sschrupp
07-08-2008, 03:57 PM
Hi everyone, I'm brand new to the PDA world and just bought myself a SX66 from Ebay. I've managed to install Xplode's ROM (Thanks, Xplode!) and lots of other goodies and slowly learning my way around this thing. Whee!
Anyhow, the phone didn't come with a sync cable so I bought one off Ebay. If the battery is at around 75% or less it won't charge from the sync cable when connected to the PC's USB. In fact, it actually drains the battery quite rapidly while plugged into the PC. If the battery is around 76% or higher it WILL slowly charge from the USB on the PC. If I plug the sync cable into the wall charger it'll charge up to full as expected.
The 75% is a bit of a guess. I know it drained very fast when I happened to look at it and it was at 66% while plugged into the PC (and will drain all the way if I let it from past experience), and after charging in the wall to 88% I tried plugging it back into the PC again and it DID begin to slowly charge.
Does this mean the battery is on its last leg, or is there something else to worry about?
If you think it's the battery, what's a good replacement? The case I bought (Krussel leather flip) would allow for a little extra thickness as long as the thickness occurs at or above the IR window. I should probably be looking into getting another battery anyhow.
Along those lines, are there any battery chargers available for these things?
Thanks for any help, and thanks for an awesome community. I'm so glad I found this place or I would've ended up buying some expensive Chinese iPhone clone!
Anyhow, the phone didn't come with a sync cable so I bought one off Ebay. If the battery is at around 75% or less it won't charge from the sync cable when connected to the PC's USB. In fact, it actually drains the battery quite rapidly while plugged into the PC. If the battery is around 76% or higher it WILL slowly charge from the USB on the PC. If I plug the sync cable into the wall charger it'll charge up to full as expected.
The 75% is a bit of a guess. I know it drained very fast when I happened to look at it and it was at 66% while plugged into the PC (and will drain all the way if I let it from past experience), and after charging in the wall to 88% I tried plugging it back into the PC again and it DID begin to slowly charge.
Does this mean the battery is on its last leg, or is there something else to worry about?
If you think it's the battery, what's a good replacement? The case I bought (Krussel leather flip) would allow for a little extra thickness as long as the thickness occurs at or above the IR window. I should probably be looking into getting another battery anyhow.
Along those lines, are there any battery chargers available for these things?
Thanks for any help, and thanks for an awesome community. I'm so glad I found this place or I would've ended up buying some expensive Chinese iPhone clone!