T720 Charging Problems--Anybody Else?

"Kerri" <Kerri@crystalG.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:20:43 +0000 (UTC), "Lofty"
> <paulloft@btconnect.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >"Kerri" <Kerri@crystalG.com> wrote in message
> >news:vb1tivglis3hqr0aeg2qjh6tsdvrqnjqhk@4ax.com.. .
> >> Love my T720 (GSM). But I have only one problem...and it's major
> >> annoying.
> >>
> >> When I plug it in to charge, it sometimes requires that I plug and
> >> unplug the connector in about 10 or 20 times before it will start
> >> charging. It either says "Unable to charge," or it just doesn't do
> >> anything at all.
> >>
> >> Usually, after sometimes a couple of dozen trys, I can finally get it
> >> to charge. Sometimes it charges on the first try.
> >>
> >> Anyone else have this problem...or better yet a solution?!!
> >>
> >> Thank you so much :-)
> >
> >
> >Mine sometimes does not start charging when I plug it in.
> >
> >However, if I open the phone, then the charging starts and it can be
closed
> >again.
> >
> >Maybe yours will do the same ?
> >
>
>
> I know what you mean. Sometimes that seems to help. But right at
> this moment, I can't get it to charge no matter what I do. I have
> been trying for an hour. It just won't start charging. Once it
> started, then got the message "unable to charge"
>
> It's done this since it was new, so I don't think it's the battery.
>
> :-)

Ooops, I have never had that message on mine, although it does take some
time to decide if it feels like charging or not.

I would take it back if I were you.

Either that or wait a few more weeks then take it back and demand they
replace it with a V600 :-) (Well it's worth a try).

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 17:05:48 +0000 (UTC), "Lofty"
<paulloft@btconnect.com> wrote:

>
>
>"Kerri" <Kerri@crystalG.com> wrote in message
>news:bq6tivcdr12rds4mmp4pb35qsmr07qq28v@4ax.com.. .
>> On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:20:43 +0000 (UTC), "Lofty"
>> <paulloft@btconnect.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >"Kerri" <Kerri@crystalG.com> wrote in message
>> >news:vb1tivglis3hqr0aeg2qjh6tsdvrqnjqhk@4ax.com.. .
>> >> Love my T720 (GSM). But I have only one problem...and it's major
>> >> annoying.
>> >>
>> >> When I plug it in to charge, it sometimes requires that I plug and
>> >> unplug the connector in about 10 or 20 times before it will start
>> >> charging. It either says "Unable to charge," or it just doesn't do
>> >> anything at all.
>> >>
>> >> Usually, after sometimes a couple of dozen trys, I can finally get it
>> >> to charge. Sometimes it charges on the first try.
>> >>
>> >> Anyone else have this problem...or better yet a solution?!!
>> >>
>> >> Thank you so much :-)
>> >
>> >
>> >Mine sometimes does not start charging when I plug it in.
>> >
>> >However, if I open the phone, then the charging starts and it can be
>closed
>> >again.
>> >
>> >Maybe yours will do the same ?
>> >
>>
>>
>> I know what you mean. Sometimes that seems to help. But right at
>> this moment, I can't get it to charge no matter what I do. I have
>> been trying for an hour. It just won't start charging. Once it
>> started, then got the message "unable to charge"
>>
>> It's done this since it was new, so I don't think it's the battery.
>>
>> :-)
>
>Ooops, I have never had that message on mine, although it does take some
>time to decide if it feels like charging or not.
>
>I would take it back if I were you.
>
>Either that or wait a few more weeks then take it back and demand they
>replace it with a V600 :-) (Well it's worth a try).
>

Interesting thought...I have had this phone for about 4 or 5 months.
It's not perfect (I agree the vibration is weak and the ringer pretty
quiet) but it is still a very cool phone. And mine has been tough.
Dropped it a few times without a scratch and worked just fine.

Since I got the T720 I have not researched phones very much. I don't
know anything about the V600, but I remember talk about it some time
ago. I'll look it up out of curiosity, but I'd say the chance of a
straight trade is pretty slim (like you said). My friend traded in
her bad T720 (which accidentally fell in the toilet! but still worked
MOSTLY fine). They gave her a refurbished T720 to replace it. I
assume that is what I would get.

Take the phone back and have it replaced......

PC

"Kerri" <Kerri@crystalG.com> wrote in message
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| On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:20:43 +0000 (UTC), "Lofty"
| <paulloft@btconnect.com> wrote:
|
| >
| >
| >"Kerri" <Kerri@crystalG.com> wrote in message
| >news:vb1tivglis3hqr0aeg2qjh6tsdvrqnjqhk@4ax.com.. .
| >> Love my T720 (GSM). But I have only one problem...and it's major
| >> annoying.
| >>
| >> When I plug it in to charge, it sometimes requires that I plug and
| >> unplug the connector in about 10 or 20 times before it will start
| >> charging. It either says "Unable to charge," or it just doesn't do
| >> anything at all.
| >>
| >> Usually, after sometimes a couple of dozen trys, I can finally get it
| >> to charge. Sometimes it charges on the first try.
| >>
| >> Anyone else have this problem...or better yet a solution?!!
| >>
| >> Thank you so much :-)
| >
| >
| >Mine sometimes does not start charging when I plug it in.
| >
| >However, if I open the phone, then the charging starts and it can be
closed
| >again.
| >
| >Maybe yours will do the same ?
| >
|
|
| I know what you mean. Sometimes that seems to help. But right at
| this moment, I can't get it to charge no matter what I do. I have
| been trying for an hour. It just won't start charging. Once it
| started, then got the message "unable to charge"
|
| It's done this since it was new, so I don't think it's the battery.
|
| :-)

If the connector is like most Mots, check on the end of the connector
on the charger, specifically the 4 tiny gold pins. I remember seeing
one that wouldn't charge, and the spring connection on the pins was
weak, and one of the pins was not pulled out far enough and
connecting. If you wiggled the phone, it would work sometimes,
and so my friend thought it was the phone. She returned it and
the same thing happened. I took a look at it, and saw what the
problem was, had her return the wall charger and she hasn't
had any problem since.
Probably not the same problem you are having, but it might help
someone else




On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 15:07:59 GMT, Kerri <Kerri@crystalG.com> wrote:

>Love my T720 (GSM). But I have only one problem...and it's major
>annoying.
>
>When I plug it in to charge, it sometimes requires that I plug and
>unplug the connector in about 10 or 20 times before it will start
>charging. It either says "Unable to charge," or it just doesn't do
>anything at all.
>
>Usually, after sometimes a couple of dozen trys, I can finally get it
>to charge. Sometimes it charges on the first try.
>
>Anyone else have this problem...or better yet a solution?!!
>
>Thank you so much :-)

Same problem. Got My T720 yesterday (04/08/2003) and it gives the same
problem.

You are not alone!



"Kerri" <Kerri@crystalG.com> wrote in message
news:vb1tivglis3hqr0aeg2qjh6tsdvrqnjqhk@4ax.com...
> Love my T720 (GSM). But I have only one problem...and it's major
> annoying.
>
> When I plug it in to charge, it sometimes requires that I plug and
> unplug the connector in about 10 or 20 times before it will start
> charging. It either says "Unable to charge," or it just doesn't do
> anything at all.
>
> Usually, after sometimes a couple of dozen trys, I can finally get it
> to charge. Sometimes it charges on the first try.
>
> Anyone else have this problem...or better yet a solution?!!
>
> Thank you so much :-)

I have found that sometimes it helps to do 1 of 2 things:

1) Plug the connector into the phone BEFORE plugging the adapter into the
wall.
2) Remove the battery, Plug the phone in, and replace the battery.




"fhm" <francois.news@up.ac.za> wrote in message
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> Same problem. Got My T720 yesterday (04/08/2003) and it gives the same
> problem.
>
> You are not alone!
>
>
>
> "Kerri" <Kerri@crystalG.com> wrote in message
> news:vb1tivglis3hqr0aeg2qjh6tsdvrqnjqhk@4ax.com...
> > Love my T720 (GSM). But I have only one problem...and it's major
> > annoying.
> >
> > When I plug it in to charge, it sometimes requires that I plug and
> > unplug the connector in about 10 or 20 times before it will start
> > charging. It either says "Unable to charge," or it just doesn't do
> > anything at all.
> >
> > Usually, after sometimes a couple of dozen trys, I can finally get it
> > to charge. Sometimes it charges on the first try.
> >
> > Anyone else have this problem...or better yet a solution?!!
> >
> > Thank you so much :-)
>
>

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 02:46:54 GMT, Donald M. Bell
<dbellNOSPAM@tdbellenterprises.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:38:10 GMT, Kerri <Kerri@crystalG.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I know what you mean. Sometimes that seems to help. But right at
>>this moment, I can't get it to charge no matter what I do. I have
>>been trying for an hour. It just won't start charging. Once it
>>started, then got the message "unable to charge"
>>
>>It's done this since it was new, so I don't think it's the battery.
>>
>>:-)
>
>Actually it MAY BE the battery. I work at a place that sells phones
>(although why we sell phones I have no clue!!) and several of our
>Motoral's all had bad batteries. Was tracked down to one batch of
>batteries that were made at the same time.
>
>Dr. Donald M. Bell, Ph.D.
>TDBell Enterprises, Inc.
>http://www.tdbellenterprises.com
>Building Business And Personal Wealth

Thanks for that. Of course it still might be the battery, but I do not
think so. Once it starts charging, the battery works fine. This
doesn't rule the battery out, but my gut feeling tells me it's not
that. But I may try using my friends battery and see if it charges
with that. Thanks for your suggestion. :-)

Got in to this discussion late but on my T720 I had a charging problem and
it was caused by bend pins inside the phone where the charger connects.
Venison exchanged phone and all works fine now.


"Kerri" <Kerri@crystalG.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 02:46:54 GMT, Donald M. Bell
> <dbellNOSPAM@tdbellenterprises.com> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 16:38:10 GMT, Kerri <Kerri@crystalG.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I know what you mean. Sometimes that seems to help. But right at
> >>this moment, I can't get it to charge no matter what I do. I have
> >>been trying for an hour. It just won't start charging. Once it
> >>started, then got the message "unable to charge"
> >>
> >>It's done this since it was new, so I don't think it's the battery.
> >>
> >>:-)
> >
> >Actually it MAY BE the battery. I work at a place that sells phones
> >(although why we sell phones I have no clue!!) and several of our
> >Motoral's all had bad batteries. Was tracked down to one batch of
> >batteries that were made at the same time.
> >
> >Dr. Donald M. Bell, Ph.D.
> >TDBell Enterprises, Inc.
> >http://www.tdbellenterprises.com
> >Building Business And Personal Wealth
>
> Thanks for that. Of course it still might be the battery, but I do not
> think so. Once it starts charging, the battery works fine. This
> doesn't rule the battery out, but my gut feeling tells me it's not
> that. But I may try using my friends battery and see if it charges
> with that. Thanks for your suggestion. :-)
>