Hi.. since upgrading to Froyo, my Wildfire charges even in "disk drive" only mode.. I have a feeling that this has negative impact on my battery because i plug in and out the phone frequently (to put some picture, music, application...), so it's charging for half a minute, then i disconnect it.. and i would like to stop that, to stop it charging and just be in disk drive mode like it should..
Any way to do this? Thanks..
It can't be changed.
Even in eclair it would charge when connected to USB.
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i have an HD with Dutty 3.9 since 2 months.
some weeks ago, a strange problems happened: when i plug charger to HD, nothing happens (no charge) if i check the option "when device is turned on, do not charge the battery when connected to pc". If i "uncheck" this option, charging process starts.... but charging is slower than normal....as if HD was connected to PC.....
anyone has the same problem?
any suggestion?
Are you charging your phone through the computer or?
Because on the USB port of your computer there is less power then on your electricity net.
So its pretty normal that your phone is charged slower via computer.
If this is not the situation, then i think my help stops here, sorry.
Check both ends of the cables and sockets for crap inside. I guess its possible a short somewhere is causing the phone to think its attached to a PC instead of just the charager. That could cause the phone to only demand a max of ~500mA (the max a USB socket can support). I dont know anything about the charging circuits of the phone, but It would we worth checking the cable and sockets even if my guess is wrong.
thanks for answer
i have this problem with original htc charger (usb cable+transformer), and with an "after market" charger.....
if i connect hd to charger (and NOT to pc, but to electric net), everything seems as i connect to a pc....
it could be an hardware problem of phone (i hope no) or it could be a rom problem that could be fixed with hard reset o, i hope, editing the right key....
This message:
"When phone is on, do not charge the battery when connected to a PC"
makes no sense to me, because as soon as I connect my HD2 to my computer, it immediately begins to charge, and I do not know any way to stop it from doing so.
What harm can this cause?
The message itself seems contradictory. Why would someone connect their HD2 to the computer when it was off? To charge it?
nah it means that it could be charged only from usb charger (not PC) either when its on or off... when your phone is off it cant be charged through PC because it wont make connection and i think this function is made when u often connect and disconnect your phone from PC so u dont damage your battery...
Lake292 said:
nah it means that it could be charged only from usb charger (not PC) either when its on or off... when your phone is off it cant be charged through PC because it wont make connection and i think this function is made when u often connect and disconnect your phone from PC so u dont damage your battery...
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Okay, but if that is true, then why does the phone ALWAYS charge when connected to a PC if the frequent connection/disconnection could harm the battery?
The warning message is characteristically cryptic in true MS fashion.
Why not just state directly: "Your charges via USB, but disconnecting it frequently while charging could damage your battery" if that is what they meant?
Where did you see this??
eskasi said:
Where did you see this??
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In the Active Sync dialogue when you connect the HD2 to a computer.
While connected using the usb cable you can press at the bar and then battery and you'll see the option. I'm also wondering if this will cause any harm to the battery.
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I'm also wondering if this will cause any harm to the battery.
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It won't.
This option makes sense mostly when you connect the mobile to a laptop running on battery, for tethering for example. Instead of draining the laptop's battery and end with a full one on the mobile, ticking the little box means that both batteries will drain at the same time.
Lake292 said:
nah it means that it could be charged only from usb charger (not PC) either when its on or off... when your phone is off it cant be charged through PC because it wont make connection and i think this function is made when u often connect and disconnect your phone from PC so u dont damage your battery...
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No, a PC in standby usually has power on the USB voltage lines, even when it's turned off.
This is indeed an option to prevent the phone from trying to charge itself from the USB connection. This could be useful for laptops or other devices (such as portable media players with USB host capabilities) where power must be saved instead of being used to charge the phone.
hi guys, does this explain the new O2 ROM 1.72 NOW not charging the phone when connected to my PC? Or is it a new bug I have found.
It does charge via the power socket/adapter but not through the PC...any thoughts?
azahoth said:
hi guys, does this explain the new O2 ROM 1.72 NOW not charging the phone when connected to my PC? Or is it a new bug I have found.
It does charge via the power socket/adapter but not through the PC...any thoughts?
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This is an option in the HTC Sense 2.5.
Go to Start > Settings > About Phone > Battery.
Zentury said:
This is an option in the HTC Sense 2.5.
Go to Start > Settings > About Phone > Battery.
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Thanks for clearing that up!
There a number of points to make.
Connecting and disconnecting your phone will do no harm at all.
Some USB ports will struggle to start the charge process when the battery is very low.
If the phone is connected and being used in some way at the same time (if WiFi or bluetooth its on then there will be a continuous drain which a USB port may not be able to accommodate and it will appear as if the PC/laptop is sucking the power out of the battery.
The same thing can happen on a low battery and this is then very bad as the phone will operate at or around the discharge cutoff point and that will ruin the cell.
So you have the option to turn it off if there its any evidence of these situations occurring.
Does your X8 charge itself when connected to PC via USB?
I'm using 2.2.1 Stable from Lizypen (based on MiniCM 6) and even if the topbar and the unlock screen says "charging" battery's percentage don't grow up.
File transfer works correctly.
There's some option i missed up?
Come on, noone ever tried to charge its X8 via PC ?
if you choose charge from the menu shown when you plug in in your PC it charges. (does not mount SD Card)
sometimes also when i choose connect (mount SD) it also charges but sometimes (most of the time) it doesn't!
zvorkapic.os said:
if you choose charge from the menu shown when you plug in in your PC it charges. (does not mount SD Card)
sometimes also when i choose connect (mount SD) it also charges but sometimes (most of the time) it doesn't!
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he's on froyo
try plugging in the cable when the screen isn't locked
I already tried it...
Can't understand why even if it says "charging" it's actually not able to charge the battery.
Fifo171 are you on stock 2.1?
If not, and if you are able to charge your x8 via pc, which rom are you using?
Thanks!
i'm using froyobread v17 and charging through the usb works for me, but it is slower than charging with normal wall charger
Hello. I have found strange bug in GDX.018 + LDX004.
I was using Android Screencast to work with my X8 from PC screen. I ended with battery drained so much, that phone couldn't recharge it by itself, it was in bootloop (it tried charging in offline mode, but when voltage rises, phone boots up, charging is interrupted, and phone shuts down due to battery drain). Why system is not charging its battery while usb is in data/adb mode? I can charge it from same USB socket, just with USB-PWR connector (USB-A plug, 2 wires, USB-A socket).
Not sure if this is the same thing, but occasionally my phone won't charge while it is plugged to the USB port and I can't fix this without rebooting it. After rebooting I usually lose like 20-30% battery and then it starts charging normally again. This has happened to me in GingerDX and in Kuyadroid, so I am calling this a general CM bug.
My X8 also behaves weirdly when i 'charge' it with USB. So i don't do that anymore and i transfer files either by taking out the sdcard or using dropbox because im too lazy to move around my usb cable, lol.
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My X8 also behaves weirdly when i 'charge' it with USB. So i don't do that anymore and i transfer files either by taking out the sdcard or using dropbox because im too lazy to move around my usb cable, lol.
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You can use my phone explorer TO sent SMS, view and back lupe your contactar, and see files using Wi fi conection
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Well what i do is turn off the phone and charge. I don't feel like doing anything in the phone anyway with the wire attached to it so i just leave it alone and let it charge in peace lol.
problem is, that phone can discharge itself too low to start charging on power (not pc)usb socket. So no, it is not an option. Only option was charging battery with 100 ohm resistor and 9V voltage source.
I've had this issue with my wife's vibrant. I hook up to the PC and went I pull down the status bar and there's nothing about usb on it. It just charges. Help plz. I'm a noob in parrell
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anyone find a solution? my phone will charge when plugged in but only randomly says its debugging (yes i have it checked). Also, when i unplug my phone itll still say its charging for like the next hour
What rom are you on, sounds like recognition issues. MIUI or cm7 may not recognize your pc, ie charging issues, different drivers.
Also it could be your cable, if you have another give it a shot, also if you haven't tried a different usb port, try that.
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@fatchuckyd: not sure what your problem is, but try this out in your setting.
Go to Setting/Application/Development, then check on the first 2 boxes: USB debugging, and USB debugging notify.
Hope this help.
@WhiteBoyAwesome: use the original USB cable that comes with your phone.