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I believe that we should demand a recall from HTC of their junky chargers. As of a couple days ago, my charger stopped working. In order to get it to charge my phone, I need to unplug and plug in my phone 20-40 times and get the physics of the connection PERFECT... if my phone moves 1mm, it will stop charging, so I need to have the phone somewhere that it will not move...
This is not the case with my Car Charger, so I know it is simply the phone charger itself that comes with HTC... they supplied us with $0.10 charger cables to save money, and we should demand a higher quality cable be supplied to us after buying their "Flagship Device"
Anyone else experiencing this problem?
Yes. My charging/USB cable has gotten loose. The Radio Shack one I bought with the phone works great. I doubt a cable recall will occur, however.
Yes mine does the same thing and I HATE it. I thought I was the only one
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Compared with the older style cables this one is a lot better
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I wish they would have kept the mini usb like for the hero and most cameras.
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Demand a recall? No. Should you ask for a replacement? Yes.
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*Facepalm*
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Surprised nobody suggested a class action yet...
Apple did something similar, so this might work.
I had an iphone, and got a notice that I needed to get a new wall plug due to defects in the ones that were released with the iPhone. So my new wall plug had a bright green dot on it to indicate it was new.
HTC could do something similar, couldn't they?
Wait, are you complaining about the charger plug or the USB cable? Replacement cables are, like, a nickel on EBay. Or you can get an adapter and use your old micro USB cables.
If it's the charger itself, you may get some sympathy from OEMs, but I wouldn't even waste the stamp (or email) for a cable. Just my opinion, of course.
both me and my buddies cables have done the same thing their super weak
I took a chance and bought 3 (I have 3 EVO's) of these adapters:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.36150 - works perfectly.
Now all my BB and old phone chargers work - Take that HTC!
Mule
It's weird. I also have charging issues, here they are:
1. Occasionally, after charging for a period of time on the home charger, the EVO will light up and stop charging. I check the battery info and temperature is in the 20s, so i know that it's not a temperature issue. Then, after about 30 seconds or a minute, it will light up again and continue charging. I never touch the charging cable or connection and it does it on its own.
2. Using the car charger, the EVO seemingly decides that it doesn't like the connection. When i plug in the charger, the EVO will begin to charge, then after two or three seconds, go back to discharge mode. It takes me pulling the plug and reinserting (into the cig lighter port, not the EVO) anywhere from 3-100 times to get it to accept the charge demand.
Muledeer said:
I took a chance and bought 3 (I have 3 EVO's) of these adapters:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.36150 - works perfectly.
Now all my BB and old phone chargers work - Take that HTC!
Mule
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Exactly what I have. My wife and I can share one plug, she with her Hero and me with my Evo.
I don't even use the OEM one, I use my Treo Pro chargers and have not ran into an issue. The OEM just sits on my desk...I have had my EVO since launch date.
Treo pro OEM chargers are fairly cheap now.
Just my 2 cents.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
I am using Froyo update from HTC also.
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My Eris charger did the same thing after two months.. so now I'm using my ps3 controller charger usb cord, and its working teriffic lol.
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Then pins that hold the cable get pushed in when this happens you dont get a good connection. I have seen a few come in to my shop. usually give them a cable I have laying around. Leads me to wonder what others are doing differently. I havent had any issues with either of my chargers and I will test and play games with it plugged up so I know I put a little stress on it.
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I wish they would have kept the mini usb like for the hero and most cameras.
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yeah that would have been nice, nice all my car stuff was mini usb
The physics of my connection are perfectly fine.
It's not the charger it's the port. There was a bad batch and it was fixed. Mine had the same issue and I couldn't charge my phone.
When I use my sprint charger everything is fine I can use the phone/screen with no problems...but any other micro usb causes the phone to lock up on the screen....any1 else having this problem? Any solution?
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tcat025 said:
When I use my sprint charger everything is fine I can use the phone/screen with no problems...but any other micro usb causes the phone to lock up on the screen....any1 else having this problem? Any solution?
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I made a post about this the other day. Mine seems completely random. My phone will completely lock up and it requires a battery pull. I can go a week using the same charger and it may not do it then out the blue it will lock up.
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It makes no sense at all! Never had this problem with any other phone ever before
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I had the same problem using a clone travel charger from ebay. I also had a clone usb cable that won't recognize the Epic as a mass storage. I bought from this guy on ebay that sells OEM Samsung accessories and they all work perfectly for me.
Be very careful with these things, folks... many charges can have terrible voltage regulators on them. You don't want to kill a very nice phone now, do you. Stick with a good charger and cable. I use the stock cable and the Palm Pre charger cable. I've never had screen issues or lockups with other chargers, but I only use the Palm and Samsung chargers, to be honest.
Yes, be wary of cheapo chargers!
I was able to get a OEM Blackberry MicroUSB charger off amazon for about 4 bucks shipped and it works fine to charge my Epic. My friend also gave me one of her extra HTC chargers which came with her EVO and they also work fine.
my charger is a 800ma sanyo which should not cause issues. I have not had the issue within the past week either.
Guys, check the output voltage of your chargers... specially on the cheap ones. its supposed to be no more than 5V. I broke my Hero's screen with a cheap charger with 5.5 V output. It starts by acting weird , then it looses touch capability when its connected and then stops working at all...
Anyone else notice there charger is super loose and barely stays in or is it just mine. It feels like the pin isn't long enough.
Yea I think its just your phone...i have 2 and they work fine...can hold it from the charger and it won't fall out.
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Anyone else notice there charger is super loose and barely stays in or is it just mine. It feels like the pin isn't long enough.
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Yes mine too, the pin is too long and does'nt go in all the way; almost a deal breaker among other things.
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Yea I think its just your phone...i have 2 and they work fine...can hold it from the charger and it won't fall out.
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I don't think so, the xoom is too heavy to be held from the charger? in fact the whole charging system is a big flaw in this tablet, I am very disappointed.
Yep. Loose charger here too.
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Very disappointed they couldn't do a charge over USB. I was reading that the reason they can't charge over the USB port is that the batteries are so big and draw so much power to charge that the micro USB wouldn't be able to offer the throughput to charge it up fast enough.
Not sure how much I buy that, but at any rate they could've come up with a charging port combo that doesn't look like it came from a Nokia I bought 10 years ago lol.
Well it seems that the charger port and piece are affecting a few of you guys. But mine is good. No problem here. But that said, I was still pretty disappointed I couldn't use the same port as the phone.
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I was upset about this at first as well but then again with essentially a 10 hour non stop usage time I will never have the charger in while using it. I also think it adds incentive to buy the Standard dock which at $39.99 isnt exactly terrible.
But still...why the dinky little charger?!
Yeah same problem here, I hate the charging system here.
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Very disappointed they couldn't do a charge over USB. I was reading that the reason they can't charge over the USB port is that the batteries are so big and draw so much power to charge that the micro USB wouldn't be able to offer the throughput to charge it up fast enough.
Not sure how much I buy that, but at any rate they could've come up with a charging port combo that doesn't look like it came from a Nokia I bought 10 years ago lol.
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I agree. It reminds me of a phone I had years ago.
I agree, but 10 hour battery life and 100% charge in about an hour? It's a fair trade off. I agree, though, that the attachment is tiny (wouldn't say "loose," though). Better than a dock port connector, but I'd prefer something a bit more robust. Meh.
The charger on mine is horrible.
I was sketchy at best brand new, a month in and it doesn't work at all.
At first I had to fiddle with it, get the xoom at just the right angle etc to get it to charge. Now it doesn't make contact at all. I didn't return it right away because I heard some of the issues, but figured it did work just not well.
Once it crapped out completely it was past my 30 return window.
I ended up buying the charging dock. This works fine and the "road charger' that came with it works fine (so far) as well. I am thinking of just throwing in my gimpy charger in the box and returning the dock as it is pretty over priced and i feel a bit miffed that i had to pan an additional $50 just to charge my xoom.
I order one of these from eBay and it works great. I got one of the car chargers too..just for fun. So my power needs are good to go now! I travel for work and the short factory cross was getting old quick. Hope this helps!
Chlballi
http://cgi.ebay.com/AC-Adapter-Powe...758?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20b9ede3b6
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I just saw this one too..don't know much about it though.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Power-Supply-Ad...158?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a66a3f866
Electronic Crap has a 6 ft charging cable available
http://electroniccrap.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=26_27
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Nice find. Between this thread and others I've seen, power cables are definitely no longer in "short" supply.
Chlballi
chlballi said:
I order one of these from eBay and it works great. I got one of the car chargers too..just for fun. So my power needs are good to go now! I travel for work and the short factory cross was getting old quick. Hope this helps!
Chlballi
http://cgi.ebay.com/AC-Adapter-Powe...758?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20b9ede3b6
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I bought this and have returned it. The tip was 3mm longer than OEM and was loose in the port. It wiggled so much that power would cut in and out. They even sent me a second cable in case they sent the wrong one, but it was the same as the first. They were polite and eagerly offered a refund. I would not recommend this. I also checked Radio Shack and their tips were the same. I'll splice my OEM cable before I risk frying my tablet.
After using it for a bit i noticed the same thing. Its too late for me to return mine..so. Anyone haveany luck with the one from electroniccrap.com?
Chlballi
I bought the one from electronic crap. Its nice, but nowhere 6 feet long. I'm 5'9" and it barely reaches my neck. It doesn't fit all the way in like the stock, because the plug is about 2mm too long. It's snug though and still better than the stock one. It's about 5' long.
Brash
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I've got the radio shake 6ft one.. same thing, the plug is a little long, but it doesn't really bother me. There's no little groove for it to click on, but mostly, i'm not handling the tablet too much when it's plugged in. I've thought about trying to file a slight groove in the tip like the oem one.. but it doesn't bother me quite enough. Just wish the adapter and cord wasn't white.
Just a quick bit of information.
Not 100% sure it caused it but it couldnt have helped.
My phone completely died the other after unplugging my charger.
When I mean died I'm mean, no charge what so ever, no light and no response from any button combinations.
I checked the port and it was full of dust and lint so removed it and sent it back.
Lost all my Videos though
The dust could have created a short on the port and killed the main board so keep it clean peeps
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Just a quick bit of information.
Not 100% sure it caused it but it couldnt have helped.
My phone completely died the other after unplugging my charger.
When I mean died I'm mean, no charge what so ever, no light and no response from any button combinations.
I checked the port and it was full of dust and lint so removed it and sent it back.
Lost all my Videos though
The dust could have created a short on the port and killed the main board so keep it clean peeps
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I've had problems with a dirty charge port too. With a toothpick, thin cloth and methanol hydrate it's a pretty easy clean. I wonder if there is a plug you can get like for headphone jacks.
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Covers would be a great idea I'm not that fussy about how they look
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Tw1tchy said:
I've had problems with a dirty charge port too. With a toothpick, thin cloth and methanol hydrate it's a pretty easy clean. I wonder if there is a plug you can get like for headphone jacks.
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I had a Samsung Infuse and after 2 years the USB port stopped working. At first it wouldn't connect to a PC, then it charged slowly and sporadically on AC, then not at all. I just assumed it was broken. I wonder if it just had to be cleaned... My contract was almost up though so I didn't care.
Off-topic, but the One is seriously 1000x better than the Infuse. Samsung's update support and TouchWiz were so bad the phone practically screamed "root me!!!', and even after rooting it sucked. The difference after switching to the One was incredible.
Thanks for the info
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FangorX said:
I had a Samsung Infuse and after 2 years the USB port stopped working. At first it wouldn't connect to a PC, then it charged slowly and sporadically on AC, then not at all. I just assumed it was broken. I wonder if it just had to be cleaned... My contract was almost up though so I didn't care.
Off-topic, but the One is seriously 1000x better than the Infuse. Samsung's update support and TouchWiz were so bad the phone practically screamed "root me!!!', and even after rooting it sucked. The difference after switching to the One was incredible.
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Same, I came from OG note, usb port broke twice while under warranty and once more afterward. After that I ditched plastic, and went for build quality over everything!
There can only be one, the chosen ONE.
Can we use denaturated alcohol instead?
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