On Mar 19, 8:53 am, John Navas <spamfilt...@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> Q: Why is charging of Motorola phones so slow on the travel charger?
>
> A: The standard travel charger packaged by Motorola with many current
> phones puts out insufficient power for fastest possible charging and for
> continuous use while charging.
>
> For example, charger SSW-0509 for the V551 puts out only 375 mA. The
> V551 detects this as a slow charger, and thus keeps the external display
> backlight off during charging. Worse, there's not enough current to
> keep up with use of the phone while charging, so while the phone is use,
> the battery will still be discharged even with the phone on the charger.
> With a fast charger the external display backlight is on during
> charging, and the phone can be used while the battery is charging.
>
> Motorola makes fast 1500 mA chargers that are compatible with these phones:
> * SPN4716* (where * might be "B" or "C"), also known as
> * NNTN4250 (nominally for Nextel, but also works with non-Nextel phones).
> These chargers are readily available from dealers and on eBay for under
> $15 (plus shipping).
>
> (For what it's worth, Motorola probably saved less than $1 in cost by
> packaging slow chargers instead of fast chargers with these phones.)
>
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>
> Q: Where can I get USB modem drivers for Motorola cell phones?
>
> A: In <OsJZe.28766$h02.4...@tornado.texas.rr.com> on Mon, 26 Sep 2005 02:57:50
>
> GMT, "David" <no.s...@thisaddress.com> wrote:
> >If you are trying to get your Motorola phone to look like a modem. The
> >following information from, BRVP's (of Mobile PhoneTools fame) may be of
> >help:
>
> >Trouble installing or updating Motorola USB Modem drivers
>
> >Motorola phones use the built-in Windows USB modem driver (usbser.sys) for
> >communication with MPT. The USBMOT2000.INF driver file (which comes with
> >MPT) lists the USB product IDs for Motorola phones and instructs Windows to
> >use the usbser.sys file with them.
>
> >Unfortunately, the drivers may not be installed correctly for the phone in
> >any of these situations:
>
> >- The phone was plugged in before installing MPT and the user cancelled out
> >of the hardware wizard.
>
> >- The user had an old version of MPT (and thus an old version of the driver
> >file) that did not contain the product ID for a very new phone (for example,
> >the E815). And, even after LiveUpdating to the latest version of MPT, the
> >new driver file is not installed.
>
> >Recently, BVRP posted a driver installation tool on their website, developed
> >by Motorola, that will remove all instances of the old drivers and any
> >traces of previously installed phones. It will then install the latest
> >drivers and reinstall the phone, solving any issues. The driver tool is at
> >this location:
>
> >http://www.bvrp.com/Customers/Motorola/DriverTool.zip

Most people know that trickle charging a battery extends the life. If
you want your battery to receive a better charge then use the
appropriate charger. If you need to kick it in the butt quick use a
car charger. Simple as that.

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