So the USB port on my wife's Evo is not working anymore. She unplugged the USB cable and it came loose. I took it to a sprint repair center and they told me they couldn't fix it because it was detached from the main board. Does anyone know of any other way to be able to charge the battery? I looked into the powermat but I believe u still have to plug something into the USB port.
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external battery charger and multiple batteries?
Yeah, where can I get an external charger?
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Yeah, where can I get an external charger?
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EBAY cheap
This one will take a while to charge the battery.. Only 300-400 mA on the battery port itself. Strangely, it puts out greater current via the usb port.
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I've been using an external battery charger for a couple weeks now and its awesome. You have to be okay with taking the back off and swapping the batteries but I feel like I get a better charge on the external charger. Found mine on ebay for 25 bucks I think. Also came with two batteries. They aren't high class seidos or anything like that but the phone still does what I want it to.
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My usb port is very loose too, so I bought an external charger from amazon for about $18. It works like a charm. One drawback is that you have to run your battery completely dead to get a full/long lasting battery before you put it on the charger.
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what are the 3 metal connectors for on the left side of the MT4G?
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They are for charging when on a dock. If you Google mytouch 4g Bluetooth dock you will probably find it.
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The dock has a micro usb connector.
What are the 3 metal connectors for?
The three connectors are for charging as well. There is currently no dock on the market that uses it. People have hacked together their own, though.
Ah, I see. Silly people, make a doc for the phone, BEFORE it goes on sale.
The big issue I'm having ow, is finding a case for it. I had a nice Roots one, but, it's about 1/8th of an inch too small.
I have to go to Futureshop and Bestbuy and the Supercentre Walmart tomorrow to try to find one that'll fit. I'm hoping I can get one at WM, as their warranty is best (I've had to return 3 Roots cases there.... and it's always easy to do.)
I was unaware that they havent made a dock to use the 3 pins yet! I had a dock for my old Nexus One that used those 3 pins, it was very nice. They should stop lagging and make one for the MT4G.
They have an unofficial one that uses the pins. Search this thread for "Better Docking" and you'll find the website in that thread. DO NOT use the official docking, as it uses the micro USB and is a TIGHT fight. Eventually, you will wear down your USB port.
It must be for a dock, mostly for the car. Then why is there an option in setting for phone dock?
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Maybe some of you bought external charger, battery or like me, solar charger with battery and realize that Atrix doesn't charge but other phones does. Solution is quite simple. Only what you need to do is to put resistor about 200OHM or just short USB data pins (2 and 3) in your charger or cable. I really recommend to put resistor. Interested thing is that after phone is connected you can remove resistor and charging will continue.
1 VBUS Red +5 V
2 D− White Data −
3 D+ Green Data +
4 GND Black Ground
I tested today
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I made a 12 to 5V 3A converter for my wife's car. It works well with her HTC Evo 3D but for my Matrix I had to add 20kOhm resistor...
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I made a 12 to 5V 3A converter for my wife's car. It works well with her HTC Evo 3D but for my Matrix I had to add 20kOhm resistor...
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20kOhm? Thanks, bigger resistor, less current. I just tested 330kOhm and it works
Not sure how this is possible, but it looks like it had fully charged then started draining even while still plugged in.
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Are you charging on AC of PC?
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Oh, and I am running stock 4.2.1.
I had it plugged in to the wall outlet using the stock charger.
Stock charger sucks
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I had it plugged in to the wall outlet using the stock charger.
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Stock charger appears to be garbage! I had the same thing happening to me, also a few other people here on XDA had that problem! Use different charger! Starting yesterday I`m using my good old G2X charger....
Will be there any issues with voltage/current rating if I use a different charger other than stock? I still have my old MyTouch 4G charger that I can try.
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Will be there any issues with voltage/current rating if I use a different charger other than stock? I still have my old MyTouch 4G charger that I can try.
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Check the output, standard is 5V
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Check the output, standard is 5V
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My G2X charger is 4.8V 1,0A. That`s ok, right?
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My G2X charger is 4.8V 1,0A. That`s ok, right?
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the best is 5V 1.2A
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The outcome was a little disappointing
So after 1 month of waiting, I received the flex cable+ usb connector + circuit board (all in one).
Disassemble/Reassemble.
* Phone still says (when plugged in): charging. But battery% goes slowly down. *
For months, the phone have been having problem with charging (or says charging but the battery doesn't really get charged).
Charging while phone off, charging with different chargers, charging with USB, charging with wall AC, charging with different batteries, charging after reset battery status, charging after CM10.1, charging after CM7.
Nothing works. Only putting batteries in an external charger works of course.
All hope for an internal charging was lost.
PS: As before, USB files transfer is fine, before and after repair.
I think there's a problem in the hardware
not in the software
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Get ur phones usb port checked
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that is a mainboard issue. i had the same one about an year ago. i've sent the phone to samsung bulgaria for service, they said it's the mainboard of the phone. they've replaced it, saved me 80$ for a new one, and the phone has been working like a charm for over an year. if your phone is still under warranty, restore its original firmware, remove any traces of root and send it for service. if you restore to its original firm and you get a charging paused. voltage too high notification then it's deffinetly a MB issue
I went on and bought some aftermarket batteries and external charger for my note 3 for emergency purpose only just in case i am unable to get to a cherger while on the go, as you can see I recived a universal charger where I need to set up the pins to match the charging ports, my question is how exactly do I know how to align the pins to what 2 charging ports?
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I went on and bought some aftermarket batteries and external charger for my note 3 for emergency purpose only just in case i am unable to get to a cherger while on the go, as you can see I recived a universal charger where I need to set up the pins to match the charging ports, my question is how exactly do I know how to align the pins to what 2 charging ports?
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hello! I wouldn´t use that charger man!
that´s crap! use a samsung one or at least a better one!
Verizon is accepting preorders now for the oem extra battery & charger - called the charging kit - so they should have it soon...
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I finally figuerd it out, I had not noticed that at the top of the battery label it had indicated which is - and + all i had to do was align the pins there,
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