Phone Charge issue.

[FearTheElf]

Originally Posted by detroit_doug

lol yeah, there are several articles out there regarding it, especially from phone and laptop manufactures that have proprietary connectors from device to electrical source

Its not only the size, shape, pin number and/or configuration that is proprietary but also voltage and cycle rate as well in some cases hence the reason why Dell and HP laptop plugs are so vastly different as well as Dell to Dell or HP to HP, different models of hardware have differing setup and configurations in the electrical handling systems within

The most common Ive seen over time(in a corp I was working in the IT dept as we also were responsible for the cell phones as well) was blackberry users just using whatever cable/power was available then wondering why the blackberry after a short time was having no battery life or just not coming on at all even with the power cabled in directly, contacted tech support for it and they proved the fact to us that different models have different chargers and the user had basically fried out the AC power chip in the phone as well as damaged the rechargeable battery as well and as it was improper use the user had to buy another phone as they refused to handle it via warranty

Detroit Doug

I'm having the same problem as the OP, only worse - my phone won't power on at all, even after several hours charge. The red light is the only light that comes on when plugged in to the AC charger. I even bought a couple new batteries, assuming my original battery had finally died; same issue, no matter which battery I use. I have only ever used the AC charger that came with the phone. However, I do use a few different USB cables when connecting the phone to different PCs to charge it, transfer data, etc. Would the USB cable make a difference in the power distribution to the phone and potentially fry the thing?

[MrGoodtunes]

I'm using half a dozen different wall chargers and a couple different car chargers with no problem whatever, and I've had my Vogue since it debuted Nov 4. 2007. Some are rated 5.0, some 5.5 volts. Some have current ratings at 0.5 amps (500 ma), some 1 amp. My Sprint Touch likes them all.

I'm thinking people with problems are maybe not cleaning the pocket fuzz out of their phone's mini-USB socket. I use a small soft bristle brush that came with my electric shaver to keep Vogue's USB port clean, and a light touch of vasoline every now and then on cable's USB metal housing. Just keep in mind that lint at contact points causes an electrical resistance that results in both phone and charger going heywire!

Hope this helps, MrG