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Originally Posted by madmaze View Post
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?
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.
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