocket! 8)
o2xda2 said:
Hi anyone can help me here,
I need to know what is the voltage and current for charging a xda2. I am looking at modifying a nokia phone car charger to charge my xda2. From what i have read, it the output 5V and 2A (i took this from the cradle) but can the current be lower than 2A to charge. Thanks.
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Yes it can. All the old XDA stuff was only 1A. A USB port (powered without external power) is in the region of 500ma.
The only thing with lowering the current is that tha XDA2 is sensetive to discharge.i.e. less than 25% battery power and it wont charge via USB!!
Hope this helps.
Re: Car charger for XDA2
stephen_oliver said:
Why bother? Standard O2 USB sunc cable is only £12 from eXpansys and will charge the XDA from any powered USB port (eg your laptop/desktop) and you can buy generic cig lighter USB adapters for about £8. No risk, no hassle
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Thanks all for the help. I think my only answer to not spending the dollar is more towards wire management. My current charger wire is retractable and when i am not using it, it retracts back and keep the dahboard clean & neat. As i charge my BT and also xda2 in my car, the number of wires sticking out is quite messy. Not sure if all has the same problem but it's just me wanting to be neat.
:roll: :lol:
The only thing with lowering the current is that tha XDA2 is sensetive to discharge.i.e. less than 25% battery power and it wont charge via USB!!
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Hi Pete... Well... i don't think this is the case... pls look at this post
... i've got the solution to the non-charge bug... the XDA II will charge regardless of the battery level...
Best regards,
Hi,
this morning i found my Xda2 with the usb plug...broken! It's impossible to put into the crandle.
Is there any way to repair it?
Where can i take replacement hw?
Thanks
Do you mean the plug on the cradle, or the socket in the PDA?
If the plug is broken, you can get sync/charge cables, and cradles from anywhere that sells qtek/imate/xda accessories such as ebay or www.expansys.com
If you mean the socket is broken, you will have to find a local service centre, but they will probably charge you for a whole new board which will be expensive.
If you can't afford this, the only way around is to buy a spare battery and charge these alternately in the cradle, and sync over bluetooth/irda.
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.
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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.
Hi I'd like to know whats the USB pin layout on the O2 Atom as my mini USB plug fell off and I'm trying to solder it back to gather.
So far i manage to get it charging again but I cant get data through it.
Also I wonder if anyone can tell me how to make a USB charging cable so that i can plug it into the PC and charge without activesync(without using WM5storage, just plug and charge) or I can charge via car charger(I know this can be done with a special adaptor but I'd like to make my own)
Help is very much appreciated Thx.
well i suppose that no one really know about it so if possible for those who already have thier Atoms opened up, take a high ress pic of the USB plug showing the pins and post it for me.
thx
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Hi I'd like to know whats the USB pin layout on the O2 Atom as my mini USB plug fell off and I'm trying to solder it back to gather.
So far i manage to get it charging again but I cant get data through it.
Also I wonder if anyone can tell me how to make a USB charging cable so that i can plug it into the PC and charge without activesync(without using WM5storage, just plug and charge) or I can charge via car charger(I know this can be done with a special adaptor but I'd like to make my own)
Help is very much appreciated Thx.
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Switch off the device (remove battery) and use PC to charge , thats the only way
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Switch off the device (remove battery) and use PC to charge , thats the only way
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actually i have a cable(which came with a universal battery pack) that allows me to do what i want but its in a bad shape hence I'd like to make another.
usb is pretty much usb htc's carry audio too but people report that normal miniusb in 1 end and usb in the other works just fine
and any device connected to usb's 5volt and ground get power even if the pc dont see it as a usb device it still provide 5volt and 0.5amps to them
thats how usb cup wamers and plastic dogs humping the usb port works
See here @ Wikipedia for details on pin-outs
I'm not sure that i'm asking this in the right place but here is my question anyway.i couldn't get an answer in Q and A section.
I wonder if it's possible to charge other devices by connecting them to otg cable and charging them by phone battery power.
Actually i want to know the max amperage which the usb connector on the phone can give?Can i connect my mw600 bluetooth headset to the phone and charge it(i usually carry my otg cable and phone charger in my bag)?I can test it but i don't want to do anything rash and damage my devices.
thanks
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I'm not sure that i'm asking this in the right place but here is my question anyway.i couldn't get an answer in Q and A section.
I wonder if it's possible to charge other devices by connecting them to otg cable and charging them by phone battery power.
Actually i want to know the max amperage which the usb connector on the phone can give?Can i connect my mw600 bluetooth headset to the phone and charge it(i usually carry my otg cable and phone charger in my bag)?I can test it but i don't want to do anything rash and damage my devices.
thanks
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Yes, you can charge other devices. I have been charging my BlackBerry with my Nexus 7.