Phone thinks charger is Usb cable
 

I've looked, but all it comes up with is battery issues and such.
Anyways my phone can connect to my computer, to sync, flash whatever,
but it won't charge.
It used to.
As soon as I flashed NRG AUG 1 Rom (dinik21673 i believe)
at first it wouldn't even connect, i had to wiggle it to connect and hold it in place.
Then i just left it and it kept connecting and disconnecting without even moving it.
Finally it connected and no issues.
When i was going to sleep, plugged in my phone to the wall charger and it would ask for the ACTIVESYNC, DISK DRIVE, INTERNET SHARING.
I plugged it in to my car charger, same thing, i plugged it to another wall charger same thing, i plugged it in to a Universal Battery charger with USB output, same thing.

so I can't charge. Good thing i got two batteries and i can charge one with the battery charger while i use the other one, but it sucks not been able to charge the phone, can anybody help me??

please!

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sounds like you usb port is dying on you. Should be able to get it fixed under warranty. Does metropcs do instore repaires?

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thats kinda funny... flashed his Aug 1st and the same thing happened just went to a sprint store and the gave me a brand new one

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I don't think they do repairs, not on houdini phones.. and lucky you ooxteme. This totally sucks, so it's the usb port on my phone the problem?

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I had this problem but it would charge and not charge at times. You should try to hard reset it. Always do a hard reset once u flash a rom. ;]

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alright, i'll try that.

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well, resetting didn't work (hard reset).
Then i thought to flash it to stock.
I task29'd it, then flashed to sprint 6.5, tried to charge,
it showed the (activesync, disk drive, etc) screen, but it started charging anyways.
then i flashed to the newest NRG rom the Aug 13, 23129 dinik.
Tried charging, it showed the (activesync, disk drive etc.)
It didn't charge, it's still conected to the ac and it won't charge.
:(

so is it the ROM?
I don't think it's the phone, otherwise it wouldn't have worked with the stock rom.

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Hm...Not sure what the problem is. =/. Hope someone else can help you out. Perhaps there is a .cab file for a fix. Ill look and see if i find anything and post it on here.

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please do! thank you! ;)

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I say it is a bad usb port also

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+1 ^^^^^^ take it in if you have insurance

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i say its the ROM 100%... maybe mixed with something installed though...

Ive totally had this Happen before.. it was on NRG for sure!!... didnt matter what charger, it would do it.. this was awhile ago, several several versions ago, and mightve actually been on a TP1... but i know every now and again NRG cooks one up that does this... mayhave to do with aftermarket cords and the pins inside or something to... but its definitely something ive experienced on NRG before..

soon as i switched ROMs it went away.... never happened to me on TP2 though, and its been while since ive seen someone have this happen

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The only time i have seen this is when a bent pin in the usb port is arching with data pin when plugged in thus making the phone thing the charger is also usb hub ready.

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Yup, I've seen the reverse, where the connector on the cable was bent and it would charge but not read data properly.

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I have the same problem as the OP. Mine no longer charges via PC's, only through wall or car chargers. It has been working fine for the past few months on the same ROM, but last week, nothing.

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What mr. x said.. it sounds for sure like one of those tiny pins is bent, usually they get bent so that they lay too flat and the phone doesn't see one of them. In this case a pin the phone isn't supposed to see is bent the other way and is touching a contact on the charging cord that it isn't supposed to.

You need to flatten it out, but I have no idea what tool you could do that with without damaging the pin. They're so easy to break and hard to get at.

If you get desperate, and you're gonna try to send it in anyway for repair/replacement, on idea is to plug in a charger firmly with the phone laying flat and push dongle sticking out of the phone downward. Not too firmly, just a bit. This may push the pin back into place. Or it may make things worse. lol.

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it's always the wire. lol.. no seriously, I haven't seen the usb cable itself mentioned. many cords don't send more than 100/200 mah. also many cords just go bad. I always keep a new in bag cord around so I know whether its the cord or jacks.

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I have this problem, too. Doesn't work with PC USB Cable or Wall Adapter, but charges in my car.

I'm able to charge after doing a soft reset ONCE, but if I unplug the cable and plug it back in again, it does not work.

I don't have the time to do a hard reset at the moment, and one of my water sensors has been triggered (wet hand...) so don't want to try exchanging it yet..

I am on stock rom, but hard spl unlocked... or whatever it's called.

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Some of you may have to reflash your roms or reinstall activesync.

I've noticed that sometimes if you have a problem with usb storage/activesync and the drivers on the computer it may not charge because the computer doesn't recognize the device. I think the computer gets confused between storage and sync. I think this may happen when the device isn't removed properly, or in the middle of doing syncing or transferring, specially if you have a cable that you have to wiggle to make it connect/charge.

Now that everything is made in china, some cables won't sit in there snug enough that if you move the phone around while syncing or charging, it disconnects it.

When I flash I ONLY use the USB cables that I know won't disconnect if I jiggle it, then I make sure that I DO NOT move/touch the phone at all when flashing.

I try not to use the loose cables for transferring, if I have to then I just don't move it or prop the cable up so that it has pressure on it so that it stays connected.

You'll know when you have a driver issue when you hook up the phone and it installs it as a new device and it'll say "Qualcomm something...something...." in a little balloon. At that point I uninstall activesync and reinstall it and that usually fixes the problem.

Wirelessly posted (Opera/9.80 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/5.0.3521/19.916; U; en) Presto/2.5.25)

i did a hard reset on mine. it charges through usb and ac adapter but really slowly. orange led is still on even after 10 hours but it says it is at 100%. installation of 1% increment battery driver makes it not charge... never had that problem before. weird.

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This was the last step before my tp2 crapped out on me.

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Anyone who have this problem, I've a fix you guys may want to try.

Not saying there may not be a hardware issue, there probably is

I've in my case found this is (partially) caused / aggravated by the 1% battery driver,

either cooked into custom ROM or installed as a Cab

Try flashing back to stock Sprint / OEM ROM and see if the phone will charge now.

The connect to USB screen still pop up occasionally when I connect to some chargers,
but at least its charging fine in my case.

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Yep. That is the case for me, too. It charges slower, too. Weird cuz this wasn't an issue in the past. My car charger still charges it fine and quickly, too.