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Default OT - cell phone advice

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:17:48 -0700, SMS
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Ah, the old Motorola "Unauthorized Charger" display.

A standard Motorola USB charger puts ~1.4vdc onto the x pin (the 5th
pin) of the mini USB plug. A Motorola phone looks for that voltage and
will display "Unauthorized Charger" if it doesn't see it. So you can't
charge your phone from a USB port using a standard USB to Mini USB cable
(though if you have Motorola Phone Tools running on the computer it
will work).


I've found the last thing to work. So, the phone must have TWO ways to
enable charging (I was still using the same cable after installing the
software and how could software have made it grow that voltage
divider?).

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