Recent content by patrick hayden

UPDATE: Fearing that there was something physically wrong with the phone, I decided to take it apart and look for myself. Sure enough, the solder connections for the USB port are in terrible condition. There are 3 traces that look like they somehow shorted out. They look burnt, have a nice...

It seems there are variations of this issue for some folks. Some have issues with the chargers, some batteries, and some the actual phone. I've been dealing with this for a while (check page 1 and 2 of this thread) and here is a list detailing my issues and what I've tried. 1.) Phone worked...

So I kept the phone charged and never let it get low and had zero more charging issues. Yesterday I went for a ride on the bike and the phone battery ran out of juice. Now it's having the charging issues again. It seems to only do it when I let the battery get to 0 and then try to recharge. As...

The title says it. I'm looking for an app that will sync my phone contacts with their Facebook profile pics. I know there's quite a few out there and I've tried several but they sync based on the contact name and/or Facebook id but none will sync based on phone number. Out of the 400+ contacts...

When mine acted up, it was the first and only time that I let the battery get so low that it powered off by itself. Took some playing with it to get it to charge again after that but no issues since. I haven't let it get below 10% before charging and no issues since and charges very fast with...

Anyone know if the two outermost pins on the battery are for charging? If not, which 2 pins are for charging? I have a generic wall mount charger for batteries and want to try charging the battery by itself outside of the phone. On a side note, I pulled the battery out and let the phone sit for...

Confirming that I have another case of the same issues everyone else is describing. This isn't looking good. Might be a recall item.