USB Charger - not working anymore?

[BanziBarn]

I got a USB charger yesterday and it worked fine.

Now it doesn't work - says "not charing".

My normal charger works fine and the USB charger works ok with another N95.

So, I swapped batterys with the other persons and now it works.

His battery is full, mine is nearly empty.

Is there anyone who understands how batterys work? Is there too much resistance on a dead battery when the charge is just a trickle?

No idea what I'm talking about though!!

thanks

[seki]

with usb charge-able devices.. I'd say yeah .. if they get to a certain point you need to use the AC charger. I found this with my Toshiba Gigabeat.

USB charging is something the N95 ought to have.

[BanziBarn]

OK. Well that kind of makes the charger a bit useless!

Seems weird though because on my spvc500 there was enough current in the USB to charge the phone from dead.

Guess I'll be needing a second mains charger then!

[seki]

I got a car charger and a second one for my office!

I'm seriously looking @ some of these "new" 1100mAh batteries .. its a step up .. still really needs a 1500mAh battery.

[Taomyn]

Does anyone know if someone does a female mini-usb to 2mm charge jack (used on the N95) converter? I have several unused mini-usb chargers from old phones which I'd love to use with my N95.

I know Nokia do a usb cable that has the 2mm jack as well, but I don't want one of those (may still get one), and ORA do a 2mm to male-usb, but again that's the wrong thing.

I'm sure there'd be a market for them - tried on eBay also.

[BanziBarn]

That's a good idea however, for the cost of buying one of these adapters you could get a completly new charger - I've just ordered one from greymobile which is an ebay shop and it cost £4 inc delivery.

I used Greymobile on Monday to order the USB charger and screen protector and the goods came the next day and where good quality.

PS - the USB charger is now working since I topped the battery up first with a mains charger

PPS - does anyone think there is a danger to the phone by using a 3rd party mains charger?

[dez_borders]

Originally Posted by seki

I got a car charger and a second one for my office!

I'm seriously looking @ some of these "new" 1100mAh batteries .. its a step up .. still really needs a 1500mAh battery.

Just a word of advice, if the "new" 1100mAh batteries are listed on eBay there's a 99.9% change they are cheap far-east rubbish that will not power a mobile as long as a genuine standard nokia battery, and will also probably die completely after about 6 months heavy use (i.e. after eBay and PayPal's disputes period expires!)

[BanziBarn]

Update in the USB to normal power socket lead.

The person who sits next to me on at work has just received his.

His works fine in my phone so I think I may just have a dodgy lead.

So maybe yesterday when I put his battery in my phone and my charger then worked may have been coincidence.