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Phone struggling to charge.

Hello everybody. Recently, I had my phone go under a repair which involved opening up the entire phone just to replaces the mini usb port, which was detached from the phone and was trapped inside, losing its ability to charge.
Now, another problem has arisen. The phone has problems charging with wires compatible with its port. When I connect to it to charge via usb, it was plug-n-go, all good. For some unknown reason, it suddenly came under the issue that I need to shift the usb up,down, left, right, and slightly bend it the inside. Now, the original charger doesn't work because it broke, leaving the usb charger as the only option. I can't understand why my HTC Wizard is having this problem,and it's very frustrating. I paid sixty dollars for the repair on the USB, and it seems it hasn't done anything except reattatch it. Any suggestions?

Hey Infinity M,
By your description, it looks like the soldering is a bit loose, thus you have to shift the USB.
Have you tried with different chargers and cables?
If you wish (at your own risk), get a thin screwdriver or something like one, then apply a small force to all directions at the border of the Wizard's USB. Watch if it moves with any pressure, as that will indicate a loose solder.
Good luck, man!

nandobang said:
Hey Infinity M,
By your description, it looks like the soldering is a bit loose, thus you have to shift the USB.
Have you tried with different chargers and cables?
If you wish (at your own risk), get a thin screwdriver or something like one, then apply a small force to all directions at the border of the Wizard's USB. Watch if it moves with any pressure, as that will indicate a loose solder.
Good luck, man!
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Thank you for your sufficient reply. I have not tried a different cable, and I have checked the Wizard's USB. I'll have to try another cable to check if it works. Do you know where I can buy a charger for a cheap price. Thanks!
Edit: Heh, I realized you're the same person making that HTC Obsidian Case, I'd love to pay you for it lol.

Infinity M said:
Thank you for your sufficient reply.
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You're welcome
Infinity M said:
Do you know where I can buy a charger for a cheap price.
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That's a hard one. I would send you straight away to eBay, lol, but I guess you can take a look at some local stores near you. It doesn't need necessarily to be a Wizard's charger. In fact, any charger for a HTC device that uses the same battery will do (the Tytn's I guess). Or you can check the charger label and see if it meets these requirements:
INPUT: 100-240V~0.2A
OUTPUT: 5V, 1A (this one being the most important of all)
Infinity M said:
Heh, I realized you're the same person making that HTC Obsidian Case, I'd love to pay you for it lol.
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Dude, I'm almost conving myself to make more than one, lol!
Again, good luck man!

WTF wall charger?

Got myself a new Transformer. Unboxed. Looks gorgeous, but wait... the two bits that make up the wall charger don't seem to, you know, slot in? It's very loose, and when plugged in doesn't do squat all. No charge. Am I being an idiot and not fitting one piece to the other right, or do I go back to the shop to get a replacement? :/

It snaps together, and when I got mine it was a pretty snug fit. So you may have to apply a little force, but it does snap together.

Right, the problem is that however much force I apply, the thing doesn't want to snap in. I've been googling like mad to see if anyone else has this problem and did find this one chap with the same trouble; he ended up having to ask the shop to swap it.

When I got mine it was already together

I had to press with what I would deem as an 'unreasonable' amount of force to get them to snap together. Just FYI.

Lucky you. Sigh.
I've even tried to charge with my Samsung Tab's wall adapter. No goddamn luck. Fail, ASUS, fail.

grainysand said:
Right, the problem is that however much force I apply, the thing doesn't want to snap in. I've been googling like mad to see if anyone else has this problem and did find this one chap with the same trouble; he ended up having to ask the shop to swap it.
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Can you take a pic?

I was going to upload the pics, but I followed advice given in another thread and--using enough force I thought I was about to break them--bent the prongs outward. Voila: it now snaps in and charges. Still a bit of a fail on ASUS for not shipping the two pieces already joined, or better yet make the wall adapter a one-piece affair. Ah well!

This happens to everyone. You really need to FORCE it. There's no particular technique that worked for me, just slide and apply a lot of pressure...you only need to do it once, thankfully.

yeah the amount of force required to put that thing together is insane. after about 5 minutes i grabbed something heavy and just started pounding the thing to death with it until it clicked in lol

That is the one area of the transformer that has disappointed me so far, the charging systems. I didn't understand why the unit wasn't assembled in the box... why I can't charge via usb...and why the cable is so short.
Other than those gripes, I love this thing!!

akashhhhh said:
This happens to everyone. You really need to FORCE it. There's no particular technique that worked for me, just slide and apply a lot of pressure...you only need to do it once, thankfully.
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*giggles childishly*

nebrando said:
...and why the cable is so short.
Other than those gripes, I love this thing!!
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Seriously the cable length is ridiculous
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Heh, I wedged a coin between the prongs to bend them a bit. Thanks everyone for the suggestions, though.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab's cable is also stupidly short. A trend, I guess?

Mine took some force but it wasnt like i had to stand on a table to make it work.
grainysand said:
Still a bit of a fail on ASUS for not shipping the two pieces already joined, or better yet make the wall adapter a one-piece affair. Ah well!
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I could see pre-joined but not a one piece affair. I like that its modular because that means you could get plug adapters that could make it fit any country you move to. This is how it should be with mobile devices.

grainysand said:
Heh, I wedged a coin between the prongs to bend them a bit. Thanks everyone for the suggestions, though.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab's cable is also stupidly short. A trend, I guess?
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Apparently so is the Iconia's cable. Very strange, as if they expect us to build a little charging stand next to an outlet just for these Android tablets. Somewhat easily solved with a USB 3.0 extension cable, but it's an ugly solution (at least for me, my extension is blue).

not assembled because it's modular and different countries have different adapters. They are wrapped separately and the only variable in the box.
Also, the oem ipad adapter should provide plenty of oomph to charge and comes with a long cord from outlet to charging unit. Again, not as nice and neat as a normal two piece charger and cable, but neither as the add one. Plus, the apple one is modular too and can take a regular one piece like the one on the asus if you don't need the extension cable or if someone comes out with a longer stock cable.

Weird, mine came already assembled from Best Buy.
I do remember my GTablet came with the adapter apart, but that was easy to put together.

Hell I didn't even know it was in 2 peices, got mine yesterday from Newegg and it was already together. Yes the cable length is a joke but I heard about that earlier this week and ordered a 6 ft USB3 cable extension from monoprice for like $4 and it got here today and using it now to charge mine and it's working fine, highly recommended!

Yeah mine was pre-assembled, got mine Monday of this week (and it was brand new stock). Maybe they're doing that on the newer units. I have no idea how I'd ever get it apart if I needed to, I tried and the two pieces are very tightly attached.
The cable... yes the cable is crazy-short. So if you want to use a USB extension, it has to be a USB 3.0 one?

Better (and longer!) AC Adapter!

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.

Longer power cable?

Does such a thing as a longer power cable for the A500 exist?

I saw 2M long charge cable for A500, A501 and A100 on ebay. Just try to find it.

Belda said:
I saw 2M long charge cable for A500, A501 and A100 on ebay. Just try to find it.
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Are they reliable?

I don't know, I never try it. But I wouldn't afraid of it.

Acer sells a longer cable on their website.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483137

I find an extension cord does the job

i went to radio shack and bought a piece of wire same as the tablet charging wire. and some shrink tube. added 3 feet to my cable.Doing this carefully with attention to cutting each wire at different lengths long on one end short on the other and keep of the splices at same length will make the cable have NO Bump and prevents a short. After covering with shrink tube and heating it. makes water tight Professional looking results. There are images of this procedure somewhere. I done this before extension cables were available. two days after i bought my tablet. TOTAL COST ABOUT 5-6 us dollars. 30 minutes time to do. With electrical experience. but not needed .
Try at your own risk..
Good luck

erica_renee said:
i went to radio shack and bought a piece of wire same as the tablet charging wire. and some shrink tube. added 3 feet to my cable.Doing this carefully with attention to cutting each wire at different lengths long on one end short on the other and keep of the splices at same length will make the cable have NO Bump and prevents a short. After covering with shrink tube and heating it. makes water tight Professional looking results. There are images of this procedure somewhere. I done this before extension cables were available. two days after i bought my tablet. TOTAL COST ABOUT 5-6 us dollars. 30 minutes time to do. With electrical experience. but not needed .
Try at your own risk..
Good luck
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LOL.
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I haven't checked the size of the A500's power connector, but I've used this site in the past for DC cord extension cables. Worth a look.
http://www.cordsplus.com/pages/dcpowercord.html

jon-.- said:
Acer sells a longer cable on their website.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483137
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That's actually the same adapter the tablet ships with, short cord and all.

gotroot801 said:
That's actually the same adapter the tablet ships with, short cord and all.
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Good catch...

Check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483137

netham45 said:
Check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483137
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That was already posted...

Repair Broken USB port

I just bought one of these from Kijiji. Tested everything out, handed her the money, only to find out it is a pain in the ass to charge. The port feels loose and the corn has to be in perfectly to get it to charge. I'm mid contract and totaled my other phone, BlackBerry Priv, so I thought I'd try and save some money. I thought wrong.
Is there anyway to repair the port? The rest of the phone looks almost new and I'm impressed how much faster this phone seems than my Priv with the same apps on it.

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I just bought one of these from Kijiji. Tested everything out, handed her the money, only to find out it is a pain in the ass to charge. The port feels loose and the corn has to be in perfectly to get it to charge. I'm mid contract and totaled my other phone, BlackBerry Priv, so I thought I'd try and save some money. I thought wrong.
Is there anyway to repair the port? The rest of the phone looks almost new and I'm impressed how much faster this phone seems than my Priv with the same apps on it.
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When you say you were wrong, what do you mean?. Did you try soldering the port?

andrescm said:
When you say you were wrong, what do you mean?. Did you try soldering the port?
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Not yet, that's going to be my last option. I can't do it myself, but have a friend that says they can. The really strange part is the cord it came with seems to work ok, but every other cord won't. It isn't the original one either. It's a 10' generic cord, but it seems to work. It's just a pain to keep carrying my cord around everywhere so I can charge my phone.

rkonert said:
Not yet, that's going to be my last option. I can't do it myself, but have a friend that says they can. The really strange part is the cord it came with seems to work ok, but every other cord won't. It isn't the original one either. It's a 10' generic cord, but it seems to work. It's just a pain to keep carrying my cord around everywhere so I can charge my phone.
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If you have a cable that works good, then it's a good sign!. Do you feel it a bit "harder" to put in place?. It might be that the two small "legs" below the connector protrude a bit more so they push more against the female connector inside the phone, or maybe the golden pins inside are of better quality. You could try bending them carefully with a needle, always on the cable. Don't touch the phone!

andrescm said:
If you have a cable that works good, then it's a good sign!. Do you feel it a bit "harder" to put in place?. It might be that the two small "legs" below the connector protrude a bit more so they push more against the female connector inside the phone, or maybe the golden pins inside are of better quality. You could try bending them carefully with a needle, always on the cable. Don't touch the phone!
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The working cable definitely feels tighter than the others. I've had a look at the pins on the phone and the other cables with a hand lens. The phone definitely has some damage to it, but the pins look to be intact. My cables, for the most part, are almost new and in good shape, but the 'legs' don't seem to stick out as far. I guess for now, I'm going to stick to using the one cable, I may try to buy the same name brand as a second and see if that works.
Thanks for the help.

You are welcome!. Good luck!