V500 charging problems

Sometimes (every third or fourth charge) my V500 says 'Unable to charge'
on the main (home) screen. If I try to charge it when switched off, it
will switch itself on to give me this unedifying message. The phone is
not, of course, already fully charged or totally discharged.

Other times it just won't start to charge, whether switched off or on,
and doesn't let me know why

Faulty, or another cleverly undocumented feature of the Vxxx series?

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Dave wrote:

> Sometimes (every third or fourth charge) my V500 says 'Unable to charge'
> on the main (home) screen. If I try to charge it when switched off, it
> will switch itself on to give me this unedifying message. The phone is
> not, of course, already fully charged or totally discharged.
>
> Other times it just won't start to charge, whether switched off or on,
> and doesn't let me know why
>
> Faulty, or another cleverly undocumented feature of the Vxxx series?

Latest update: it won't charge at all now - I get 'unable to charge' no
matter how often I turn it on and off.

Dave wrote:

> Sometimes (every third or fourth charge) my V500 says 'Unable to charge'
> on the main (home) screen. If I try to charge it when switched off, it
> will switch itself on to give me this unedifying message. The phone is
> not, of course, already fully charged or totally discharged.
>
> Other times it just won't start to charge, whether switched off or on,
> and doesn't let me know why
>
> Faulty, or another cleverly undocumented feature of the Vxxx series?

Latest update: it won't charge at all now - I get 'unable to charge' no
matter how often I turn it on and off.

Possibly a silly suggestion but have you tried 'wiggling' the power plug in
the phone.

I had a T720i which did the same, and I had to wiggle the plug until it
started charging.

Trouble is, it does not start charging immediately you get a good
connection, it takes a few seconds, so it is a case of wiggle and wait,
wiggle and wait.

I also found the T720i, when suffering this, worked better if the flip was
open when wiggling.

May not be anything to do with your problem, but if you have a phone which
wont charge it may be worth a try.

Happy wiggling.

Lofty

"Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Dave wrote:
>
> > Sometimes (every third or fourth charge) my V500 says 'Unable to charge'
> > on the main (home) screen. If I try to charge it when switched off, it
> > will switch itself on to give me this unedifying message. The phone is
> > not, of course, already fully charged or totally discharged.
> >
> > Other times it just won't start to charge, whether switched off or on,
> > and doesn't let me know why
> >
> > Faulty, or another cleverly undocumented feature of the Vxxx series?
>
> Latest update: it won't charge at all now - I get 'unable to charge' no
> matter how often I turn it on and off.

Possibly a silly suggestion but have you tried 'wiggling' the power plug in
the phone.

I had a T720i which did the same, and I had to wiggle the plug until it
started charging.

Trouble is, it does not start charging immediately you get a good
connection, it takes a few seconds, so it is a case of wiggle and wait,
wiggle and wait.

I also found the T720i, when suffering this, worked better if the flip was
open when wiggling.

May not be anything to do with your problem, but if you have a phone which
wont charge it may be worth a try.

Happy wiggling.

Lofty

"Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Dave wrote:
>
> > Sometimes (every third or fourth charge) my V500 says 'Unable to charge'
> > on the main (home) screen. If I try to charge it when switched off, it
> > will switch itself on to give me this unedifying message. The phone is
> > not, of course, already fully charged or totally discharged.
> >
> > Other times it just won't start to charge, whether switched off or on,
> > and doesn't let me know why
> >
> > Faulty, or another cleverly undocumented feature of the Vxxx series?
>
> Latest update: it won't charge at all now - I get 'unable to charge' no
> matter how often I turn it on and off.

Lofty wrote:
> Possibly a silly suggestion but have you tried 'wiggling' the power plug in
> the phone.
>
> I had a T720i which did the same, and I had to wiggle the plug until it
> started charging.
>
> Trouble is, it does not start charging immediately you get a good
> connection, it takes a few seconds, so it is a case of wiggle and wait,
> wiggle and wait.
>
> I also found the T720i, when suffering this, worked better if the flip was
> open when wiggling.
>
> May not be anything to do with your problem, but if you have a phone which
> wont charge it may be worth a try.
>
> Happy wiggling.
>
> Lofty
>
> "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Dave wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Sometimes (every third or fourth charge) my V500 says 'Unable to charge'
>>>on the main (home) screen. If I try to charge it when switched off, it
>>>will switch itself on to give me this unedifying message. The phone is
>>>not, of course, already fully charged or totally discharged.
>>>
>>>Other times it just won't start to charge, whether switched off or on,
>>>and doesn't let me know why
>>>
>>>Faulty, or another cleverly undocumented feature of the Vxxx series?
>>
>>Latest update: it won't charge at all now - I get 'unable to charge' no
>>matter how often I turn it on and off.
>
>
>
A friend has a T720i and she occasionally has the same problem, reolved
by waiting a few hours and it just omes right. Since my last post the
V500 has suddenly decided it wants to charge and everything's hunky dory

Lofty wrote:
> Possibly a silly suggestion but have you tried 'wiggling' the power plug in
> the phone.
>
> I had a T720i which did the same, and I had to wiggle the plug until it
> started charging.
>
> Trouble is, it does not start charging immediately you get a good
> connection, it takes a few seconds, so it is a case of wiggle and wait,
> wiggle and wait.
>
> I also found the T720i, when suffering this, worked better if the flip was
> open when wiggling.
>
> May not be anything to do with your problem, but if you have a phone which
> wont charge it may be worth a try.
>
> Happy wiggling.
>
> Lofty
>
> "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Dave wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Sometimes (every third or fourth charge) my V500 says 'Unable to charge'
>>>on the main (home) screen. If I try to charge it when switched off, it
>>>will switch itself on to give me this unedifying message. The phone is
>>>not, of course, already fully charged or totally discharged.
>>>
>>>Other times it just won't start to charge, whether switched off or on,
>>>and doesn't let me know why
>>>
>>>Faulty, or another cleverly undocumented feature of the Vxxx series?
>>
>>Latest update: it won't charge at all now - I get 'unable to charge' no
>>matter how often I turn it on and off.
>
>
>
A friend has a T720i and she occasionally has the same problem, reolved
by waiting a few hours and it just omes right. Since my last post the
V500 has suddenly decided it wants to charge and everything's hunky dory

"Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:vJLAc.1151$we5.139@newsfe3-gui...
> Lofty wrote:
> > Possibly a silly suggestion but have you tried 'wiggling' the power plug
in
> > the phone.
> >
> > I had a T720i which did the same, and I had to wiggle the plug until it
> > started charging.
> >
> > Trouble is, it does not start charging immediately you get a good
> > connection, it takes a few seconds, so it is a case of wiggle and wait,
> > wiggle and wait.
> >
> > I also found the T720i, when suffering this, worked better if the flip
was
> > open when wiggling.
> >
> > May not be anything to do with your problem, but if you have a phone
which
> > wont charge it may be worth a try.
> >
> > Happy wiggling.
> >
> > Lofty
> >
> > "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> >>Dave wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Sometimes (every third or fourth charge) my V500 says 'Unable to
charge'
> >>>on the main (home) screen. If I try to charge it when switched off, it
> >>>will switch itself on to give me this unedifying message. The phone is
> >>>not, of course, already fully charged or totally discharged.
> >>>
> >>>Other times it just won't start to charge, whether switched off or on,
> >>>and doesn't let me know why
> >>>
> >>>Faulty, or another cleverly undocumented feature of the Vxxx series?
> >>
> >>Latest update: it won't charge at all now - I get 'unable to charge' no
> >>matter how often I turn it on and off.
> >
> >
> >
> A friend has a T720i and she occasionally has the same problem, reolved
> by waiting a few hours and it just omes right. Since my last post the
> V500 has suddenly decided it wants to charge and everything's hunky dory

Good news. I now have a V600, and so far no charging problems :-) Have a
good week-end.

"Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:vJLAc.1151$we5.139@newsfe3-gui...
> Lofty wrote:
> > Possibly a silly suggestion but have you tried 'wiggling' the power plug
in
> > the phone.
> >
> > I had a T720i which did the same, and I had to wiggle the plug until it
> > started charging.
> >
> > Trouble is, it does not start charging immediately you get a good
> > connection, it takes a few seconds, so it is a case of wiggle and wait,
> > wiggle and wait.
> >
> > I also found the T720i, when suffering this, worked better if the flip
was
> > open when wiggling.
> >
> > May not be anything to do with your problem, but if you have a phone
which
> > wont charge it may be worth a try.
> >
> > Happy wiggling.
> >
> > Lofty
> >
> > "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> >>Dave wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Sometimes (every third or fourth charge) my V500 says 'Unable to
charge'
> >>>on the main (home) screen. If I try to charge it when switched off, it
> >>>will switch itself on to give me this unedifying message. The phone is
> >>>not, of course, already fully charged or totally discharged.
> >>>
> >>>Other times it just won't start to charge, whether switched off or on,
> >>>and doesn't let me know why
> >>>
> >>>Faulty, or another cleverly undocumented feature of the Vxxx series?
> >>
> >>Latest update: it won't charge at all now - I get 'unable to charge' no
> >>matter how often I turn it on and off.
> >
> >
> >
> A friend has a T720i and she occasionally has the same problem, reolved
> by waiting a few hours and it just omes right. Since my last post the
> V500 has suddenly decided it wants to charge and everything's hunky dory

Good news. I now have a V600, and so far no charging problems :-) Have a
good week-end.

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:36:08 +0100, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:

>Dave wrote:
>
>> Sometimes (every third or fourth charge) my V500 says 'Unable to charge'
>> on the main (home) screen. If I try to charge it when switched off, it
>> will switch itself on to give me this unedifying message. The phone is
>> not, of course, already fully charged or totally discharged.
>>
>> Other times it just won't start to charge, whether switched off or on,
>> and doesn't let me know why
>>
>> Faulty, or another cleverly undocumented feature of the Vxxx series?
>
>Latest update: it won't charge at all now - I get 'unable to charge' no
>matter how often I turn it on and off.

I've had the same problem with my v300. Had to have t-mobile replace
it for me. Hopefully the new one won't have htis problem :-\

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:36:08 +0100, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:

>Dave wrote:
>
>> Sometimes (every third or fourth charge) my V500 says 'Unable to charge'
>> on the main (home) screen. If I try to charge it when switched off, it
>> will switch itself on to give me this unedifying message. The phone is
>> not, of course, already fully charged or totally discharged.
>>
>> Other times it just won't start to charge, whether switched off or on,
>> and doesn't let me know why
>>
>> Faulty, or another cleverly undocumented feature of the Vxxx series?
>
>Latest update: it won't charge at all now - I get 'unable to charge' no
>matter how often I turn it on and off.

I've had the same problem with my v300. Had to have t-mobile replace
it for me. Hopefully the new one won't have htis problem :-\