I need some help w/ my sprint TP, kind of in a pickle

erockvr6 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-25-2009, 08:40 AM

so im havin a prob w/ my phone charging, i bought a new battery to replace the one that wouldnt charge, so i put in the new one and it was about a 70% charge so i put it on the charger and it started charging, about a minute later the LED charger light just went out and it stopped charging, so i unplugged it and plugged it back in and it started charging, but again after about 2 mins it stopped. so i figured it was still charging and i just left it on the charger all nite, this morn the bat is pretty much dead and now i need to reflash to stock but i dont kno if i can since its below 50%. any suggestions on how to charge the battery or how to reflash, do u think its my charging port?

**cmajewsk** · #2 (**permalink**) 09-25-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by erockvr6

so im havin a prob w/ my phone charging, i bought a new battery to replace the one that wouldnt charge, so i put in the new one and it was about a 70% charge so i put it on the charger and it started charging, about a minute later the LED charger light just went out and it stopped charging, so i unplugged it and plugged it back in and it started charging, but again after about 2 mins it stopped. so i figured it was still charging and i just left it on the charger all nite, this morn the bat is pretty much dead and now i need to reflash to stock but i dont kno if i can since its below 50%. any suggestions on how to charge the battery or how to reflash, do u think its my charging port?

Possibly. I see you ruled out a bad battery. What about a bad charger? Also, try charging it via your PC USB port...

erockvr6 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-25-2009, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by cmajewsk

Possibly. I see you ruled out a bad battery. What about a bad charger? Also, try charging it via your PC USB port...

ive tried my mogul charger and my touch pro charger, i dont think its the charger, i had it plugged in to the computer as Activesync and it syncs up and charges for about a min or two then stops and activesync stops, when i do it as a removable disc it reads the memory card and charges and stops. I'm leaning towards the port on the Touch Pro, how do i flash back to stock w/ only about 20-30% battery left, or how do i charge the battery w/o the phone

frazell · #4 (**permalink**) 09-25-2009, 09:44 AM

Flash it via SD card. I doubt it will complain about battery life then.

Getting the battery charged might be another issue though.

erockvr6 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-25-2009, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by frazell

Flash it via SD card. I doubt it will complain about battery life then.

Getting the battery charged might be another issue though.

Thanks, i think i will do that, since i cant flash via usb anyway, everytime i tried last nite w/ charged battery it kept showing serial on the boot loader screen, never went to usb, which also makes me think the port is bad

arbdef · #6 (**permalink**) 09-25-2009, 10:04 AM

I had that happen on my 6700. Something that worked was I used a little bit of mass air flow sensor cleaner (aka electronics cleaner) and it cleaned off the pins making it so I could charge/sync again. Sometimes garbage builds up on the pins and a cleaning is all it needs. If that doesn't work is there a crack on the board where the usb plugs in?

You can get a can of the sensor cleaner at any auto parts store.