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Should I return my tablet for a replacement? (USB port tough to use)

The full sized USB port on my Iconia Tab has an issue. I plugged in a device for the first time yesterday, plugging it in was hard, but not to bad. Unplugging the device from the tablet proved to be impossible without the use of tools. I finally managed to get the cable unplugged, but it still is rather hard to use the USB port. It also makes a bit of a clicking sound when removing a USB device/cable.
Anyone else have the issue?

If its a fresh device it may just be this way for a bit. But to be on the safe side just return it you could damage it and thy may not replace it then.
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Yes, the USB port was super tight on my A500 the first time I used it. I thought I was going to break something when I pulled out the USB drive that first time. Same thing the next time I plugged in the USB drive, but easier than the first time. Plugged it in and out a few more times and now it goes in smooth.

My USB ports were really tight at first as well after some use the metal clips loosen a bit and they function normally, they speced them tight due to it being a mobile device they are planning it the things being plugged in getting bumped and pulled

While we're on the subject of USB port and pulling out peripheral devices ...etc
I own the Asus Transformer briefly ( returned due to screen bled ) and it has the option to "unmount" ( MicroSD through tablet & full USB through dock )
for us Iconia owners... without the option and by just yanking things out.... doesn't that increased the chances of damaging the usb drives and corrupting files ??

Markon101 said:
The full sized USB port on my Iconia Tab has an issue. I plugged in a device for the first time yesterday, plugging it in was hard, but not to bad. Unplugging the device from the tablet proved to be impossible without the use of tools. I finally managed to get the cable unplugged, but it still is rather hard to use the USB port. It also makes a bit of a clicking sound when removing a USB device/cable.
Anyone else have the issue?
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yep mine is to hard to unplug too

Broken USB port
i noticed mine was like this at first but after a while it got easier to put in. until one day, my flash drive refused to go in all the way. I looked inside using a flash light and one of the gold pins had been bent back all the way. I live outside of the US so no warranty. I panicked and tried to straighten it back with a safety pin. It broke and fell out. I am now left without a usb port at all. any ideas on what to do?

I returned my first Tab because I thought the snug USB port was a defect, but the second Tab was just as bad. Over time the port has loosened a bit but I still have problems after all these months. Recently I inserted a mini wireless mouse USB dongle and I could not, for the life of me, remove it. I finally had to yank it out in pieces with a pair of pliers *shudder*. I still use a wired USB mouse and keyboard from time to time - but they have been tested several times and will unplug with minimal effort. I am very careful with flash drives though. I have one or two that work fine and they are the only ones I trust to use.
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I have had two Iconias and both have had this issue. I don't think the newer one will help out with it. I use a 32gb USB device and it always hangs up in the port. But I don't use USB that often so my opinion is bias.

Yeah my USB port is super tight as well. The first time I stuck in a flash drive, I ended up pulling off the cover to the drive tying to get it out. After using it for a bit, it did loosen up some, but its still really tight. I just always use an extension cable now, at least that way I have something to grab onto to yank.

seems like a common issue. I also noticed the port was fairly tight at first, but after plugging in and out a few times, it seems to be broken in now - snug, but not overly tight. I use it for an external hard drive which is constantly being added and removed when moving from point a to point b.

[Q] USB light powered by Nook's micro USB port?

Has anyone tried using a light for the nook that is powered by the micro USB port?
I haven't found any USB lights with micro USB connectors, but was tempted to buy a laptop USB light and swapping the connector for a micro USB connector.
Plug it into your nook touch and you have light. Of course this will drain your nooks battery faster, but I would hate to have to worry about charging batteries on a reading light in addition to ensuring my nook is charged.

It may be possible, just check if the power drain is not very high, as the USB has a limit of 500 mA (if I am not mistaken). If it works, please tell us.
You will need the USB hack that is on the forum, but I guess there is nothing that would prevent it to work (just maybe frying your USB connection).
Good luck.

You should be able to draw some decent current off the USB connector.
I've pulled >100mA trying to power a hub.
I don't know how much current those LEDs pull but certainly less than that.
It's unfortunate that 2.1 doesn't support reverse portrait or you could have the light at the top!

Light working
Hi. I saw this thread and then I've remembered that I should have an old laptop light so I gave it a go

zholy said:
Hi. I saw this thread and then I've remembered that I should have an old laptop light so I gave it a go
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Nice....I just ordered a plug on amazon at the moment to do basically the same thing. I've got an old light at home that still works.
Plug: http://amzn.com/B005FUNYSA
Have you used it any with the light? How does the battery handle it?
I'm tempted to sell my current Nook Touch and get the one just announced: Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight, IF the Nook powered light isn't great.
Edit: I received the plug, however the light i have doesn't seem to light up off of it. I checked to see that it works off of a USB port on my computer, so I'm not sure if it just wants too much juice or what. I wonder if I need to be rooted, to allow it to work (doubtful, but not sure)...

[Q] USB and Battery issues

Hello friends,
I'm having trouble on charging my nexus 7. When it is ON and I plug the original USB charger, it's not recognized by the tablet, and it doesn't recharge. So I have to turn it off and then recharge it.
Also, as the USB is not recognized, I'm not able to transfer files to my tablet, like movies, for example.
In short, my tablet does not recognize that an USB cable is plugged when it's ON.
Any ideas about how to solve it? My version is 4.2.2.
All the best,
Diego

I'm quit sure it's a hardware issue. I that case you should contact google and make use of your warrenty. Though you may try factory reset. I don't think it's gonna work.

[Q] Nexus 7 short circut damage help, please.

So, I apparently did something very stupid with my new Nexus 7.
I have a few 1 TB external hard drives, which don't get enough power via an OTG adapter from the Nexus 7 to run. So, I purchased a two into one cable -- that is, a cable that combines two male USB A plugs into one Micro USB B plug so that a USB 3.0 hard drive can use two USB 2.0 ports to have enough power. I had planned to use this to enable use of the hard drives with the Nexus 7 while traveling by plugging one cable in the tablet and the other into a charger.
When I got the cable I tested it by plugging one of the USB A plugs into my Nexus 7, and then I plugged the other into my computer's USB port. The Nexus 7 promptly shut down, the computer complained of a power surge on the USB port, and a distinct smell of melted plastic came from the computer's USB port. I guess the combining cable didn't combine so much as it just acted like a double headed male A USB cable and shorted things out?
The Nexus 7 refused to restart afterwards until I it plugged it into its charger. It works now, mostly. However, if its battery charge is above about eighty-seven percent then it always reports that it is charging, regardless if it is plugged in or not. And if I plug it into a computer while it is reporting that it is charging I have to restart the tablet to get it to connect to the computer -- I guess it thinks it is connected to a charger and doesn't bother checking for a data connection unless restarted.
The level where it stops thinking it's charging varies somewhat -- I've had it still claim to be charging all the way down to eighty-two percent charge, and by repeatedly opening the battery app over and over again I have been able to get it to notice that it's really not charging all the way up to ninety-one percent, but no higher, and I have to open and close the battery app an increasing number of times for every percent that it goes up over eighty-seven before it will notice it's not charging.
Any idea what kind of damage I'm looking at? How to fix it? Whether I can get the warranty people to fix it free of charge? If yes, whether they will send me a new one or just fix the one I have? Whether it's worth getting fixed since it mostly still works, and doesn't really bother me as long as it doesn't get worse?

Nothing?
Nothing from anyone?

Try replacing the internal USB plug? About $25. Easy to do your self.

USB Type C port loose?

Hi Everyone
I was wondering if anyone had or is currently experiencing loose usb type c connections between the port and the cable. I recently bought the device in November during Black Friday. As my daily driver I started to notice that when plugging in the cable it no longer stay firmly in. Instead it would sometimes pivot left or right. I am RMA my device through Newegg as the RMA passport procedure in Canada with ZTE is complicated.
I would appreciate any and all feedback regarding this. Hopefully no one will experience this later on.

I don't have that problem, though using the USB micro to USB Type-C port seems like its not the best connection (phone will randomly vibrate when using it while plugged in, leaving me to believe it disconnects and connects quick). But that's using the adapter. I have a question though too, do you or anyone else, hear like, electricity/static/spark sounds when unplugging the QuickCharge 3.0 USB type C cable+AC adapter that comes with it? It's my first time using Quickcharge, it hardly seems like it should work that way, but its not exactly something I can Google lol

moccor said:
I have a question though too, do you or anyone else, hear like, electricity/static/spark sounds when unplugging the QuickCharge 3.0 USB type C cable+AC adapter that comes with it? It's my first time using Quickcharge, it hardly seems like it should work that way, but its not exactly something I can Google lol
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I don't think it should be that way, but I also have this sound. At first I thought it was because of QC3. But I try to charge from my PC usually, and that sound is still there, you can even first unplug USB-A from QC or PC, and only then from phone, but it still sparks. Like something is shortening. Happens all the time when there's charging involved. I have usb-otg and it doesn't do that.
Edit: can confirm that usb-c wiggles, even on my pc motherboard, where I have never used it before. So thats normal I think, but it is still sturdy and won't unplug easily.

Type C male plugs can jiggle so they can put less stress on the female ports.
Also, manufacturers _should_ comply with the exact design reference and always build female ports with the specified measures, so that consumers may opt for a different cable in case of improper fitting.
The sparks sound (a distinguishable crackling noise) while unplugging used to happen on the first month after I bought my unit and after that, it stopped. I think the battery takes some time to stabilize the energy output. Ampere says the charge is normal.

Had this Problem once, try to clean the USB port (Used a Q-Tip and A needle with a thin towel).