On 2/15/2010 1:41 AM, David Arnstein wrote:
> For the most part, I have good experience with Motorola cell phones.
> My complaint involves charging the battery. Some of these phones only
> charge with a Motorola charger. I suspect that this is a ploy to sell
> Motorola battery chargers.
>
> Anyway, the most frustrating aspect is that I can physically connect
> my notebook computer to my cell phone using a bog standard USB cable.
> But then the phone displays the dreaded "unauthorized charger"
> message.
>
> I would prefer not to pack a dedicated phone charger when I travel. Is
> there a hack to allow me to charge my cell phone from my notebook? My
> current cell phone is a W755.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.

for a computer to charge a motorola phone, all you need is to load the
drivers for the phone on the computer.