My battery went flat and I can't find my mains charger, so I connected it to my laptop using the usb cable, with the intention of recharging it. But it doesn't seem to be charging and I can't turn it on at all. Is that normal? Will it only recharge from a mains charger when the battery's dead? Finally, is it safe to by any odd charger off ebay etc.?
I do not know if that is normal or not. However with regards to charging, I have used a Motorola charger with USB connection successfully in the car and from the mains.
If it is all the way dead, you have to charge with original charger. USB charge will not work. Nor will a Motorola charger work. I think that as long as the charger is 5volts, you should be okay. My Motorola charger is like 3v or something.
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I had the same problem. It does not charge in the beginning, however, if you leave it connected to USB, it will start charging in an hour or so. damn long, but it's better than nothing...
Tried to keep it connected via usb for a few hours, no luck, guess I'll just have to wait till I've bought another mains charger. There seem to be plenty of cheaper ones on ebay etc., is it safe to buy any usb charger?
This happened to me, and I nearly had a heart-attack until I came to these forums for a solution. Apparently, the phone has to be on for the charger (mains or usb) to actually charge the phone. This is because the operating system of the phone controls the charging of the phone. If the battery is completely dead, the operating system cannot control the charging, and so no matter what kind of charger you use, and no matter how long you leave it plugged in, you won't be able to charge the battery.
The only way to get it to work is to get a bit of charge into the battery directly - not through the phone. In other words, you need to jump start the battery (almost like you would jump start a car's battery). What I did was take the battery to a phone repair shop, and asked them to boost the battery using boosting equipment. Their battery testing equipment will be able to tell you when there's sufficient charge to get it going. Then turn on the phone and plug in the charger immediately once it's booted up (in other words, when the operating system can kick in and start controlling the charging process).
Hope this helps.
PS, there's a post on this forum somewhere on how to do-it-yourself, but in the long run, I found my way to be the easier way.
PPS. Once your phone is back up and running, never let the battery run down completely.
Same happens to Motorola V3.
It is ridiculous design flaw.
This is really annoying, I was hoping to sort this out with a new charger (in the post now) but looks like I'm going to have to go to a t-mobile shop. Will they definitely have something to charge the battery a bit, or should I start looking into buying something to charge the battery at home?
Yes you need the main charger.
I was using my other phones charger(motorola) with my cingular 8125 and battery is completly empty it doesn't charge it.
Didn't wait for a hour but if that works.It's good i love my wizard
motorola V3 chargers do work. used the missus' when battery ws completely dead. interestingly, doesnt work the other way around...... :?:
help with my dead battery
Bdcol
Could you direct me to that post on how to charge a dead battery - I have searched but can't find it. This is a really annoying problem - does anyone know of a commercially available battery charger which doesn't need the phone OS (the battery looks pretty standard to me).
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Chris
Yesterday my cingular 8125 phone decided not to charge the battery anymore,
I wanted to make a call and it was srangely turned off ( it was at 50% ten min. before)
so I turned my phone on and the battery meter jumped from 48% to 0% and now it wont charge at all!
plugged in it works fine with PC and charger.
Plus the battery info screen olny shows the battery meter for the main battery (0%) and not the backup battery, as if it didn´t exist! (2.17 ROM)
I wish someone could tell me if I will solve the problem with just buying a new battery or If I should sent it for repairs.
Already did a hard reset, no drops, moisture, dents, extreme temp. etc. -- and I have a Delta Electronics charger, dunno if it is the original one, it is not cingular branded. :?:
all thoughts welcome.
thanks!
Errol
You need to try the standard charger because it has an output of 1Amps and any less does not seem to kick start the battery into charging. Check your charger and see if it has an output of 1A or not (usb charger has lower output only 400mA) and if not get one or borrow one and try. Most microsoft smartphone chargers use 1A too.
I have a problem with my SPV C500. When the battery runs down to 50% I'm not able to charge it by wall charger. It starts to charge but after a while the led goes green and battery indicator says the phone is full charged. When I plug the charger out, the battery indicator will tell the thruth - it's not been charged. Even letting the phone with wall charger plugged in for several hours doesn't help. The only way is to use USB connector and connect it to PC. In this case the "point of no return" is around 20% (I did a test with spare battery). Did you experience such a problem?
I've also had second SPV C500 which stopped to charge at all. Even USB charging didn't help. I had to sell it as faulty :-(
BTW 6.1 ROM seems to save battery life. With WM 2003 SE it took one day to drop to 50%, now it takes more than two days. .-)
I have a MDA that had it's battery die durring a reflash. Yes I know me=dumbass. I have since jumpstarted the battery and the phone will boot to the recovery screen.
This is a phone I got off craigslist cheep for my son...to break him into the winmo cell phones. I know I could just buy another battery but I really dont want to throw more money into this. Plus the wife is pissed that I may have bought a junk phone.
Unfortunatly I am unable to charge the battery enough to complete a full reflash without the battery running out of juice.
If a phone has no "OS" installed on it, will it still be able to recharge a battery? If it has no drivers...will it know it has a recharging circuit?
I am trying to charge the batt unsing the usb cable and taping the red/black to +/- respectively. Will thgis eventually charge the batt? Or are the charge points different than the +/- as marked on the battery?
Any help is apreciated.
Yes, I think what you've done will eventually charge the battery.
It may take while since USB is only 500mA.
Does the charge indicator illuminate orange when you plug in the phone? If so, that means it is charging the battery.
I'm not sure if it will charge with no OS or not. Sometimes a weak (~800mA) charger requires the phone to be able to boot before it will charge. Phones that are more dead usually require the OEM 1200mA charger.
ur mobile will charge without an OS...the Orange Led should glow even if the phone is switched off...but charging thru USB may be inadequate...use wall charger....
OK, first I admit, the battery is a POS. I usually have enough battery life to make it through a full day, but usually it will die in the evening before I go to bed and put it on charge.
Recently I got a message, "Charging current is not enough for device power consumption. Please connect your AC adapter." Strange thing, though, it WAS connected to my AC charger. I get the same message with both of my chargers.
Battery will not charge, but has just enough power to keep the phone running as long as there is charge already in the battery. So the battery is almost dead, I put it on the charger all night long, get up in the morning and take it off, and then it beeps extra low battery! and then dies shortly after.
The only way I can get it to work is to leave the phone powered off for a long period of time and charge it then. Doesn't always work though. works if I take out the battery and charge it all by itself on a USB phone battery charger.
Sounds like the problem is somewhere in the phone, not with the chargers. Why would both of them do the same thing?
Please help.
does it do the same thing when plugged in and charging via USB??
could be a bad battery...
from old phones i had previous to my magic it sometimes helped to clean the contacts on the battery and charging pins on the phone..
I'll check that...
BTW, if I am plugged into an AC adapter, is it supposed to stay on even if I remove the battery?
NOPE! same message. Been charging all day now and only shows just over half charge on the battery. Most of this is from the hour or so that I had the battery out and charging on its own.