Sprint TP2 not Charging at all

[aarif1]

I saw an older thread or two about this problem, but no solutions. Sorry if my searching skills are weak and I missed something.

Last night, my phone stopped charging completely. It was charging fine the night before, and worked fine all day yesterday. I tried different chargers, (USB to PC, AC, and car chargers) but nothing works.

The only thing out of ordinary that happened was that the phone was completely out of batteries (and shut down) before I got to plug it in.

I was thinking of buying an external battery charger if they're cheap and see if the battery charges that way and I can turn the phone on.

Otherwise, it seems the likely problem is the mini usb port on the phone. Any ideas how to repair this?

I called Sprint and they said since I don't have any coverage, they could only refer me to the manufacturer or have me take it in to a Sprint repair shop.

Any other ideas?