Lost my wall charger... - HTC Startrek

Hi guys,
I got a problem. I recently moved from the Netherlands to Curacao, and somewhere in the process I lost my wall charger for my Startrek.
I was planning on using the Startrek as a backup phone, but I hadn't used it in a while. It turns out to be dead. Well, I've had it before, when I just had to plug in the wall charger and wait about 5 minutes, then the red light, indicating the charging process, would come on.
Here's the problem: I have the USB cable, and no matter what I try, or how long I wait, I can't get it to turn on.
Does anybody what I can do? Or is there perhaps someone on the island that could help me out by lending me the wall charger for an hour?
Anxiously awaiting a reply,
Stijn

try to get a universal charger...

Is there one that fits?
aldo0203 said:
try to get a universal charger...
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I tried finding one, but none of the "universal" chargers have a plug for Startrek...

buy one on ebay.

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USB car charger

Does anybody charge their TyTN in car via a usb car charger. I use a usb car charger for different devices: Bluetooth headset, gps reciever...
I also used it to recharge my Blue Angel.
Unfortunately I can't charge the TyTN. Has anyone had the same issue?
The charger says that it can charge 1Ampere. The original home charger is also 1 Ampere, so I don't understand why it doesn't work.
Have tried it with two different usb car chargers and both have the same problem: It charges only if TyTN is turned off. When I switch it on then the red charging light turns off.
Lio said:
Does anybody charge their TyTN in car via a usb car charger. I use a usb car charger for different devices: Bluetooth headset, gps reciever...
I also used it to recharge my Blue Angel.
Unfortunately I can't charge the TyTN. Has anyone had the same issue?
The charger says that it can charge 1Ampere. The original home charger is also 1 Ampere, so I don't understand why it doesn't work.
Have tried it with two different usb car chargers and both have the same problem: It charges only if TyTN is turned off. When I switch it on then the red charging light turns off.
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I had similar problems except I didn't need to swithc the pda. I saw the usb charge couldn't charge completly or it was very slow to charge if I had screen with light or TomTom running.
I solved using a diferent charger, that generates 220 volts. It has 140W and costs around 40 euro.
Do you have a link, a picture or a brand name to this product?
Lio said:
Does anybody charge their TyTN in car via a usb car charger. I use a usb car charger for different devices: Bluetooth headset, gps reciever...
I also used it to recharge my Blue Angel.
Unfortunately I can't charge the TyTN. Has anyone had the same issue?
The charger says that it can charge 1Ampere. The original home charger is also 1 Ampere, so I don't understand why it doesn't work.
Have tried it with two different usb car chargers and both have the same problem: It charges only if TyTN is turned off. When I switch it on then the red charging light turns off.
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Same problem.
I was told by the dealer that it's a matter o cable (the pins in the cable)
the one sold with the device is fine just to sync and charge from pc, but can't charge through car adapter.
I'm bought a new cable (arriving next week): it's a double cable, one side for pc, other side for charging.
if it works, I'll post..
bye
I'm afraid to tell you that your new cable will not work. You were not well informed. I am sure that it is not a cable problem, but a charger problem. According to me the power output expressed in Amps (Ampere) is not strong enough even though it says that it's 1 Ampere as the mains charger. Those cheap chinese made chargers are not strong enough for the TyTN. That's why it charges when the TyTN is switched off but as soon as you switch it on, the power output from usb car charger is not enough.
Lio said:
I'm afraid to tell you that your new cable will not work. You were not well informed. I am sure that it is not a cable problem, but a charger problem. According to me the power output expressed in Amps (Ampere) is not strong enough even though it says that it's 1 Ampere as the mains charger. Those cheap chinese made chargers are not strong enough for the TyTN. That's why it charges when the TyTN is switched off but as soon as you switch it on, the power output from usb car charger is not enough.
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mmhhh, I'll wait the new cable, hoping it works ;.)
the fact is that with original cable the car adapter doesn't charge even if the device is off..
same thing with a 220V usb adapter.
only the original kit seems to work..
I'll tell you in a few days
btw: both adapter are chinese ;-)
Nope, Lio is right on this one. The car charger simply doesn't supply enough juice to charge the TyTN. O2 Exec users have had this problem for ages.
I use the charger bought from the Orange shop for the spv c500. Works fine, if a little slowly.
There are strange things happening!
The USB cable should not enter in to the equation as USB is USB and the pins should be wired correctly.
Here is what I have found.
If charging in the car all is ok until the power is cut, then it only charges whilst off until the TYTN is soft reset. This looks to me like there is a software / powercontroller confilct. It is a little confusing but see the scenarios below;
Soft reset TYTN, leave it off. Plug in to cigarette charger, turn TYTN on/off all is fine.
Turn off TYTN and unplug, all is fine, plug back in (TYTN off) will still charge when TYTN on.
Turn TYTN on, unplug, will not charge whilst on anymore until soft reset but will charge whilst off.
This is the same if I turn the ignition to power the lightere socket.
However, another spanner in the works, if I pull out the charger even with the device off and re-insert it it stops charging until soft reset.
What seemd to work best was to do a soft reset whilst the unit is charging and powered on. After that I was able to unplug, plug in even when the unit was on, turn ignition off/on etc... It only reverted back to not charging when I removed the charger from the socket as it was charging.
These are my findings and I presume each charger will be different.
I presume whatever electronics are in the chargers also causes problems. I have tried 2 USB and one fully wired charger and it is the same with all. I know for a fact that at least 2 of them have overcharge circuitry built in but do not think the 3rd has, I also presume the TYTN also has so perhaps there is some conflict here also.
I do know that there are car chargers specifically for the TYTN so will try one of those and see if it solves the problem. (anyone tried one?)
Anyone with more ideas please let us know.
What seemd to work best was to do a soft reset whilst the unit is charging and powered on. After that I was able to unplug, plug in even when the unit was on, turn ignition off/on etc... It only reverted back to not charging when I removed the charger from the socket as it was charging.
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Thank you for this tip. Now I can recharge in car thanks to u! :lol: I tried it and it works.
Great Lio,
Glad it worked. When you get a chance, could you pull out the chrger from the lighter socket as it is charging and let me know if it then stops charging again. I just want to see if the same happens to you as it did to me. It will work again once you soft reset whilst plugged in.
Thanks.
cieplowski said:
What seemd to work best was to do a soft reset whilst the unit is charging and powered on.
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I believe this trick should go to FAQ.
A week ago I visited a lot of shops trying many mains-to-USB charges to no avail. I already had one for MP3 player that didn't work too.
After reading your post, I connected the original charger and SRed. Now that another charger works!
Can't imagine what's the reason but it really works.
cieplowski said:
could you pull out the chrger from the lighter socket as it is charging and let me know if it then stops charging again.
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Yes, it does exactly like you've described.
Originally Posted by cieplowski
could you pull out the chrger from the lighter socket as it is charging and let me know if it then stops charging again.
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Same here.
Is this a bug in the software ?
I found this : http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=138248
I think it should work fine, I am not sure.
"I found this : http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=138248"
Could you contact them and ask about its power rating and whether it is susceptible to the problem/bug?
here I am again.
finally I got the new cable and... surprise... IT WORKS
I used it without soft resetting the device and it worked
I tryed soft resetting the device and it worked
But the biggest surprise of all is that after using the new cable, also the old one started working ..
i guess there must have been a software bug that has gone (hope forever) away.
For those interested, the new cable is a double one: one side is usb, other two sides are charge connector and hotsync connector.
pix09 said:
here I am again.
finally I got the new cable and... surprise... IT WORKS
I used it without soft resetting the device and it worked
I tryed soft resetting the device and it worked
But the biggest surprise of all is that after using the new cable, also the old one started working ..
i guess there must have been a software bug that has gone (hope forever) away.
For those interested, the new cable is a double one: one side is usb, other two sides are charge connector and hotsync connector.
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have you got a web link for this one you now have?
friend of mine has apparently got a tytn, I'll pick up a 1.2A USB / Car adapter this weekend and see what happens, hopefully the extra .2A should enable the tytn / exec to charge normally in a car.
Having had an exec for a while I will agree that most 12v/USB adapters struggle with the exec, but hopefully this will make the difference, if it works I will post the details of the company selling them (they are listed for the PSP)
I haven't had this trouble. Just got my new MDA Vario II and I've used it with my old MDA compact mains charger and the car USB charger and it works with no problems.
Tried it with the Vario II on and off and have a charging light on both.

G tablet refuses to charge

The title says it all. The device refuses to charge or detect my charger. I am not sure what to do or if anything can even be done.
What would the "next step" be?
Is the liight on the charger on?
Is there 12V on the charge plug?
If yes, send it back.
The answer to both of those is yes.
My next question is how much would it cost to get it fixed by Viewsonic (a rough estimate)? I only ask because my warranty is shot due to me flashing Vegan 5b.
I called viewsonic and as it turns out they cannot fix devices that have been flashed.
So, unfortunately I have a brick that will not charge.
If you have any charge left, I would nvflash it and get it back the original firmware and kernel. It's really not difficult to do. Then I'd send it in for warranty repair.
That's a good idea, but my device has enough charge to turn on for only one minute.
Not enough time to reflash the original firmware and kernel. I was unaware that it wouldn't charge until it refused to light up.
Will it run with the plug in?
I tried this and it seems to work. Plug the power supply into the Gtab with it powered off. Hit the right side of the tablet on the edge slightly. This worked for me to get the red light on(I hit mine about three times and the red light came on). Mine only charges while plugged in but I still get a full charge even thought the battery indicator shows 0%. I have used mine all day today without a plug and it sits at 0%
Your idea intrigues me... you tapped it, eh? Well it's worth a good shot, I'm about ready to try incantations!
Okay, so the light on the charger is on. But is it really charging. It could not be charging or have a bad cable or......
You need to find a way to make sure the correct voltage is coming out of the charger plug (the specs are on your
power adapter/charger).
And if you know the charger is actually charging....
I don't know much about the inside -- there are some posts about things like this
from along the way since November. But it might be worth your while to open the case and make sure it's not something as simple as a wire that has come loose.
Also, if it is the charger you can go on the web and Google for MPA-630 power
adapter (it also is used for those digital picture frames) and find a replacement.
Good luck. I wouldn't give up yet!!!
Rev
butchconner said:
Okay, so the light on the charger is on. But is it really charging. It could not be charging or have a bad cable or......
You need to find a way to make sure the correct voltage is coming out of the charger plug (the specs are on your
power adapter/charger).
And if you know the charger is actually charging....
I don't know much about the inside -- there are some posts about things like this
from along the way since November. But it might be worth your while to open the case and make sure it's not something as simple as a wire that has come loose.
Also, if it is the charger you can go on the web and Google for MPA-630 power
adapter (it also is used for those digital picture frames) and find a replacement.
Good luck. I wouldn't give up yet!!!
Rev
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...I could lick the charger I suppose that would prove to me if the tail end is receiving power from the head.
I am not a man who gives up, but I do lose hope very quick.
You know, in my head I'm going over a list of things that I can do to inject this device with any amount of energy. Just enough to enable me to reflash the stock on...Buying a dock, replacing the battery with a spare fresh one, throwing the whole thing on top of some power lines...
idontknowu2 said:
Will it run with the plug in?
I tried this and it seems to work. Plug the power supply into the Gtab with it powered off. Hit the right side of the tablet on the edge slightly. This worked for me to get the red light on(I hit mine about three times and the red light came on). Mine only charges while plugged in but I still get a full charge even thought the battery indicator shows 0%. I have used mine all day today without a plug and it sits at 0%
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heh, well I tapped the hell out of that thing... nope (In my heart I didn't think it would work)
I should also say that there is nothing loose, I shake it... and nothing is rattling.
With the DC plugged in, try gently and slowly wiggling the connector left, right, up and down and see if the RED light comes on during the wiggling. If it does then the pin on your DC IN Jack is loose due to failure in the soldering joint holding the DC Jack to the motherboard.
IF you know how to open the Gtablet, you can can resolder the connector. The DC IN Jack even in laptops eventually fail and need to be replaced and/or resoldered. For this reason, I purchased the dock as a backup method to charge the Gtablet.
China computer products are known to be sometimes undersoldered.
Try Googling "loose DC Jack laptop" for more info.
This assumes you power adapter is good.
Hope this helps.
ByByIpad said:
With the DC plugged in, try gently and slowly wiggling the connector left, right, up and down and see if the RED light comes on during the wiggling. If it does then the pin on your DC IN Jack is loose due to failure in the soldering joint holding the DC Jack to the motherboard.
IF you know how to open the Gtablet, you can can resolder the connector. The DC IN Jack even in laptops eventually fail and need to be replaced and/or resoldered. For this reason, I purchased the dock as a backup method to charge the Gtablet.
China computer products are known to be sometimes undersoldered.
Try Googling "loose DC Jack laptop" for more info.
This assumes you power adapter is good.
Hope this helps.
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I wiggled (very slowly) the connector in very direction possible. The red light still didn't come on and the jack felt a strong as ever.
...Maybe it IS a problem with the adapter itself? however, I still don't think so...
Buy a doc from i2steve here on xda. You will have a sweet new accessory and an alternate charging method. Worth it. At that point you can charge it, flash it and send it in for repair. Or if your lazy like me, just use these doc to charge it and call it good.
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hi i recently loaded a new rom on my g tab after id finished it started up ok but plugged my charger in and behold it did not charge no charge light on, so did a few checks with my multimeter found no supple coming from the power charger.
just thought id reply to your enquiry. so im in the throws of buying a universal charger with the same power requirements. hope this helps. yorkygeorge.
Try going to an Office Depot or a Sears and see if they have a G on display. if so, plug yours in to its power adapter. At least then you can rule out your power supply.
^ nice. Really good idea
If you have a 12V adapter with Cigarette plug lying around the house with the right size plug on the end. Try plugging it into your car ( engine off). The voltage on the adapter is 12V.
Mantara said:
Buy a doc from i2steve here on xda. You will have a sweet new accessory and an alternate charging method. Worth it. At that point you can charge it, flash it and send it in for repair. Or if your lazy like me, just use these doc to charge it and call it good.
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I think I'm gonna go this route. It's the only one I can think of right now...
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hi i recently loaded a new rom on my g tab after id finished it started up ok but plugged my charger in and behold it did not charge no charge light on, so did a few checks with my multimeter found no supple coming from the power charger.
just thought id reply to your enquiry. so im in the throws of buying a universal charger with the same power requirements. hope this helps. yorkygeorge.
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I'll try to get my hands on a multimeter to double check that the problem isn't with the charger (I licked the darn thing and didn't get a shock either).

New Prime won't charge via power adapter

C series serial number prime worked for three days now won't take a charge. Device will connect to pc or mac via cable, just won't take a charge. Any ideas for me?
askmattrix said:
C series serial number prime worked for three days now won't take a charge. Device will connect to pc or mac via cable, just won't take a charge. Any ideas for me?
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there have been other threads about this. usually its the charger overheating and putting it in a ziplock in the freezer, resets it.
Mine did that too, just leave the charger and everything unplugged from the wall for a day. That fixed mine.
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The other issue I've seen is poor contact in the USB socket on the wall adapter. I had to unplug the usb cable from the wall adapter. Then, look at the usb socket on the power adapter. The gold pins are the usb contacts. Directly opposite of them, there should be two silver prongs. I had to use a small flat blade screwdriver to pry both of them out a little further to ensure they did their job of firmly pushing the usb cable against the socket's usb contacts. Once I did, my TF201 was able to get charge from it, again.
If you decide to replace the wall charger, I believe Fry's and Office Depot stock the asus charger.
Same thing for me.. PC recognizes it as a media device, but will not charge with wall charger. Wall charger works with my HTC Phone, so it works.
I don't think it has anything to do with the latest update, since the Dock wont charge either, and there's no OS in that, right?
Just experienced this today. I have had it unplugged for about 10 hours now, we'll see if it charges.
I had the same issue few days after I got my prime. I connected my sgs to the charger and it worked. Then connected the prime and voila-works.
askmattrix said:
C series serial number prime worked for three days now won't take a charge. Device will connect to pc or mac via cable, just won't take a charge. Any ideas for me?
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Which C model do you have? C1,2,3? Just asking.
Johnny0906 said:
Which C model do you have? C1,2,3? Just asking.
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C1. There are some good suggestions here I need to try.
Wrap it in a towel and bang it against a table. That will fix it usually. Then get some pc heatsinks and some arctic silver adhesive and you can attach them to the charger to keep it from happening again.
The plug has two options, 5V (standard for USB?) and 15V. I used the plug on my old HTC phone (Ozone) and then plugged it back into my Prime and it worked. Thanks for the great tips guys.
Since the charger works in two modes, I wonder if some charges became confused and started dishing out 5V when they should be dishing out 15V. Thoughts?
G37 said:
The plug has two options, 5V (standard for USB?) and 15V. I used the plug on my old HTC phone (Ozone) and then plugged it back into my Prime and it worked. Thanks for the great tips guys.
Since the charger works in two modes, I wonder if some charges became confused and started dishing out 5V when they should be dishing out 15V. Thoughts?
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Hi, I got the same problem. The charger indeed seems to be stuck in the 5V mode, since, when plugged in the tablet does get charged, even though it is not indicated, but very slowly. It is charging as if it is plugged in to a pc.
I tried plugging it into (old) phones, but I still can't seem to get it to switch back to the 15V mode.
The freezer didn't help either.
Any other suggestions?
I waited about 4-5 hours before plugging into my old phone. My other suggestion is to allow the phone to charge for a short bit (30 minutes) unplug and wait, then plug into your Prime.
I have a feeling that its a transistor toggle that isn't flipping at the correct voltage.
I've had the same problem yesterday. In my case the problem was with the charge socket on the keyboard itself. Some copper pins were deformed and that stopped the device charging. I took a magnifying glass(also for checking if any of the copper pins are bend) and a small tool to bend them back. After this it charged again. Hope this helps.
My charger suddenly stopped working from today. The Prime is detecting the connection as the screen turns ON but it is not charging. I charged my sensation using the same adapter and USB cable and it is working fine. Why can I not charge Prime via PC like phone? Is it possible? I am in India and not sure if the power adapter is easily available as Prime is not yet launched in India.
Kindly suggest.
Thanks in advance.
Hi,
I've started to have this problem today, plug it in and it does come up with the charge icon but it doesn't charge - or doesn't seem to.
However I left it connected last night from midnight until 8am this morning and it went from 13% to 17% so it is charging VERY VERY slowly although the unit doesn't actual seem to think it is.
I have it plugged in to my phone right now and its working perfectly, I borrowed the charger to my g/f last night to charge her iphone and i'm thinking this might have done something to flip the voltage as since then it isn't working.
Anyone have any ideas on this??
Kevin
thornd7 said:
The other issue I've seen is poor contact in the USB socket on the wall adapter. I had to unplug the usb cable from the wall adapter. Then, look at the usb socket on the power adapter. The gold pins are the usb contacts. Directly opposite of them, there should be two silver prongs. I had to use a small flat blade screwdriver to pry both of them out a little further to ensure they did their job of firmly pushing the usb cable against the socket's usb contacts. Once I did, my TF201 was able to get charge from it, again.
If you decide to replace the wall charger, I believe Fry's and Office Depot stock the asus charger.
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I had this problem a couple of weeks ago and completed the same as above works well
Gilbo12 said:
I had this problem a couple of weeks ago and completed the same as above works well
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But if the charger works fine when charging a phone it cant be the connection at fault..
It does seem to me that the power it is outputting has dropped especially the I managed to gain 5% over the course of a night where WIFI was off and screen was off even though the charge icon doesn't come up.
Is there a way of forcing the charger back in to 12v mode??
damnit... I had the same problems a few days ago and I thought it was in the cable instead of the charger... not realising the charger has to put out 15v instead of 5v.
Does this mean the Transformer won't charge with for example, my HTC charger?
I totally messed up my cable, because I thought it was broken... when I opened up the USB plug, I noticed the yellow wire was not connected anymore, but this didn't solve anything. Eventually I messed up the cable that bad, that I've ordered a new one from ebay... but when I read this... I should have just banged the charger a few times... shait.
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damnit... I had the same problems a few days ago and I thought it was in the cable instead of the charger... not realising the charger has to put out 15v instead of 5v.
Does this mean the Transformer won't charge with for example, my HTC charger?
I totally messed up my cable, because I thought it was broken... when I opened up the USB plug, I noticed the yellow wire was not connected anymore, but this didn't solve anything. Eventually I messed up the cable that bad, that I've ordered a new one from ebay... but when I read this... I should have just banged the charger a few times... shait.
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Has anyone actually ever managed to fix this problem? I've just contacted ASUS about it to see what they say - hopefully they'll ship me out a new charger plug or something, what a useless charger!!

Galaxy S II charger no longer working :s

I found out the other day that my mains charger has stopped working. I have no idea why or how, thinking it could be the phone itself, but it still charges on the usb cable that I leave plugged into my Xbox to charge instead. This is inconvenient because of the length of the wire and the slowness in which it charges.
Is there a solution to this or a little trick to get it to work? Because I have no idea why it's broken or not charging my phone.
Not the end of the world anyway because I found one on ebay for £3.49 which I'll get if I have no answer to this. Thank you in advance
Anyone?
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Anyone?
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Try a different charger. If you had to find one on eBay, I have to assume you don't have another handy. Borrow one from a friend or something. If it still charges via USB, it sounds as if the AC charger failed for some reason. 3 pounds for a new charger isn't that much.

Unable to charge device

Hello I have a droid dna with venom rom installed everything has been working fine untill a day ago I tried to charge my phone and I keep getting this messege "unable to charge device please use original charger" I don't know what happened. Does anyone know what the issue may be? Please help I would appreciate it.
Edit: I tried different chargers and I have the same problem haven't tried an inductive mat don't have one available to me
Could be a bad port or charger. Try an inductive mat or a different charger and see if you get the same problem.
Your charger has gone bad.
Phaded said:
Your charger has gone bad.
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I've tried other chargers and sometimes when I plug it in it goes to dock mode charges for a bit then stops any other suggestions ?
sounds like you usb port is messed up if it goes to dock and back since to do that certain pins are shorted by the respectable docks to put it in that mode. like for instance the sense id pin is needed to be shorted to go into OTG. perhaps take a can of air to the usb port and see with a light if anything is obstructing it in the bottom.

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