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
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.
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!
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.😊
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.
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?
A USB port can only supply 500mA of power at 5V and the new Nokia chargers are rated a little bit higher.
I think the phone might be expecting a little bit more juice than the USB port can supply!
BanziBarn wrote: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?
the phone will take care of itself .. I bought one for the Car and one for the office cost the equivalent of about 8 or 9 pounds .. both work very well.😊
Great! �4 is a bargain for a charger. Even when you factor in the cost of a near usless USB charger also at �4 it's still good value!
BanziBarn wrote:I used Greymobile on Monday to order the USB charger and screen protector and the goods came the next day and where good quality.
Rather than risk potential advertising, can you PM me their link on eBay, as try-as-I-might I can't find them 😞
I don't understand the use of the term "USB charger" when the N95 cannot be charged via the USB port, or that as someone rightly says, standard USB only throws out 500mW (the original N95 charger pushes out 800mW btw) :con?
Taomyn wrote:...or that as someone rightly says, standard USB only throws out 500mW (the original N95 charger pushes out 800mW btw) :con?
Don't want to get too anal but it's mA not mW, there's a big difference between current and power!
indie wrote:Don't want to get too anal but it's mA not mW, there's a big difference between current and power!
No problem, you were absolutely right to correct me and I can't believe I wrote that. I thought it looked wrong as I did it, but couldn't see why :con?
Taomyn wrote:Rather than risk potential advertising, can you PM me their link on eBay, as try-as-I-might I can't find them 😞I don't understand the use of the term "USB charger" when the N95 cannot be charged via the USB port, or that as someone rightly says, standard USB only throws out 500mW (the original N95 charger pushes out 800mW btw) :con?
I see the confusion. By USB charger I mean a charger that connects to the USB at the computer end, but the normal power socket at the N95 End.
PM sent with greymobile's address.
BanziBarn wrote:I see the confusion. By USB charger I mean a charger that connects to the USB at the computer end, but the normal power socket at the N95 End.
So that must mean that it is possible to charge from the USB of a computer, so in theory if someone could make a mini-usb to 2mm converter as I mentioned, then standard USB mains chargers would work also. Hmmmm....
They already do......Nokia CA-100
Well...it's the standard usb plug!
HoundDog wrote:They already do......Nokia CA-100
No that's just a standard male USB to 2mm as BanziBarn has mentioned.
What I would like is a converter with a female mini-usb on one end, and the 2mm jack on the other. I have two mini-usb chargers left over from my old QTEK 9100 (one UK one EU) and I also have another that I currently charge my Belikin Skype phone with. It could look something similar to the 3.5mm to 2mm one you can also get, but the with 3.5mm replaced by a mini-usb.
I get what you're saying now, sorry bit of a thick moment!!
seki wrote: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!)
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.
I have a question about the CA-100 since I bought one. Is there any electrical circuit in the housing? I'd feel a lot better have paid what I did if I knew it was just pin to pin wiring in there.
How much is the CA-100? I can't see any there being anything in this at all, it's too small.
Mine was �2 and TBH is probably about what it's worth - probably only cost 20p to make.
You didn't pay 2 pounds for the CA-100 but probably a retractable USB charger?
CA-100 sells for more than 2 pounds
Oh yeah, sorry, its not a nokia propper item - but from the looks of it, it is pretty much the same.
Still can't really work out why it works ok sometimes and not others. Been working fine all afternoon. Maybe a loose connection but I can't now stop it working no matter how much I wiggle it.
Been loads of threads around the internet though about the "not charging" message that Nokia phones like to give out - so its not just me. But its just annoying when you can't recreate a problem, or when the problem is inconsistant.
Just a few thoughts on the above!
USB standard sets 500mah as the min available current draw from the port. If you have more than one port they all "should" give min of 500mah. So two ports should provide 1000mah max! Many manufacturers don't implement this and so if you use up your ports each one could suffer a drop in current available and this would definately give you the not charging message. My laptop has three ports and the phone will still charge from "dead". Your best bet is to try it with only one USB device attached and then see what happens. You could be lucky! Additionaly external hubs usually have the option of an external power supply and if you use one then you should be able to charge no problem.
The Nokia wall charger is rated at 800mah so this is the min required to start the charge from flat.
If you go to Asda they have a pack for nokias which includes a car charger (old type larger plug) hands free ear piece and a converter from old to new 2mm plug. The quality is very iffy and the two that I have bought have both suffered from broken wires in the converter. However both the female old style socket on one end and the 2mm plug on the other end are removable and reusable! I have used the coiled lead from the car charger and made a new longer lead which I then use to charge the phone from the USB ports by way of a USB to old style nokia male plug. This means I can use all my older nokia chargers as well as laptop, PC, wall (Belkin adapter) and car (again Belkin) USB outputs.
I also use a PowerPal charger which works well and a battery pack which takes 4 AAA batteries for emergencies. I got the later from a market for �2.
All my power adapters have the same output plug and all I need is the made up converter for use and charging anywhere.
Very interesting.
What I can't work out is how the charger doesn't work on my phone, but will on someone elses. It will then work on my phone with the other persons battery installed (his battery wasn't as empty as mine).
Then, the next day it won't charge mine even though the battery is nearly full.
Then, while my collegue is happlily charging his phone from his USB socket using his charger (which is the same as mine) I swap my charger with his and then his phone doesn't charge, and it doesn't even say "not charging" (excluding the possability of the level of current from the usb socket or the level of existing charge in the battery being the issue).
Then this afternoon my phone with my battery and my charger is working fine!
Beats me! 😊
Just got my �2 mains charger. Seems quite well made.
It's working but the transformer says it's only 500ma, so the same as a USB socket.
My phone was almost full when I connected it so whether it will charge the phone when the battery is more empty I'll have to find out tomorrow.