imate (Pocket PC) Dosen' Charge - General Topics

hi everyone, i got a real problem here... my i-mate Pocket PC is not charging... i think that one of the wires in the charging connector (in the phone) is half broken.... but maybe this is not the problem, alse when i put the battery in the AUX battery slot available in on the cradel it is not chargint too (AUX BATTERY led is not turned ON). i dont know what is actally happening... please help.. i cannot charge the phone any more..!!

If you take the PDA and battery out of the cradle, and unplug the power to it, plug the power back in, and see if the AUX Battery LED flashes.
If it does, the cradle is still getting power, if it does not, then the charger, or cradle may be faulty.
With your device, you will have had a power cable adapter so you can plug your PDA directly into the power adapter without the need for a cradle.
Try charging your device with this to see if it's the cradle or power adapter.

no the cradel is okay... thanks.. but i found out a bigger problem .. one of the power strips in the connecter is broken thats why it is not charging.. still dont know what to do

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Charging problems still exists.... AGGGGGRRRRR!!

Guys i am gettin crazy here; my PDA Hymalaia; is giving me some bad times... when i plug the chrager to it, the orange led goes on as if it is charging, but when i tap to the battery meter it is still the same percentage. it simply dosen't charge the battery... now tell me what is this????????
repair history that i made by myself, (hope it would be helpful):
1. The power conector had some adjustments made; one of the tiny tiny wires on the connector was pushed inside by mistake, so i had to open the PDA push the wire back out. and things went just fine
2. Whenever i place the charger, it dose not charge and no indicators are on (orange indecator) so i opened the PDA again to check; i found that the metal piece holding the plastic connector not stable, made some adjustments, and thing went fine again.
3. Now when i put the charger i have to push the connector upwards for the PDA to start chargin, finally the orange indicator is on; but still not charging. why????
Please help me with this... my PDA is useless at the moment.....
thanks
I don't know if this is relavent to you but my i-mate will not charge with a car charger if the battery is under 40% charge, it will charge in the house cradle no worries bu tin the car charger the light comes on to say it is charging but it continues to use the battery, even in the setting under battery it says it is charging. If the battery is over 40% the car charger works fine.

Tytn: strange charging issue

I got a brand new tytn, and after 2 days i noticed a strange problem:
after a soft reset i plug my miniusb wall charger ( but it's the same with car cherger) and tytn start to charge. If I unplug and plug again my pda doesn't charge until i press the on/off button. Then if i switch on tytn it stops to charge.
No problem when i plug and unplug on my pc where i have activesync, so i think it's a software problem. Any suggestion
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Same problem here, nobody has a suggestion?
I had this problem. Drove me crazy in the car when trying to use Garmin. Had same problem with JasJar but NOT with the K-Jam.
Its not a cable or charger current issue cause most USB ports only supply 500mA.
Try this and see if it works for you as it did me...
Plug in your cig lighter charger, whilst connected, reset the TyTn.
After that, mine started to work fine!! Weird EH? :shock: :shock:

busted port on kaiser?

hi:
kaiser
i thought my battery was toast.
i replaced w/new one,, it came w/80% charge.
boots up fine etc.
i put on wall charger but No charging.
put on PC but no charging and not recognized by pc at all.
i jiggle port w/male end of cable attached to power or pc but nothing happens.
what else should i do?
thanx

[Q] Problem with charger

Hello,
I didn't use my tablet since 2 month and last week, i installed team EOS 4.2.2 JB rom.
After, my cable did'nt worked, When i tried to conect it to my computer, there was an error message that the tablet wasn't detect correctly.
And when i put the cable into the charger and the table to charge on the wall, i saw the icon on the right corner of the tablet charging but in the information battery, i sax that "Disconect" and the tablet % didn't grow up.... So i thought the cable was dead and i bouth one new on ebay.
With the new cable, no problem the tablet was detect and the charging with the charger was good. But after 2 days, i had new problems.
when i conect the tablet on my laptop, all is OK, the tablet is detect normally. But whn i try to charging with the charger on the wall, the tablet doesn't charge. I see the icon in the right corner is charging but in the battery informations, i see "disconect" again and the battery doesn't charge.
Yesterday, i saw a topic that i can put the charger on the freezer, i put it alle the night and i tried this morning but nothing the tablet does'nt charge.
On the charger, there is 2 parts, I open the little part with removing a screw and i tried to little move the 2 metal parts but nothing alwas the same problem.
So i think now the problem is not the new cable but the charger.... I know it's a specific voltage and if i try with my HTC ONE X charger, this will not work...
But maybe it's a problem with the tablet connect port?
I changed the rom and i installed the Cyanogen 4.2.2 this morning, and now when i conect the cable, with the computer, it's OK i see my tablet but the icon on the table isn't charging and i see "disconect in the battery information". And with the charger wall, it's the same, i have charge icon and i have disconect in the battery information
Do you think i must buy a new charger?
Sorry for my poor English my French
Try a trickle charge from the USB PC > Tablet
Plug the tablet cable into PC USB port and turn off the screen, then leave to trickle charge overnight
If you have the screen on it will not charge, so best to leave it off for a few hours to test if it is a charger problem
*Detection* said:
Try a trickle charge from the USB PC > Tablet
Plug the tablet cable into PC USB port and turn off the screen, then leave to trickle charge overnight
If you have the screen on it will not charge, so best to leave it off for a few hours to test if it is a charger problem
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I Tried to connect PC USB > tablet with the screen turn off. It's not work
I tried to PC USB > tablet turn off and it's not work too...
the problem is the charger connextion on my tablet?
kevin761 said:
I Tried to connect PC USB > tablet with the screen turn off. It's not work
I tried to PC USB > tablet turn off and it's not work too...
the problem is the charger connextion on my tablet?
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When you use PC USB to charge, it will not show charging on the screen, you have to leave it overnight for best test results
The freezer trick should only be used for about 20 minutes just to cool the charger down and reset the cutout
Try trickle charge overnight, if it works, its the charger
I think this is because tablet use a lot of power when in use and that is why the tablet is discharging when you use it. PC has even less powerful USB charger so the tablet will probably be recharging VERY slowly or even discharging when you use it.
You should leave tablet overnight to recharge and it is better to charge it in one piece than constantly plugging and unplugging it from PC.
Have a nice day,
Žiga
ZigaG said:
I think this is because tablet use a lot of power when in use and that is why the tablet is discharging when you use it. PC has even less powerful USB charger so the tablet will probably be recharging VERY slowly or even discharging when you use it.
You should leave tablet overnight to recharge and it is better to charge it in one piece than constantly plugging and unplugging it from PC.
Have a nice day,
Žiga
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You should be able to charge and use it at the same time with the actual charger plugged in, but you are correct, with the PC you can not use and charge unless you mod your USB ports for extra power
Ok i will try to conect the tablet (power off) all the night to my computer but i think it will not charge...
And if it's not work, it's not a problem with the cable because i can use the cable to transfer media PC> Tablet, so it's a problem on the tablet connector?
Hello,
My tablet was charging all the night. She was at 22% and now 38.... It's very slow!!! But now, i know that my tablet and my cable are OK and my charger is the problem.
There is a solution to repair my charger or i must buy an other?
I'm searching to conect an old cable to my charger for rc cars. Whith my charger rc car, i can charge Nimh, Nicd and lipo accus.
I cutted an old cable for tf101. I think it's a USB 3.0 because i have 5 little cables.
I think i need to charge at 15V-1A... But i wouldlike to know what are the colors of negative and positive cable because in my TF101 cable i have this colors:
white-green-red-orange-yellow...
kevin761 said:
I'm searching to conect an old cable to my charger for rc cars. Whith my charger rc car, i can charge Nimh, Nicd and lipo accus.
I cutted an old cable for tf101. I think it's a USB 3.0 because i have 5 little cables.
I think i need to charge at 15V-1A... But i wouldlike to know what are the colors of negative and positive cable because in my TF101 cable i have this colors:
white-green-red-orange-yellow...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1087321
Try this, separate charger and its pins, then take it along with the cable and put it in a zip pouch, now freeze for say 2 hrs. Take it out let it return to normal temperature and then try charging. Remember freeze them in a zip pouch (air tight)
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda app-developers app

[Q] Photon Q got hot now won't power on

Hi everyone,
My first post as I haven't been able to find an answer. My Photon Q was probably about 30% charge when I last checked with it on. An hour or 2 later it was a little warm and was off. So I went to charge it using the car charger with 500mah charge rate. I came back about an hour later and the phone was really hot and no charging screen so I unplugged it. The green led light is lit when the phone is plugged in.
I tried holding the power button and volume down button, but it won't boot. If I have the usb charging cable plugged in from a PC or charger adapter when pressing those buttons, the green light will flicker off for a fraction of a second.
I then proceeded to dismantling the phone as I suspect a battery issue and the one in this phone is stupidly non-removable. After taking the back cover off, I tested the battery posts and received 0 volts. I still don't know if the battery caused the drain or if there's a short in the phone. I then took off the inside cover that holds the battery in. A few T5 screws later and the battery was removed. I connected the battery to some AA batteries in series to see if I could get a charge. A few hours later I got it up to 3 volts which held for several hours. So I connected it to a few more AA batteries in series to try and raise the voltage. I got it up to 3.67 volts and the battery is listed at 3.7 volts.
A day later and the voltage is still at 3.67 volts so I put the battery in the phone. I went to try and power it on, but nothing. I then connected it to a usb cord and received the slow flashing red led light a couple times before switching to green. The battery started getting warm again connected to the usb charger. After 20 minutes it was approaching hot so I unplugged the USB. The battery read 3.54 volts. 30 minutes later, 0 volts again.
Does anyone know what the actual voltage range is for this phone, as my old Samsung M320 is also 3.7 volts, but when testing the battery I get 4.10 volts? I heard it's pretty specific on minimum voltage. Any ideas for a temporary battery or way to boot the phone before spending $50 on a replacement battery and then find out there's a short in the phone. Is there another key combination to boot the phone, I'm trying to boot it to at least get my pictures and other data off it.
Thanks a lot in advance
Matt
Not the battery, seems to be an electrical short but where
I bought a new battery for the phone which had a 0 volt charge when I received it. I tried putting it in the phone as is to use the phone charger to charge it, but got nothing. So I charged it using 2, then 3 and then 4 AA batteries in series to get it up to 3.7 volts. I then put the battery in the phone and noticed the 2 large chips and the chip centered above them located by the camera get a little hot. I tried with the charger connected and not connected, but same thing. Power button doesn't turn the phone on. Just the green led lit when the USB power cable is attached. So now it seems there must be a short in the phone. Anyone know where I can look to check for a short, blown resistor or something in this phone? Or at least where the rom chip is located so maybe I can turn it into a usb drive to get my data at the least.
Anyone? I still haven't been able to find a solution. I don't see pins touching, but if some pins are touching in the usb port, would that cause the heat issues when I put a battery in that I charged externally? I do get the green led light when I plug the phone in to charge so figure that means the usb is ok?
Regal's Photon Q said:
Anyone? I still haven't been able to find a solution. I don't see pins touching, but if some pins are touching in the usb port, would that cause the heat issues when I put a battery in that I charged externally? I do get the green led light when I plug the phone in to charge so figure that means the usb is ok?
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did you try a other charger ? do you have oryginal photon charger ? for me its not a reason of battery
regards
(in situation like that charging with normal usb cable when you plug phone to pc dont charging battery, you need motorola usb service cable to make it work)
niko99 said:
did you try a other charger ? do you have oryginal photon charger ? for me its not a reason of battery
regards
(in situation like that charging with normal usb cable when you plug phone to pc dont charging battery, you need motorola usb service cable to make it work)
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Yep used the motorola cable that came with the phone (plugged in the wall and just the cable in multiple computers, another motorola house charger (the same as the one that came with the phone), a motorola car charger, and a samsung house charger.
When you say motorola usb service cable, I assume you're not talking about the motorola cable that comes with the phone? What usb service cable are you referring to?
Regal's Photon Q said:
Yep used the motorola cable that came with the phone (plugged in the wall and just the cable in multiple computers, another motorola house charger (the same as the one that came with the phone), a motorola car charger, and a samsung house charger.
When you say motorola usb service cable, I assume you're not talking about the motorola cable that comes with the phone? What usb service cable are you referring to?
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factory / sevice cable ( i make my own from below tutorial)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1077414
if you buy / make this cable , you will be have posibility to use RDS lite and flesh firmware this also make help (if you have low battery flesh with normal usb cable is not possible )
and second thing... maybe try some car charger ?

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