So the power cord is really annoying. The brick has a cord coming straight out of it. I was hoping that I'd be able to swap usb cords. I know the Surface has higher power requirements but I was hoping I could swap USB cords and charge my phone with the Microsoft plug. I do this with my ipad 2 wall wart. Reading this over, I realize I'm probably full of ****.
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So the power cord is really annoying. The brick has a cord coming straight out of it. I was hoping that I'd be able to swap usb cords. I know the Surface has higher power requirements but I was hoping I could swap USB cords and charge my phone with the Microsoft plug. I do this with my ipad 2 wall wart. Reading this over, I realize I'm probably full of ****.
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I agree tha tthe power cord sucks. I connected it and then 20min later realized it wasn't charging because it wasn't seated just right. I wouldn't even mind a slow USB charge if I could hok it up when I go to bed.
Hopefully someone will realse a better charger 3rd party.
The badly-seated charger was mentioned in both of the more-detailed reviews (Ars Technica and Anandtech). The reason it's one piece is precisely to prevent people from plugging it into other USB periphs--and frying them with its higher voltage. As for a 3rd-party charger, it'll be a while, as MS has a patent pending on the connector.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/14/microsoft-magnetic-patent-application/
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The badly-seated charger was mentioned in both of the more-detailed reviews (Ars Technica and Anandtech). The reason it's one piece is precisely to prevent people from plugging it into other USB periphs--and frying them with its higher voltage. As for a 3rd-party charger, it'll be a while, as MS has a patent pending on the connector.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/14/microsoft-magnetic-patent-application/
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Not sure why they would want to patent it in its current design. It is a horrible implementation - whoever designed it at MS should be fired.
I am not sure if I am the only one, but I am having a hard time getting it seated just right to start charging my Surface. I connect it and it looks like its on, but you have to finagle it to get the surface to see it and switch to charging. I litteraly spent 3 minutes last night trying to get it to see it. Not very user friendly for people on the go, Maybe Apple will come up with better power cord for MS - LOL
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Not sure why they would want to patent it in its current design. It is a horrible implementation - whoever designed it at MS should be fired.
I am not sure if I am the only one, but I am having a hard time getting it seated just right to start charging my Surface. I connect it and it looks like its on, but you have to finagle it to get the surface to see it and switch to charging. I litteraly spent 3 minutes last night trying to get it to see it. Not very user friendly for people on the go, Maybe Apple will come up with better power cord for MS - LOL
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I haven't been having quite that much trouble, but I agree the cord is a little annoying to seat properly. I did notice today that the cord has a light on the top which is a more convenient way to see if its connected properly than checking the tablet.
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I was hoping I could swap USB cords and charge my phone with the Microsoft plug.
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Since the Surface has a full-size USB port, can't you charge your phone from your surface while it's also charging (or not)? I know it's not quite the same, but I don't think we've ever had a tablet that could charge a phone before...
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Since the Surface has a full-size USB port, can't you charge your phone from your surface while it's also charging (or not)? I know it's not quite the same, but I don't think we've ever had a tablet that could charge a phone before...
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So which way do you orient it - Light facing upward or light facing downward in relation to the tablets top and bottom in landscape mode. It works both ways but not sure which is easier to get it working yet.
yes, you should have no issue charging your phone through the usb port on the surface.
i agree that the connector is a little tough to get to click in, but i haven't had more than 5 seconds worth of effort to get it to go, it could all really be solved by them putting slightly stronger magnets into the connector or the port so that it pulls itself into the right position. part of the issue also seems to come from the angle of the sides since normally one tries to attach it perpendicularly to the screen, but it's a little bit more of an angle you have to guide it in with.
Isn't there a LED on it as well? If it's seated correct the LED would light up?
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Isn't there a LED on it as well? If it's seated correct the LED would light up?
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correct, it glows white when it is connected, it would be nice if it changed color when the device was fully charged, but it's not a huge deal regardless
It is still very tempermental to get connected compared to other designs - Hopefully there will be some third party option shortly. I spoke to MS about it and they said part of the reason for the design was to avoid broken connectors as occur often on laptops - Whatever they say, it is way to difficult to get it to charge right. Can you imagine asking someone else to plug your surface in - they will never figure it out without help
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correct, it glows white when it is connected, it would be nice if it changed color when the device was fully charged, but it's not a huge deal regardless
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I had the same thought...
It's nice to know when your device is fully charged without having to turn it on.
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It is still very tempermental to get connected compared to other designs - Hopefully there will be some third party option shortly. I spoke to MS about it and they said part of the reason for the design was to avoid broken connectors as occur often on laptops - Whatever they say, it is way to difficult to get it to charge right. Can you imagine asking someone else to plug your surface in - they will never figure it out without help
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while the break away ability of a magnetic connection is great in protecting the ports and devices from sudden and accidental disconnections, the implementation of the magsafe connection on macs is better done, and the only real difference is stronger magnets, if the connector could guide itself in via the magnets, i feel like no one would be complaining about it.
i have gotten better at helping it connect lately though...i've also realized it charges so fast that the light change isn't as necessary, if i have it connected for anywhere near an hour it's generally full or almost full when i unplug it.
wow, some of you guys are having so much trouble you wish for the designer to be fired? I haven't had one issue yet, I plug it in with the LED facing down, I just slide it along the side of the case and when the magnets stick I twist it whichever way it needs to be turned to straighten out. Once it clicks in and feels good I wave my hand under it to make sure I see white on my palm and it's good to go. Maybe a 5 second ordeal?
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wow, some of you guys are having so much trouble you wish for the designer to be fired? I haven't had one issue yet, I plug it in with the LED facing down, I just slide it along the side of the case and when the magnets stick I twist it whichever way it needs to be turned to straighten out. Once it clicks in and feels good I wave my hand under it to make sure I see white on my palm and it's good to go. Maybe a 5 second ordeal?
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I was having trouble before until I found a method that was consistent for me as well, and I pretty much do the same as you. Line it up parallel to the port and then twist it into place.
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I'm trying to figure out exactly what the five wires are coming off the battery. 2 red, 2 black, and 1 blue.
No amount of searching has given me any answers.
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I'm trying to figure out exactly what the five wires are coming off the battery. 2 red, 2 black, and 1 blue.
No amount of searching has given me any answers.
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2 reds are probably common to each other, likewise the 2 blacks. (One way of increasing wire size for current requirement.) Blue would be the sense lead for charging.
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2 reds are probably common to each other, likewise the 2 blacks. (One way of increasing wire size for current requirement.) Blue would be the sense lead for charging.
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I'm trying to figure out how to make a "charging pod" for my tab. I want to be able to snap it into a case and have it charge without having to plug in the 30pin connector.
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I'm trying to figure out how to make a "charging pod" for my tab. I want to be able to snap it into a case and have it charge without having to plug in the 30pin connector.
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Not sure I follow... without drilling through the case, you'll have to plug something into that 30p. If you are going to fabricate it yourself, buy another usb cable for the tab and incorporate that into your design. But accurate alignment to avoid excessive stress/wear is the problem.
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Not sure I follow... without drilling through the case, you'll have to plug something into that 30p. If you are going to fabricate it yourself, buy another usb cable for the tab and incorporate that into your design. But accurate alignment to avoid excessive stress/wear is the problem.
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A lot of blackberry phones have a charging pod style dock. I was wondering if it would be possible to somehow work that into a galaxy tab. Like solder on to the battery wires.
All charging pods that I've seen use the same phone connector you plug a cable into. Older BB's had pads on back, I guess, like a cordless phone. But you need a current limiter/regulator between the external contacts and the battery, regardless. Best go with the cable connector, like I said. But if you insist on hacking your case, you'd better learn how chargers work first.
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All charging pods that I've seen use the same phone connector you plug a cable into. Older BB's had pads on back, I guess, like a cordless phone. But you need a current limiter/regulator between the external contacts and the battery, regardless. Best go with the cable connector, like I said. But if you insist on hacking your case, you'd better learn how chargers work first.
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Yeah I was just wondering how possible it would be to do. I might just find a new way to go about this. Thanks for the help!
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2 reds are probably common to each other, likewise the 2 blacks. (One way of increasing wire size for current requirement.) Blue would be the sense lead for charging.
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a better question then is this... :
would i tie the two blacks with the blue or the reds with the blue to start the charging direct?
if i hook the charger lines direct to the battery with it out of the tablet all together using the red and black from the charger to the battery would i be using the blue wire at all? would i want to hook to only specific red and black wires? ( the USB pins have entirely crapped out... but a battery is just a battery and can still be charged (tested in another tab to charge still and then tested powering up the unit and it did power up so the problem is the pins in the USB port.) sure would be cool if someone could say the answer, but i will be taking another port of another machine and soldering it to my tabs motherboard....
I had the same problem with a Samsung tablet the USB port was all messed up beyond repair. I found a charging source with the same voltage (3.7) and combined both black together then the blue with the two red and the charger is indicating that it is charging. Haven’t plugged it back into the tablet yet but I’m sure that it will work.
So I would recommend connecting the blue with the two red
Yes. With any DC electronics the red wire will be load wire(positive) and the black is the neutral wire(negetive). But the ground wire(signal wire) accompanies the load wire. How will the signal move if it didn't?
If you bypass the charger port you won’t have the protection circuit that your original charger port has if I was you I would make a case with the 30pin usb connector invaded in it e.g tab will side and click in to the case ! You can the cut of the usb end and then make a 2pin connection on the back of the the tab case witch will then connect with ease to your prototype docking station I have done similar projects if you would like to elaborate on this with me feel free to email me at :
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I’d be thrilled to help and show you things iv made on the same principle ! Happy inventing peace out
Steve
I took one red, and one black from the battery and same for the charging cord. The red to the red, and blk to blk. It charged just fine like that. Two batteries were charged, both Samsung tablets. Forget what kind exactly, it was almost a year ago.
Power key dont work... I need to make a bypass shortcut way to start which connection do i need to short to open my Samsung N8000 Tab..thanks
This might look like a stupid question. But I really wanted to know how is a phone charged without a wire connection. I mean you need to pass electrons while charging right? There must be a layer of air(No matter how slight) in-between the charger and the device which has a resistance of about 10^13 to 10^16 ohms. So how does the electrons passes through this layer?
Induction
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Induction
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Thanks. I just got it. The process is something like an electric transformer. Just one part of it is on the charger side, and the other is inside the Cell phone. So ain't we wasting a lot of power through the process. I mean efficiency is never 100%, is it?
I believe the wasted power is related to the coil's material (the less resistive, the less dissipated power).
So yes, efficiency could never be 100% because there's no material with 0 resistivity.
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So yes, efficiency could never be 100% because there's no material with 0 resistivity.
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I mentioned compared with the wired charger. It's wastage r8? And it's not really wireless(got a cable between the charger and wall socket) so what's the point?
I can't recall correctly, but there will be a little bit more of wasted power compared to wired charging (due to the air's permeability to let the electromagnetic field produced by the coil "flow")
Well yes, it's still wired, but the joke is to not plug the phone.
Personally, I always charge my phone on the same spot when I'm home, so it certainly could come in handy.
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Well yes, it's still wired, but the joke is to not plug the phone.
Personally, I always charge my phone on the same spot when I'm home, so it certainly could come in handy.
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So you are keeping the charger plugged into the wall socket all the time? If not than I still didn't get the point why if yes you are wasting a lots of energy of over the day. I thought we are looking for an energy efficient world. I'm I wrong?
I do support if it's built inside a cars dashboard or something like that. Just to put the phone on your dashboard and it's charging. But in case of home still wired is better. Though if it was something like wifi that could work from a distance would make a good point. You know what I mean....
Disclaimer : I received this item at a discount in exchange for my honest opinion.
I've owned several android devices over the years and I've never used a wireless charger. Now that I have this one, I can't believe I waited this long. It works fantastic and supports quick charging as well.
First off, it's extremely thin and slender with a small footprint. It's just a small square pad with rounded corners, no bigger than a drink coaster. The top has small rubber pads to hold your device steady and the underside has small rubber feet to keep it from sliding around. There is a small led light that remains faint and doesn't over power a room. It has a USB C connection port and comes with a USB C to USB A cable. No charging brick is included.
I plugged it into a standard charger and it began charging my Note 7 immediately. I then plugged it into my Samsung quick charger plug and it instantly began wireless quick charging. I'm very impressed thus far. It's a very quality device and included a nice quality USB C cable as well.
It would be nice if it came with a quick charger plug. But there's no way it would be at this price point. Overall it seems to be a solid quality Qi pad, at a great price point.
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01K1CKKDI?vs=1
At this point, all I have to say is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-note-7/help/exploding-phones-recall-coming-t3452029
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At this point, all I have to say is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-note-7/help/exploding-phones-recall-coming-t3452029
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Yeah I saw that. But I haven't seen anything regarding wireless charging. I guess that's what happens when I go back to Samsung after like a 4 year break.
Yeah looks like a huge kerfuffle over the explode-gate. Reports are coming out of the woodwork.
It's not to say that your wireless charger (and thanks for your input on it btw) isn't good and you may not have any issues with it at all, but I (personally) get a bit paranoid when I plop down that much $$ and this stuff starts happening.
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Yeah looks like a huge kerfuffle over the explode-gate. Reports are coming out of the woodwork.
It's not to say that your wireless charger (and thanks for your input on it btw) isn't good and you may not have any issues with it at all, but I (personally) get a bit paranoid when I plop down that much $$ and this stuff starts happening.
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Totally feel ya bro. I don't mind if they recall them. I'd rather be safe than sorry. Just sucks for people who don't have a backup phone for the interim.
Hey guys. I've searched but couldn't find a solution.
I've got a very slight wiggle between my cable and charger socket on my honor 8.
Now I don't know of this is normal or not ? I can very slightly wiggle the cable from right to left, and up to down.
Is this normal ? Do other people get this as well ? When I say wiggle I mean literally a mil or two up and down, left and right.
Edit. Literally just tried wiggling the power connector inside the phone with a pair of tweezers. And it literally doesn't move. So I'm thinking it's the cable that is giving the couple of mil wiggle room??
Cheers !
Why are you even fidgeting with your device like that? Is it charging when plugged in? You're going to cause more damage.
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Why are you even fidgeting with your device like that? Is it charging when plugged in? You're going to cause more damage.
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Eh?? All I did was plug my cable in to my phone and it felt a little loose/wiggly. So I'm just asking a legit question ?? I'm not going out my way to cause damage.
I've jumped from an iPhone 7 to android. (which to be honest is a good thing right ?) I'm just asking is all?!
And yes it is charging. But when you plug a cable in like that, is it supposed to wiggle as much as it does ?
There is room for movement left to right this is normal. What is not normal is placing foreign objects inside of one's connect and trying to pull it.. Like the other member said if it's working as it should charging sync etc leave it well alone..
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The is room for movement left to right this is normal. What is not normal is placing foreign objects inside of one's connect and trying to pull it.. Like the other member said if it's working as it should charging sync etc leave it well alone..
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Okay. Thank you. As I said. I'm used to an iPhone 7. Where the charger cable fits like a glove.
If this is normal to have a bit of wiggle room then I'm okay with that.
There shouldn't be allot of movement when you have your device plugged into the charger. If you can get allot of movement when wiggling the cable then I suggest you send it back to Honor for inspection. As the USB port maybe loosely connected.
it shouldnt wiggle, get it fixed on the warranty
It isn't normal, when I charge my phone, the cable is fixed like a rock
Ok. Thank you for the swift replies guys.
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Ok. Thank you for the swift replies guys.
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Take it to a repair center ASAP
I have a bit of wiggle too. The port is solid and does not move, so it must be between the port and cable connector. I would not worry about it. There is a lot of different connection types that has a bit of wiggle sometimes. You will notice if it becomes a problem.
Type C Port Wiggle
I just bought a new factory sealed Galaxy Tab S3 from B&H Photo and the charging plug when plugged into the tablet does have about a millimeter of wiggle room in all directions, left, right, up, and down. The charge never drops. The slightest touch doesn't cause the plug to wiggle, I'm talking about actually using a little bit of force, not much...just a little.
My other devices use micro B and the charging ports in those devices fit tight so I had the same concern too but it turns out that the Type C charging port is designed with that slight wiggle room for some reason.
Just wanted to add my 2 cents to this concern on hopes that this information serves useful to someone.
Hi I bought 2 keyboard folio from eBay brand new but it is like it haves a faulty battery. When I try to pair it with the tablet through NFC I press yes on the "do you want to pair the Nexus keyboard" but after some seconds it fails. But when I put the keyboard to charge it works. After I pair the devices and use the keyboard when I unplug it it stops working straight away. So I was wondering if this happened to anyone else and if it is any key combinations to hard reset the keyboard or something like that?
More people having the same issue!!!!!!!!
https://productforums.google.com/fo...ce=footer#!msg/nexus/miyKVULMUWo/7vH_5T0OGwAJ
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Has anyone found a way to replace the battery or fix the charging issue, battery not charging?
Has anyone tried using a portable external battery charger to power the keyboard, how long does it last?
Until you unplug the external battery.
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I opened the keyboard and the battery seems to be dead because I tried to charge it with another charger and nothing was happening. On the keyboard I put another battery 400mah but still wasn't charging so I thing the board is faulty too. I will take a picture of the battery and upload it because I tried to find one but I couldn't.
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I opened the keyboard and the battery seems to be dead because I tried to charge it with another charger and nothing was happening. On the keyboard I put another battery 400mah but still wasn't charging so I thing the board is faulty too. I will take a picture of the battery and upload it because I tried to find one but I couldn't.
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Please upload any pictures you can, would be really helpful.
I was considering buying a simple small portable battery charger 1500-2200-4000~ and using it, but it would discharge too quickly, attempting to charge the faulty one in the folio. Also considered taking the folio battery/charging component and splicing in portable battery charger..
Another option I thought of, is using a male to male micro usb cable from the Nexus 9 to the folio.
I am using a generic micro usb charger works fine. I also bought a male to male micro usb cable attached to the Nexus 9 and folio, also works great. The keyboard hardly registers drawing any power.
Sorry for the late reply. That's the original battery of the keyboard which i tried to find but couldn't. The hard part is that it needs to be 1.5mm to 2mm of thickness Max so the keyboard top part can close normally. The other pictures is the modification I made replacing the battery but with a thicker one. It wasn't charging so that's why I came to the conclusion that it must be the board too that it is faulty. I connect the - and + cables from the charger to the exposed cables to charge the battery and that's it.
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That's a lot of hardware. So the battery may be good and its the charger that's faulty. Thanks for the images!
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That's a lot of hardware. So the battery may be good and its the charger that's faulty. Thanks for the images!
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NO. The battery too is faulty. Because I connect it straight to the charger and it doesn't charge.
Maybe?
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NO. The battery too is faulty. Because I connect it straight to the charger and it doesn't charge.
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Hey... Just bought a brand new one with the same issue straight out of the box.
Have you tried measuring the original battery with a multimeter?
The battery protection circuits will sometimes protect the battery from undervoltage by not letting them charge any more as it potentially damages them...
One way to attempt to recover the batteries is to remove the protection PCB and charge them with a LiPo charger at super low amps till they get up to like 3.3v then letting the original charger and battery protection finish charging it... (Kinda dangerous if battery really is damaged)
These things sat on shelves for years.... I can't imagine the batteries didn't drain.
Edit: did you take the keyboard apart??? Lol... Is it glued together??
I took mine apart... This is not a reversible process lol... Checked battery voltage and sure enough... 0 volts.... There's no Li-Ion charger that will ever try to charge that battery as there is a risk of fire.
Looks like HTC cheaped out on the battery protection circuit and it didn't cut off the battery below 3.3v and let it get to 0v... Gonna have to try to recover the battery using my lab power supply to trickle charge it... My lipo charger complains and won't charge it at all.
I'm having the same problem. Just bought one of these on Amazon for $30 and was excited to use it. How did they charge $130 for this when it came out?? This is useless. I'm going to have to return this junk. Any solutions before I do?
The solution is easy.
I have effected this repair on multiples of the nexus 9 folio keyboard.
Someone said earlier that the charging circuit is bad in addition to the cell being at 0v. This is simply not true. For the charging circuit and the cell to both be bad you will have likely hit the lottery in a bad way, or shorted and caused damage yourself.
Truth is that as mentioned before their protection circuit on their $130 keyboard was not up to the task. I make the assumption also that they overpriced these so heavily they sat until their hardware choices became apparent by making them DOA after the cell's voltage fell too low.
Someone stated that opening the keyboard is irreversible, this is also untrue, it only requires a bit of skill and patience.
Take it for what it is, because I would never recommend someone to revive a cell that had been sitting below 3.2v, it's just unsafe, but this is what worked for me as I didn't feel like digging through china stock to find a matching cell.
The cell is at 0v, so the fix is simple, connect another similar chemistry (3.2v-4.2v) cell in parallel (between the protection circuit and the cell.) I just used and 18650 from a laptop battery. Let's call this a "jump start." Start the charging and disconnect the second cell. Red charge LED should remain solid and charge cell 1 to 4.2v and you are good to go.
As far as the details, we know that the cell is on the left side, so only heat and slice adhesive from just beyond the corner to the center, slide your tool under the cell to remove the adhesion from the main body and carefully slip the cell out far enough to get at the contacts in order to get between the protection circuit and the cell.
main points
1 DO NOT PUNCTURE THE CELL (ALUMINUM TEARS EASILY)
2 DO NOT DAMAGE THE RED AND BLACK LEADS FROM THE PROTECTION CIRCUIT TO THE MAIN BOARD
3 DO NOT PRY OPEN THE OUTSIDE CORNER NEXT TO THE CELL AS THIS CORNER IS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DEFORMATION THAN OTHER AREAS
Probably best left to a skilled tech, but it can certainly be done.
The adhesive htc uses is much like hot glue, so after scraping the old glue out reseal and press with a hot glue gun (precision tip recommended,) easy peasy.
On a final note, shame on you htc (and google.)
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The solution is easy.
I have effected this repair on multiples of the nexus 9 folio keyboard.
Someone said earlier that the charging circuit is bad in addition to the cell being at 0v. This is simply not true. For the charging circuit and the cell to both be bad you will have likely hit the lottery in a bad way, or shorted and caused damage yourself.
Truth is that as mentioned before their protection circuit on their $130 keyboard was not up to the task. I make the assumption also that they overpriced these so heavily they sat until their hardware choices became apparent by making them DOA after the cell's voltage fell too low.
Someone stated that opening the keyboard is irreversible, this is also untrue, it only requires a bit of skill and patience.
Take it for what it is, because I would never recommend someone to revive a cell that had been sitting below 3.2v, it's just unsafe, but this is what worked for me as I didn't feel like digging through china stock to find a matching cell.
The cell is at 0v, so the fix is simple, connect another similar chemistry (3.2v-4.2v) cell in parallel (between the protection circuit and the cell.) I just used and 18650 from a laptop battery. Let's call this a "jump start." Start the charging and disconnect the second cell. Red charge LED should remain solid and charge cell 1 to 4.2v and you are good to go.
As far as the details, we know that the cell is on the left side, so only heat and slice adhesive from just beyond the corner to the center, slide your tool under the cell to remove the adhesion from the main body and carefully slip the cell out far enough to get at the contacts in order to get between the protection circuit and the cell.
main points
1 DO NOT PUNCTURE THE CELL (ALUMINUM TEARS EASILY)
2 DO NOT DAMAGE THE RED AND BLACK LEADS FROM THE PROTECTION CIRCUIT TO THE MAIN BOARD
3 DO NOT PRY OPEN THE OUTSIDE CORNER NEXT TO THE CELL AS THIS CORNER IS MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DEFORMATION THAN OTHER AREAS
Probably best left to a skilled tech, but it can certainly be done.
The adhesive htc uses is much like hot glue, so after scraping the old glue out reseal and press with a hot glue gun (precision tip recommended,) easy peasy.
On a final note, shame on you htc (and google.)
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I want to try this repair on my keyboard. do you have pictures where to connect the wires.
I have a laptop battery
i have the case pulled apart
Just want to make sure that the wires are in the correct place.
The folio battery has a USB jack at one end and a switch (on/off perhaps) and a blue light at the other. What's happening when the blue light blinks?
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The folio battery has a USB jack at one end and a switch (on/off perhaps) and a blue light at the other. What's happening when the blue light blinks?
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i meant if i take the keyboard apart.
I ordered another on off ebay, but i used the suggestion i thiunk i saw on here. I have a microusb OTG plugged into the nexus 9 and running a usb to the keyboard. it is supplying enough power to run he keyboard. also it does not seem top drain much power at all.
I'm typing this message on the folio keyboard. if the other keyboard folio has the same issue then i can at lease use this solution to use the folio.
now i need to order a shorter usb to microusb cord so i dont have to rubber band the cord and look sloppy when carrying it around
Thanks for that. But what about the blinking blue light?
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Thanks for that. But what about the blinking blue light?
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That is paring mode if in not mistaken.
Nah, it's definitely a charging light. Doesn't blink when pairing but does when a USB charging lead is plugged in. Goes off after a couple of minutes, which confirms what we all know: the keyboard doesn't/won't charge.
Picked up one of these new from Ebay. It doesn't seem to want to charge and will only work when plugged in with charger. Anyway to get it working? Guess it's a return