HELP NEEDED - Problem: Mini-USB Port Fried???

[Blob8me]

Hi. Hoping someone can help me out here - I seem to have "Fried" my mini-usb port on my Touch Dual? :(

I had connected my Dual to my Vista PC in order to flash the latest Mary Rom - it started to charge the battery but hadn't picked up the device in Windows Mobile Device Manager (as happens some times?) - when I started the CustomRUU I of course got a connection error and this is when the port seems to have "died"???

The Dual now no longer charges - either from the main power supply or from PC or Laptop and I get the error message "USB Device has exceeded the power limits of its USB port" when I plug it into an XP Laptop?

I'm hoping that this is not a permanent "hardware" issue and that someone has had the same problem before and has a solution?

I have tried: Soft Reset, Hard Reset, Removing the battery, Changing the battery, changing the software settings for the usb port?

Help.....?????

[Blob8me]

So its been a few months now since my Dual died - I've just found it in the bottom of a drawer in my office and its reminded me to take a look and see if anyone else has had this problem so I thought I'd refresh the thread....

Any (ANY) advice would be great - I cant return it to HTC as its stuck with a custom ROM loaded and I cant connect the USB (obviously) to change it back to a shipped rom......

Is there any way to flash an original rom from a memory card? :confused:

Help......?????

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[the_fish]

that sounds bad...but i don't have the solution... sorry...

[ducamie]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=422370

[Valvarin]

but your battery should be very discharged now right?^^

[ducamie]

i think my mini usb is on its way out

it keeps loosing activesync connection and i have to wiggle the lead etc.. does anyone else have this problem?

[mjbozzy]

I am new here, but i am an electronics technician who has had a similar problem with my NEON 200. Seems that PC USB Ports can only supply 5VDC @ 500mA max and the NEON power pack is 5VDC @ 1A. I continually charged off my PC and Laptop when i could not find my mains pack - i think this eventually killed my phone or battery as now it just does not charge and i cannot turn on the radios. I did however measure the volts on the battery to be correct, and i did briefly get the device operational again (without the battery warning then turning itself off) for long enough to get a new ROM on the phone hoping this would fix it. FAIL! I have the same problem again... I hear there is a fuse on these that could be open cct, so i am going to look into that now. Hope some of this helps.
BTW - i hard reset the thing about 50 times (hoping the vibrate on start up would run the battery out) and this is how i got the thing working again the first time (before the ROM update).
Cheers,
Matt.

[NetrunnerAT]

i need more infos ... what have you done befor you get this error?

flash new radio? or OS? or what ever?

[twolf]

This just happened to me too...
:(

[vcdwelt]

You can try to solder the contacts from the usb Plug in Phone. Have done this on a friends nike and this solved the problem.

Be carefull and don't overheat the board...

[twolf]

So you think its just a loose usb port?
I dont know, the pc usb host was shutting down everything on connect...

But Ill try... :(

[ducamie]

that sucks twolf

i wish you good luck

[twolf]

Ok, went into a indian repair shop here and its fixed...35€ :(
I was worried there for a while, the guy couldnt fully talk any language I tried.

But is working fine. :)

[vcdwelt]

Have you seen what he did with your nike? Or had he told you what he have done?

[twolf]

As far as I know he just replaced the usb port, but I barely understood what he said.
It must have been that because he only had 3 hours with the device and there where other devices in line to be repaired as well.

[ducamie]

im glad you got it fixed

did he replace it with an ExtUSB port? will headphones still work?

[twolf]

Hmm... its a normal port, looks like the old one.
I never used the headphones, dont even know where they are, I have a Motorola S9...:D

http://www.phonearea.net/wp-content/themes/default/pictures/motorola/2007/motorola_s9.jpg