Charging problem with non-usb cords
 

Hello there,
I have been puzzled by the following.
I can charge n900 only from a usb cord.
When i plug in either my wall charger or one of my car chargers i get nothing.

Has anyone experienced somethign like this?

I havnt taken my volt meter to all 3 of my chargers, but they should work since they work for my girlfriends phone..

and yes, they are nokia chargers with the right voltage and current.

any ideas?

Re: Charging problem with non-usb cords
 

are the data pins (middle ones) in shortcut?

Re: Charging problem with non-usb cords
 

Was my issue, even with the AC adapter provided by Nokia stop working, 3rd party car adapter used to work. usb-microusb pc connector stopped since last week. Sent it in for repair, they stated they repaired the charging port on the N900, should receive it back today.

Re: Charging problem with non-usb cords
 

Hi madmaze

This is a problem with many newer smartphones. It is due to old/cheap USB chargers not shorting the data pins as was mentioned. Since i see you are in Boston, i will tell you that i bought the $12 USB car charging adapter from Microcenter, and it comes with a microUSB cable and seems to work for charging.