Charging Thunderbolt?

**droiddoesdo** · 10-23-2011, 05:29 PM

My thunderbolt will not charge, with a car charger or 2 different wall outlet chargers and will not charge with a USB either has anyone seen this before?

and why would all the sudden my car charger stop work when i plug it into the phone the verizon car charger light goes off when i unplug it the light on the charger comes back on?

**FrankXS** · 10-23-2011, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by droiddoesdo

My thunderbolt will not charge, with a car charger or 2 different wall outlet chargers and will not charge with a USB either has anyone seen this before?

It's the battery or the TBolt. Need to try another battery. Maybe at the VZW store?

-Frank

**droiddoesdo** · 10-23-2011, 05:59 PM

i bought a etended life battery so its not the battery its NEW!

**ambienteternity** · 10-23-2011, 06:20 PM

It is within the realm of possibility that your new battery may be defective.

**woodiah** · 10-23-2011, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by ambienteternity

It is within the realm of possibility that your new battery may be defective.

If it was charging fine prior to the "new" battery installation... I would say it is probable the problem is a bad "new" battery. :-)

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**paintdrinkingpete** · 10-23-2011, 10:38 PM

Since you've tried multiple chargers, it's obviously one of the other points of failure, either the battery or the phone.

You said it's a new extended battery, does the same thing happen if you use the original stock battery?

Given the behavior you describe with the light your car charger, I'd actually be willing to bet there's short somewhere within the phone itself. This is unfortunate, since it's the hardest piece to replace, but if you take it to the store or call CS, they should be able to help you (as long as there aren't signs of water damage or physical abuse).

**jas o** · 10-24-2011, 10:16 AM

Check the charging port itself. Since we are constantly on and off the charger the port wears out. This happened to me. make sure the "pins" that go into the usb cable are still there or intact.

**Big-Dave** · 10-24-2011, 11:02 AM

I had the same issue with an knock off car charger that I bought from a non corporate Verizon store. The charger worked with my blackberry but not the Tbolt. I went and bought a Verizon car charger and it worked instantly.

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**droiddoesdo** · 10-29-2011, 09:12 AM

Yes you are are absouletly right on what it could have been! But your all wrong, i found out that the OEM battery is 1000mah and the extended one is 2750mah the cords i was using would charge the extended life battery, once i got the OEM in the mail i tried all all the cords again, and it all worked like it did before! SO there is something different in the one usb cord to make it work with the different power. I am still looking into different types of usb cords and rtatings now. So my phone is good and all cords are still good the Original Battery that came with my phone just died and then i went out and got a Extended life battery! IT is a difference somewhere!

To Be Continued.....

**GoldLeader** · 10-29-2011, 09:36 AM

I have an HTC extended battery and I've used five different chargers with it. I've had no problems charging the battery.

**willymakit** · 10-29-2011, 01:20 PM

I have both battries have used different cords with no problems, I would take the battries to a corp. store ask to try each in a phone use your chargers see what happens.