XDA II not charging at USB

[hbatista]

Hi

I got a usb cable from expansys and tried to charge xda II via usb. It doesn-t charge. The orange light turns on and power settigns show "charging" on the label, although, it does not charge.

The first thing that i tried was to see if pins 16,17 or 18 were having ground. They do! Although, pin 5 is not having it.. should it ?

Do you see any other reason for not charging ?
thanks!

[BRosenow]

Is the cable specifically a 'sync and charge' cable, or sync only. Unfortunatley, not all cables will charge the device.

Also, is the cable for the XDA II or the XDA? It seems there is a difference. :(

[Mosser]

They are specific to xda and xda ii, i bought a sync and charge lead from ebay a few months ago and was told it works with xda and xda ii but it only syncs with the xda ii, if you try and charge and xda ii with it, it actually discharges it a fair rate of knots !! even though it says it is charging

[hbatista]

the diferences between a xda I and xda II on charging is that in xda II the pins 16, 17 or 18 need to be connected to GROUND.

I already verified this....

I'm thinking it's the firmware. My battery is 0% and it does not charge. I heard rumors that some firmware could only charge by usb after 30%

i'm having 1.66. Anybody confirms ?

[CPGOD]

I dont think its the firmware - Im up to 1.72, and still experience the same problem. Got to be the cabling I think.

[hbatista]

hum.. i really think the cable is correct, but let's see:

PIN 17 is connected to usb ground (-)
Pin 13 is connected to usb power (+) (5v)

do i need pin 5 ?
i know i read somewhere that ping 5 is not used on xdaII. correct me if i'm wrong..

[hbatista]

And yes.... i still think it's the firmware. I got the carge working when the battery is charged more than 50%

If the charge is under 50% it does not charge. any clue ?

[hungdu]

With my sync and charge cable, it works well if my battery is above 10%, if lower than that it wont' charge. I have used many types of sync&charge cable, it's got the same problem. The difference is only the cable stop charging on how much your battery left.

I'm sure for firmware because IPAQ could charge by USB cable when battery is 0%.

[Biso007]

I 'm not experienced with the PIN connectors of both devices, but a friend got me a sync & charge cable from USA and it works perfectly for both XDA and XDA II ... unfort. I don't have its brand name, but this proves it's available.