For those of you that may need a replacement OEM power supply. WalMart now carries them. They also have the OEM case and a tablet keyboard (have not looked at it since out of stock). I know the power supply cord is too short, just letting you know where to find one if you need one.
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OK, I tried searching the forum for a similar post and didn't find anything but wanted to share a bit of heart-burn resolution after my Wizard ran completely down on power and would not charge back up. It would seem that once the Wiz is completely dead, you must use the AC Charger that came with the phone. I have had 3-4 RAZR's in the past and their charger works great when the Wiz still has power but they will not charge the phone when it is dead.
The only difference I see in the two chargers is that the HTC charger supplys 5.0V 1A of power unlike the Motorola charger only supplys 5.0V 550mA.
Hope this helps others.
Not only that, but if you leave your Wizard (my 8125) charging overnight with a normal Motorola power supply, it could also run down your battery to zero. The wizard charger supplies normal cell phones, so you either need to use the one that came with your device or make sure when you buy an additional one that it will supply the same level of power.
I thought I had a defective battery for a few days when I first got the device because I was using my Pebl charger and the same thing happened to me...
Thank you for this post....I thought I had finally loaded something on my phone that I couldn't recover from...lol.
Plixell
i hope you all are wrong.
my mda vario is totally dead. i tried a friend's battery and it powered up like normal. so i assumed a dead (not only empty) battery and ordered one from ebay (still waiting though).
unfortunately i have so many different chargers for usb that i don't know what the original one looks like. maybe someone could post a picture or tell me the exact type.
thanks. regards ize|man
ps. @mbn: your power goes down to zero with a different charger ATTACHED??? even if that provides lower ampere - how can it drain power from the device?
pps. i even tried my universal car charger (12V -> usb). afaik it provides 1A as well. but i can be wrong.
Just make sure the 12>usb supplies a 5v voltage, nothing more or else you would be one unhappy person.
izeman said:
i hope you all are wrong.
my mda vario is totally dead. i tried a friend's battery and it powered up like normal. so i assumed a dead (not only empty) battery and ordered one from ebay (still waiting though).
unfortunately i have so many different chargers for usb that i don't know what the original one looks like. maybe someone could post a picture or tell me the exact type.
thanks. regards ize|man
ps. @mbn: your power goes down to zero with a different charger ATTACHED??? even if that provides lower ampere - how can it drain power from the device?
pps. i even tried my universal car charger (12V -> usb). afaik it provides 1A as well. but i can be wrong.
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Yes, i was using the iGO tip that I bought for a Motorola phone (A32, I believe), I left my 8125 plugged in (powered down) with that tip overnight in a hotel room and the next morning I woke up and it was completely drained to zero. However, a few other times it did not drain to zero. I thought I had a flaky battery so I ordered a replacement from eBay and the next week the same thing happened. I finally got smart and now I have the right tip (A53) and it works fine. The male part of the two iGO tips look exactly the same (A32 & A53) so I thought it would be the same power supply. Wrong!
What's stranger is that if your pda is on and you plug in a Motorola phone power supply and the battery is not close to zero, it DOES charge the battery. I think the key is not leaving it plugged in when it's powered down for many hours at a time. A full day out of the office without email has taught me 2 valuable lessons: always bring the right power supply and always carry a spare battery.
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Just make sure the 12>usb supplies a 5v voltage, nothing more or else you would be one unhappy person.
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sure
of course it supplies 5v as it's meant to be.
but that leaves me with my open question: what is printed on the original power supply so i can identify it? thx.
regards ize|man
I was told that the ic chip inside the MDA and Razr charger is different so using the razr charger might not be a good idea. As for the OEM charger, mind was made by Delta Electronics Inc. HTC P/N:79H00051-01M
i have the same problem now. the battery is completely drained, and i can't charge my phone now. i lost my original chaarger, and i've been using a USB cable to charge.
Same thing happened to me... while traveling no less!!! In my case, it was a Boxwave retractable charger: battery at zero, USB didn;t work...freaked me out.
Wenlez, you can either got to a Tmobile or Cingular store and get the RIGHT replacement charger, or get the correct iGO tip. You should be OK.
I am going away for a little while and I don't have my mains charger for my universal. Both my parents have Motorola Razrs, which charge via mini-USB from a mains plug. On that mains plug it says it is 5.0v, 550mA. Could I use it to charge my universal?
Yes you can, but you must turn off the Universal before connecting the charger.
I use it in my car.
How do you mean turn off? Press the power button so the screen isn't on? Or do you mean turn it off completely? If the latter, how does one do that?
Is it a Motorola Razr charger you use in your car?
Thanks for the response.
I use one motorola charger in the car with my universal. If you connect the charger with Universal switched on then dont start charge. Press the power button and switch off the universal, connect the charger and charge start.
Ah, that explains some quixotic behavior I observed. I thought my chargers were bad. Also, I notice that some chargers specified as compatible with the HTC Universal say they put out 12vdc. I queried the vendor from whom I bought one, and they assured me that the device would only take the voltage it needs (i.e., 5vdc). Furthermore, an output of 5vdc might not be enough to keep the device charging when, for example, navigating with GPS software, but a higher capacity charger will do so (most car chargers output 5vdc, but some output 5.5vdc, or even 12vdc).
Can anyone confirm that the higher voltages are indeed acceptable to the Universal? Since I discovered this disparity AFTER recharging, it appears to be the case, no damage was done. Cheers,
Thanks for the replies here, I did indeed use the motorola charger to juice up my device overnight, using the method suggested.
Yes, you can do that
Hi,
I use Motorola Razrs charger few month, it's good.
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Ah, that explains some quixotic behavior I observed. I thought my chargers were bad. Also, I notice that some chargers specified as compatible with the HTC Universal say they put out 12vdc. I queried the vendor from whom I bought one, and they assured me that the device would only take the voltage it needs (i.e., 5vdc). Furthermore, an output of 5vdc might not be enough to keep the device charging when, for example, navigating with GPS software, but a higher capacity charger will do so (most car chargers output 5vdc, but some output 5.5vdc, or even 12vdc).
Can anyone confirm that the higher voltages are indeed acceptable to the Universal? Since I discovered this disparity AFTER recharging, it appears to be the case, no damage was done. Cheers,
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ATTENTION!
Any higher voltage that you apply to any most of electronics devices is almost surely going to damage your device.
Most modern devices are designed to withstand some kind of "abuse" but 12V are 2.4 times 5V, almost a sure firework.
Electronic voltage regulators are widely used in electronic equipment, but unless you know exactly what are you dealing with, you cannot know the maximum specs of any device, one little example.
I sold my first PDA in Ebay, the person who bought it (I don't know how) changed the power supply (5V, 2A) with a 9V one, result? Burnt PDA, me with lots of troubles to repair it and a baaad feeling about all the situation.
So, be aware.
By the way, I also have used a moto charger to charge my universal (also several card reader mini usb cables), works ok, rule of thumb, be sure that it is a 5V type, 500mA at least (to be in within safe margins) more current they supply is better, unlike voltage, if you have more current available it will only be "used" as much as is needed, this is true for these devices, not for all.
Is there a special usb cable where I can connect one mobile phone to another device to charge it?
For example, charge the HTC Touch HD using a HTC Touch2?
I also have mp3 players with same port, so it could be very useful when on the road.
Many thanks.
providing the source device has output power from the usb, you would just need a mini-b to mini-b use cable, in theory it should work
Tested
I have tried this before with my touch HD and Kaiser and it didn't work. Though a device that gives out the same power output as say a laptop would work.
Good luck
BJ
You need power source with 5V to charge your device, if voltage is less than 5V (when you're connecting other phone to yours) curent won't flow into your device so basicly you can't charge. Voltage of Blackstone battery is between 4.2V and 3.7V and imagine situation when other device isn't charged and you connect them together. Week phone will suck power from stronger one because he thinks that phone is a charger So one phone is charging and other is getting weak. It doesn't make sense to me...
I guess it works that way...
Thank you for the input, was worth a try.
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I have two options for you: first, google product find an "ENERGIZER XP4001 Power pack". There are other similar portable power packs available but I like the Energizer one the best. It comes with different power tips that should match up to your phone or other portable devices. You can see it here:
http://www.frys.com/product/6103309?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
I bought mine for $20 on sale at Fry's several months ago. You should be able to find one on eBay for about the same price if you watch their auctions.
The other option if you have a removable battery is to google product a "universal lithium charger". I have an old cell phone that I keep in my truck for emergency 9-1-1 calls. I lost the ac adapter but found a company in China that sells those lithium universal battery chargers for $2.80 (postage included). Basically, the charger has two poles or posts that you mate up to the charging points on your battery. The chargers run off ac or USB. Because I have two of these phones that has a flashlight which I keep in case of power or brown outs, I got the charger. There's one that looks like a penguin whose eyes light up when you've made contact between the posts and charging points. I chuckle when I see the penguin do its thing.
I got in a really nice and sleek Impression I10A Tablet.
The Connector for the USB/Power has broke and, unfortunately, it's the only connector available for power..
http://sjfm.us/temp/i10aConnector.jpg
Now, my first thought was to replace the motherboard. No such luck. Finding ANY kind of Impression parts is difficult... Second choice was to replace the power connector itself. Tedious and a pain in the arse, but doable. But I have had bad luck IDing power connectors for tablets (most notably Kindle Fires and the MicroUSB) so if anyone can help identify the above connector...
"I am all ears"
-Ross Perot, 1992 Presidential Debates
Anyways, so then I got creative and, just to confirm "Proof Of Life" (so to speak), I hooked up a 12v 2a power adapter directly to the battery connector (Red Box) to bypass the damaged power port (Blue Box).....
http://sjfm.us/temp/i10aPower.jpg
.....on the PCB and viola'..
We have a heartbeat!!
OK.. So now I am thinking that, if I am lucky, the 12v power will power that tablet AND charge the battery.. But then I am thinking that there is likely more to charging a battery than simply applying a power adapter directly to a battery and getting a charge..
Sure enough... When the battery AND the 12v power is hooked up, the tablet boots up under the battery and then dies before it can get to the dashboard..
When the 12v power alone is hooked in, the tablet boots up fine and shows a full "charge"..
So, here's my question..
Is there a way to kludge a power connector to bypass the damaged port and power the tablet and charge the battery..
In the alternative, can anyone point me to a knowledgeable source that might be able to ID that type of power connector??
Thanx in advance..
Michale
Never connect a power supply directly to a battery.
That's a recipe for fire and explosion.
12V? Why do you think that anything is 12V?
Does the stock AC adapter say that?
If you want to get this thing working properly you'll have to figure out on the circuit board where the AC adapter hooked in.
If you are sure of what the total battery voltage is (how many cells) then you could also hook a power supply in with the battery disconnected.
Thanx for the reply. Apologies for the delay in responding. Was out of the country for a week... In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. No web access!!!
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Never connect a power supply directly to a battery.
That's a recipe for fire and explosion.
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Yea, as I soon found out. I was tinkering with it longer than normal and a small little component near the power connector released the blue smoke.. So, I think that MB is borked..
Renate NST said:
12V? Why do you think that anything is 12V?
Does the stock AC adapter say that?
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Yea, the stock power adapter for the unit is a 12v/1.5A power pack.
Renate NST said:
If you want to get this thing working properly you'll have to figure out on the circuit board where the AC adapter hooked in.
If you are sure of what the total battery voltage is (how many cells) then you could also hook a power supply in with the battery disconnected.
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I do plan on repairing that component. Eventually. Once I do, I'll put your advice into practice..
Thanx again for the response...
Michale
is there a way to power on the note 4 without inserting the battery ? like using a powerbank by usb ? because the + pin on the phone is broken....
I don't think it can be done. Certainly just providing USB power doesn't work. I've probed the other contacts available, and although one of them is connected to the - terminal, none are connected to the + terminal, so there doesn't seem to be a way to do it with a power supply. The only work around would be to disassemble the phone and make a direct connection inside the phone with a power supply set at 3.85v. That would be only worthwhile if there was desperately needed data on the phone. I did something similar with a galaxy gear that managed to get a corroded battery connection, but couldn't find much use for a watch that had to be delicately wired up to a desktop power supply.