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carlos2003
10-03-2003, 21:00
Dear all,
If got three GX10i at home and two of them are not charging anymore.
Does anyone else have had this problem?
They use to charge with the red LED lit.
Can any1 help me in finding out what the cause can be and how to get it back charging. Please don't tell me to have it repair because that was my 1st thought and short on quids.
C
carlos2003
10-06-2003, 20:49
could it be that my charger killed both phones? Measuring the voltage on the charger I get 7.56 volts. Is this what it should be?
Can any1 confirm this please.
C
Have you tried using the battery of the phone that does work in the 2 phones that don't? Do the phone switch on? Do they charge? If so, just buy new batteries, if not, you have a HW problem!
Jan Farrell
redboxtechnolog
10-06-2003, 22:45
had the same problem on 2 of mines
sent them to the vodafone shop and they got it repaired
i tink its the first batch of these phones there is a problem
carlos2003
10-07-2003, 18:09
thanks for your thoughts m8s but yes It's not a battery problem. these will charge on a different GX10i.
my biggest concern is that both were charged with the same non genuine charger with these 7.6 volts.
can any1 confirm if this voltage is correct?
CF
redboxtechnolog
10-08-2003, 01:30
the chargers shouldnt make any difference but i might b wrong
my both phones had this problem with the original chargers
but when u send them to the repair centre - they want the chargers 2 - so there fore u dont tell them that u used copy
otherwise they aint goin to bother
Had the same problem myself.
Vodafone replaced the handset with a recon one as it was 3 months old.
Must be a common problem.
7.6v would be normal for the charger.
tito2002
10-10-2003, 10:20
open your phone, there are 2 diodes(on the face of the board with the keypad, down near the charging conector, left side) see that one of them is in short circuit, change it .( I alllready made 5 phones. The phone charge even without the diode , it is only overcharge protection.
carlos2003
10-10-2003, 16:35
hi tito, thanks for your reply.
by the images can you tell me which one it is.
[1]
I have another query: where does that little grey plastic part go on? It just fell of when I lifted the pcb.
[2]
cheers
BTW these pics are from a gx10 and not gx10i where I have the charging problems. Hope these identical for the purpose.
This gx10 is dead for some reason that I also not know.
thanks again
Carlos
[1]
http://www.aqwl15.dsl.pipex.com/sharp%20001.jpg
http://www.aqwl15.dsl.pipex.com/sharp%20005.jpg
[2]
http://www.aqwl15.dsl.pipex.com/sharp%20006.jpg
http://www.aqwl15.dsl.pipex.com/sharp%20007.jpg
GSM Coolhawk
10-11-2003, 04:45
@Carlos 2003
You small plastic thing fits neatly between the 2 screwholes you have on picture 2006, you see the little notch in the middle !! that little nocth fits in the hole you have in the plastic thing !!
Regards
tito2002
10-11-2003, 10:24
only diode 1 you need to change.
carlos2003
10-11-2003, 14:38
can you tel me how it looks like? that's why i took the pictures m8!
thanks
tito2002
10-11-2003, 15:11
The diode should be in this picture , but it isn`t because this is gx10m . it must be on left of A3 label, on the corner of the board.
You ca easily see if you open a GX10I.
(http://www.aqwl15.dsl.pipex.com/sharp%20005.jpg)
carlos2003
10-11-2003, 18:54
thanks for the info but it didn't work. It must be something else wrong with it
Nice one tito2002 , worked for me a treat ! :D
carlos2003
03-14-2004, 18:16
Nice one tito2002 , worked for me a treat ! :D
despite not having worked for me I got around it by buying a desktop charger for 4 or 5 quid. Just connected the transformer to the desktop charger and it does it perfectly. switches off charging when battery is full either
yes I was going to do that but could not get any desktop chargers from any of the warehouses
carlos2003
03-14-2004, 18:31
yes I was going to do that but could not get any desktop chargers from any of the warehouses
on ebay m8
Thanks will check it out , easier to sell a desktop charger than to repair the phone :)
I know a few people with this problem !
tito2002
03-15-2004, 09:52
That`s another problem!
I think you first must check the charger!