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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / ATT Wireless / October 2007Motorola cell phones FAQ
Q: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger? A: The standard travel charger packaged by Motorola with many current phones puts out insufficient power for fastest possible charging and for continuous use while charging. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For example, charger SSW-0509 for the V551 puts out only 375 mA. The V551 detects this as a slow charger, and thus keeps the external display backlight off during charging. Worse, there's not enough current to keep up with use of the phone while charging, so while the phone is use, the battery will still be discharged even with the phone on the charger. With a fast charger the external display backlight is on during charging, and the phone can be used while the battery is charging. Motorola makes fast 1500 mA chargers that are compatible with these phones: * SPN4716* (where * might be "B" or "C"), also known as * NNTN4250 (nominally for Nextel, but also works with non-Nextel phones). These chargers are readily available from dealers and on eBay for under $15 (plus shipping). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Motorola mini USB (EMU) chargers for RAZR, KRZR (with power output if known): * Wall "travel" (AC) charger (comes with the phone) + Motorola SPN5185/SPN5185A/SPN5185B/98604H: 550 mA (mid) + Motorola SPN5202/98605: 850 mA (fast) * Car (12V) charger + Motorola SYN1630/SYN0847/98603H/VC700 * External rechargeable battery/charger + Motorola SPN5353/P790/98782H * (5 pin) mini USB cable to computer: 500 mA + Motorola SKN6371C ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (For what it's worth, Motorola probably saves less than $1 in cost by packaging slower chargers instead of fast chargers with its phones.) ============================================================================ Q: Where can I get USB modem drivers for Motorola cell phones? A: <http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/Handset_USB_Driver/> [registration required, but free] 1. UNinstall any existing driver in Device Manager before installing this driver. 2. Install this driver _before_ connecting cell phone. YAWN. > Q: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger? > [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > 2. Install this driver _before_ connecting cell phone. >YAWN. Well, I know a lot of folks pick on Mr. Navas in various newsgroups. I'm pleased he has an obviously thick hide. But as someone who just got a Razr - preposterous given the less than 5 minutes a month I use the contraption - I was pleased to read that information that apparently is common knowledge to everyone else. Interestingly, my Motorola charger was stone dead out of the box. Art > Interestingly, my Motorola charger was stone dead out of the box. Maybe it was just REALLY slow... ;-)  Signature"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003 >> Interestingly, my Motorola charger was stone dead out of the box. > > Maybe it was just REALLY slow... ;-) ...actually mine was stone dead out of the box too. Then I plugged it in. ;o) (couldn't resist) The point is that the information is already here - for anyone who cares to search. Instead, he tediously posts the exact same info (the limit of his knowledge?) month after month after month after... without even updating it to accommodate new models - of which there have been plenty since the introduction of the seemingly now ancient original razr v3 - or expanding his "FAQ" to more than one issue. As for your phone, what once may have been considered "preposterous" quickly becomes an almost no cost option due to the low cost of the parts, high volume production and quick amortization of the the R&D cost. Welcome to the group! >> YAWN. >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Art > or expanding his "FAQ" to more than one issue. That's my biggest problem with it- the discussion of a particular charger hardly makes a "Motorola phones FAQ." It's a rant about something that p.o.'d Navas for some reason, and he's shouting it from the rooftops. In that same spirit, here's my Nokia Phones FAQ: Q: Why doesn't the car charger for any of my nine old Nokia phones fit my new 6103? A: They changed models recently, moron. Yep- that's comprehensive. I think I'll post it every 14 days until Apes rise up and take over the planet. Signature"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003 > As for your phone, what once may have been considered "preposterous" >quickly becomes an almost no cost option due to the low cost of the >parts, high volume production and quick amortization of the the R&D >cost. > Welcome to the group! Thanks. I got this when I couldn't make the picture callerID function correctly on my previous phone, a Samsung T219. It flat out didn't work. I've only gotten two cellular calls in my life, but I do like documented functionality to function. I haven't yet tested this facility on the Razr, but would be surprised if it failed. Besides, I liked the bright orange color of this particular Razr. Guess I'm easily amused. Initial observations on the Razr: a). I don't like the Phone Tools software; it just isn't particularly user-friendly. Not worth elaborating here - it's just a personal issue. (Is there anything better than Phone Tools?) b). It seems very difficult on the Razr to tell it whether a new contact should go in the phone memory or on the sim. I prefer the sim, unless I want picture ID or custom ringtone, which I guess requires the phone memory for most (all?) cellular phones. c). With the outside screen a landscape configuration, and the main inside screen a portrait orientation, it's tough to find a personal photo for wallpaper that works nicely in both configurations Art >> As for your phone, what once may have been considered "preposterous" >> quickly becomes an almost no cost option due to the low cost of the [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > personal > issue. (Is there anything better than Phone Tools?) Phone tools does it's job albeit clumsily. There is Data Pilot but it's expensive and I didn't like the interface. For just phonebook and/backup look at www.zyb.com. > b). It seems very difficult on the Razr to tell it whether a new > contact [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > memory for > most (all?) cellular phones. I put them all in the phone so I have distinctive ring and Picture CID. >With the outside screen a landscape configuration, and the main > inside > screen a portrait orientation, it's tough to find a personal photo for > wallpaper that works nicely in both configurations Try resizing at www.zedge.com > Art And I thought I missed it. Why not post it every day, hell why not every hour? > Q: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger? > [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > 2. Install this driver _before_ connecting cell phone. In article <kxxMi.627735$p47.203450@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote: > Q: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger? <the usual bullshit snipped> Has it been two weeks already? |
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