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Fired00d
can I charge my dead treo from a computer? my battery died on me this morning, en route to work, i only use my USB cord at work (my other charger is at home)......i just plugged in my phone to the computer and it doesn't charge automatically, i played around wtih the buttons, still nothing. i even switched computers, nothing. is there something i'm doing wrong, or will the Treo not charge from that?
christina
Verizon Wireless
Treo 650 (rip) / Motorola Q / Treo 755p
If you're using a laptop is it plugged into A/C power?
Fired00d
I believe some of the USB syncing cables are only for syncing and will not draw a charge from the PC or laptop. I bought a neat retractable sync/charge cable that does both, that I keep at work.
Sprint Treo 755p (blue) with SanDisk 2GB miniSD card. Apps installed: TakephOne, QuickNews, DateBk6, 2Day, 4Cast, BellTime 1.0, Palm PDF, Pocket Tunes Deluxe, Kinoma 4, TCPMP, Webmessenger, Card Reader, Mobipocket Reader, PS Memo, Slingplayer Mobile, Virtual Piano, Resco Backup, Cleanup, Uninstall, Favogo, Snap, Thesaurus, TryDA, Colorize, ChatterEmail, DBFixit, Icon Manager, Noah Pro Dictionary, zLauncher, FileZ, RNS Cuckoo Clock, FreeJong & AW Casino
It does charge while plugged in to the sync cable, It doesn't work quite like a charger though. And if the battery is completely discharged, it won't charge it...
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Some aftermarket cables charge the Treo even from a fully discharged state.
Target
Target
Using a GSM Treo Pro and loving it. Upgrading from a Cingular Treo 650-2.0GB card. Primary Apps: zLanucher, Palm Bible, Docs to Go 8.0, Versamail (3 accounts), GlimmerMail (for my Hotmail account) Back Up Buddy, TCPMP, Butler, Volume Care & standard apps.
I know that u can charge your phone to a computer that has the treo sync software installed. I dont think that you can charge it to just any device that has a USB outlet.
Actually you can, thing is though it is a trickle charge and in a very weak or dead state, the battery just will not charge for most people.
Ben
Honolulu - 2,500 miles west of somewhere in the middle of nowhere, the land of Shakes. Kyoceria 6135, Treo 300, 600, 650, 700p, 700w, Centro & 800W, Touch Pro plus 3 other WM phones...
From what I read in the manual, it won't charge via usb in a discharged state....
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it worked for me this past weekend. phone completely dea, plugged it into my computer using usb. hit the power button and it was charging.
Yes! Yes! I have found that yes, I can indeed charge my 755p from a computer.
My PDA was completely unresponsive. I plugged the USB cable that hooks up to the computer and hoped for the best. There was no light indicator on the PDA to tell me the darn thing was charging, but it charged. I don't recall the PDA turning on for me when I hit to power button (after a while of secretly charging), but accidentally found that a reset worked (removing and re-installing the battery). The battery had a 75% charge.
On a previous and similar situation, I found that if the battery gets depleted enough, the power button won't work, but a reset will instigate the PDA to power up. This gave me enough time to plug it into the computer and actually see the light on the PDA that indicates that it's charging. I think in this instance, the battery was not as depleted as the situation above.
Good luck to you. Can we presume that this works with other PDAs as well?
--san
Last edited by sandraqu; 06-24-2008 at 07:44 AM.
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