Hey all,
I was wondering if anyone has experienced a high pitched buzz/whine/noise from their wall charger when it is plugged in and charging, it only seems to happen when the phone is also plugged into it, the screen turned off and the phone is fully charged, however it is really annoying to sleep near/in the same room with.
I was at first convinced it was the power converter that I am using (being in Australia with an imported Atrix) but after trying a new one the problem still persists.
Any advice? thanks in advance
- DarkRyoushii
Some old chargers I had did that. Not my atrix.
Its cause of a capacitor in it not working like it should. (Your phone will be ok). I had a netgear router do this to me and it was horrible... on all the time! I feel your pain.
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I would replace the charger as it is not working as intended and could be a huge fire risk!
Never, ever think about whether a noise coming from an electric power supply is good. If it's making noise, you have components not working properly.
Just because someone says the noise is alright, and they have experienced it before, DOES NOT make it good! I am not trying to be a drama queen here. It's fine to say that until you have to attend an investigation into someone dying by burning!
Also, to blindly say it is a capacitor is just plain stupid!
People die because of poorly assembled/poor quality electrical equipment. Please take whatever measures you can to ensure all your equipment meets regulations, and works correctly!
I never said it wasn't a fire risk
Thanks for the help! For the time being would it be safer to use an iphone wall charger? I have a few of those but didn't want to risk anything
Thanks again
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As long as it outputs no more than 950w (probably says on charger... though it is apple) it'll be fine.
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DarkRyoushii said:
Thanks for the help! For the time being would it be safer to use an iphone wall charger? I have a few of those but didn't want to risk anything
Thanks again
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Hey dude,
I had similar issues when i imported mine, just grab a new BlackBerry charger from any store, that'll do the trick. the internals are better.
=)
Related
I am a new X10a user and I have read with some dismay the posts about broken USB connectors. I have searched the threads and found many, many posts about the problem, but I haven't been able to answer two questions:
1) How prevalent is the "broken USB" problem? What percentage of devices can
be expected to fail?
2) Are there any steps I can take as a user to prevent/postpone a USB connector problem?
Thanks in advance,
gwalborn
my advice is don't play with your phone while it is charging, and pull the cord straight out, not out on an angle...
That is where these issues seem to stem from
I agree I mean I've had this phone for just over a year touch wood my usb is still in tact
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Between broken soldering in the phones port and malforming of the terminal end on the cable I'd say it's the most common hardware problem for the X10 followed by faulty boards. My cable got messed up when my dog tripped over it while my phone was charging causing my phone to be ripped off the table and fly halfway across the room and deforming the terminal end in the phone. I had to buy a new cable which actually is ~3x better than the stock one anyways. I would say that it's not a chronic problem but one that is preventable but I would also say it seems like everyone with these issues ends up on XDA!
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Between broken soldering in the phones port and malforming of the terminal end on the cable I'd say it's the most common hardware problem for the X10 followed by faulty boards. My cable got messed up when my dog tripped over it while my phone was charging causing my phone to be ripped off the table and fly halfway across the room and deforming the terminal end in the phone. I had to buy a new cable which actually is ~3x better than the stock one anyways. I would say that it's not a chronic problem but one that is preventable but I would also say it seems like everyone with these issues ends up on XDA!
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What cable did you get and where did you get it from if you dont mind me asking? I need to get a new one too. Im currently using thr one I got from my wildfire. Thanks
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Crop the "anchors" which hold the usb connector onto the phone! This way you don't have to use that much force to plug it in-out each time, minimizing the risk of breaking something!
Have done this with all 4 cables i am using!!
Its the cable for me. Have to wiggle it alot. My friends car charger and dare charger work perfect
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What cable did you get and where did you get it from if you dont mind me asking? I need to get a new one too. Im currently using thr one I got from my wildfire. Thanks
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I'm fond of the Belkin retractable cables. I can get them in the checkout aisle at my local Micro Center for less than $5. I keep one in the car for the USB port in it, and at the desktops. Nothing to clip off either, and you can put it in your pocket without any fuss. Works fine with the wall charger-there's nothing to wrap up.
btw: 2 X10's here, neither with a broken USB after 9 months.
I got a gold plated GigaWare cable from Radio Shack for $30 USD. Transfer/charging speeds are so much better than stock which is why I didn't even bother with the warranty for the crap stock one.
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I got a gold plated GigaWare cable from Radio Shack for $30 USD. Transfer/charging speeds are so much better than stock which is why I didn't even bother with the warranty for the crap stock one.
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It's not my business how you spend your money, but:
The salesman and store are very happy for your business. The markup on items like this is incredible, something on the order of 300% or more. I've read of 850%. I hope it had a thick rubber coating and the internal cable was electrically shielded with wrapped wire and had a ferrite choke for that money too, never know how much emi radiation is around.
Please tell me technically how much faster a few microns of gold on plated tips on a cable conducts digital signals than a tin or aluminum or copper one over the distance of 2 or 3 feet? Does it oxidize less? maybe, but you won't keep it for 10 or 20 years. This is not to say that there are not cheap wires that don't conduct well, but I don't think the SE OEM one is one of those. How much faster does it charge when connected to the wall socket? USB ports don't count since they often don't push the full 5v at the right milliamp.
If your SD card writes at 9-10mbps and with the SD cache fix reads at 25mbps (that's what my class 10 Lexar card does) and USB 2.0 is rated at 480mbps isn't a cable "rated" 480 overkill?
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It's not my business how you spend your money, but:
The salesman and store are very happy for your business. The markup on items like this is incredible, something on the order of 300% or more. I've read of 850%. I hope it had a thick rubber coating and the internal cable was electrically shielded with wrapped wire and had a ferrite choke for that money too, never know how much emi radiation is around.
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The markup wouldn't surprise me but since Im not in the cable wholesale business and couldnt charge my phone buying a 6' gold plated, shielded, heavily rubber coated cable that I guarantee you transfers data and charges my phone WAY faster was well worth my money.
$30 was also a rounded figure after tax.
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I guarantee you transfers data and charges my phone WAY faster was well worth my money.
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Please. Since you appear to have a defective or internally torn oem cable, please borrow any one of your friend's cables and make a speed and charge comparison for us, I will happily eat crow, and stand corrected, and spout the benefits of such a cable even to buying one myself. Tell us how much faster than a $5 cable.
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Please. Since you appear to have a defective or internally torn oem cable, please borrow any one of your friend's cables and make a speed and charge comparison for us, I will happily eat crow, and stand corrected, and spout the benefits of such a cable even to buying one myself. Tell us how much faster than a $5 cable.
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I'm not saying you need to buy one. I needed a new cable. I also needed a longer cable that was more durable and could take the abuse as I have a dog and 2 cats (which if you read my post you would know lead to my cable breaking) and where I charge my phone the cable gets snagged by them all the time. I don't need to do a test to appease you that a higher quality, higher rated cable with superior materials and build quality functions better than the mass manufactured stock POS. Your cable may work fine for you, that's great. Mine was broken and I needed a new and better one and I got one.
I was asked what kind of cable I got so I shared. I assure you it is better. I am not saying that the difference is enough for you to go out and buy one if your's is fine. That is up to you.
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I don't need to do a test to appease you that a higher quality, higher rated cable with superior materials and build quality functions better than the mass manufactured stock POS. Your cable may work fine for you, that's great. Mine was broken and I needed a new and better one and I got one.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13551815#post13551815
I was bored, I ran some tests on my own cables and two of my cards, including using the USB card reader that came with one of the cards. While my belkin is slightly slower (not even 10%) than the SE OEM cable, the results are such that they may be within the margin of error, since sometimes, the Belkin was faster than the SE OEM. But I don't have a gold plated cable to test.
SO, on the basis of this, I concede and stand corrected, that your cable might be 10% faster than ones that I have, but $5 vs $30, I would rather have the $25 in my pocket but I sincerely doubt that it would be equal to the speed of the card outside the phone. (SD Tools app is not an accurate test and since we're talking about speed for transfers not internal speed anyway.)
As for the animal issue, I have birds. You don't know destruction like a bird can do, and cables are favorite chew toys, they bite right through, even heavy shielded cables. lol
I used to have a virtual zoo in my house. I have had all kinds of birds from parakeets to cockatiels as well as other animals like mice and hamsters (now thats destruction!), turtles, lizards and frogs.
The cable I have is the best one for me and my circumstances. Had there been a comparable option for less money readily available to me on the day I needed it I would have gladly spent less money. Since there was no other available choice and it offers everything I needed (the performance boost was really just a plus for me!) I am perfectly content with it and do not necessarily feel like it wasn't worth the money beyond the general feeling that all electronics equipment is overpriced.
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Since there was no other available choice and it offers everything I needed (the performance boost was really just a plus for me!)
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http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
I added a Sony class 4 card to the comparison. C'mon, put up a wired and unwired test, please, I think it would be interesting.
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http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
I added a Sony class 4 card to the comparison. C'mon, put up a wired and unwired test, please, I think it would be interesting.
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It actually does seem like a good idea. My dad actually also has an X10 with nearly the same setup as mine and identical class 10 card and he has a stock cable so maybe I'll do a comparison later. The bigger difference is gonna be in charging times as the transfer is likely more limited by card than cable. Maybe when I have a chance I'll do a timed transfer test and then discharge the phones to similar levels and do a charge comparison. I cant do it now but if I can convince him and Ive got time I'll do it tomorrow.
Maybe I'll start a thread where we can do comparisons of the different cables. I'll send you a PM when Ive got a chance to do it and you can add your comparison of Belkin to stock and I'll do the Gigaware to stock. Since we have different computer setups they wont be directly comparable but we can get an idea by both comparing to stock. I'll PM you with details but my idea is to do a timed transfer of the same file with both cables and do a similar charge test. Time differentials will probably give us a better idea of the real difference than any software testing since we likely have totally different systems. If anyone else has other cable brands they could add to our results and we would have a comparison of all of them. If you wanna start your tests I'll try and do mine tomorrow and we'll start a thread in general. I'll PM you and we can post at the same time so we don't get a crapload of comments between our results.
I just looked at your thread. I think we should do a joint post more targeted at the cables though. This actually does seem like fun.
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i have it also, since day one since my device is refurbished
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i have it also, since day one since my device is refurbished
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A FWIW.
Earlier this week, I spoke to AT&T (yeah I know you're on Rogers) regarding my kid's X10a. We were on a short vacation between her college semesters, and I noticed her phone's screen was chipped. She told me the USB was also loose, and it was.
AT&T is replacing her phone, as we have insurance. I got them to drop the $50 chrg since the phone is EOL and only refurb'd.
However, since the phone is less than a year old, they said that the USB problem would come under the regular 1 year warranty, NOT damage issues like water or cracked screens.
Perhaps other carriers have the same policy/interpretation?
I was just wondering something. I noticed that the charger port on the phone is exactly the same as the ports on portable hard drives, like the Western Digital My Passport, and I'm sure many others.
With the hard drive, I noticed that the connection between the wire and the port wore out really fast, like within 1-2 months, not really unplugging/plugging it back in often. What happened was the connector became really loose and would become disconnected seemingly on a whim. You moved the unit ever so slightly and it was disconnected.
Since the charger port on the phone is the same as the ones on the drive, I'm kinda worried of it happening to the phone. I know it's probably because I'm just a little jaded because I went through something similar before, or if it's become an issue later on down the road, but I thought I should bring it up none the less.
Anyone else have any input? I'm curious to hear if anyone else has or hasn't had issues like this in the past. Maybe you can help put my fears about this to rest. ^^;
I had my EVO Shift for 5 months before I bought my 3D and I use my phone a lot at work, so I plug it in sometimes up to 6 times a day. The charger port on the Shift is still solid, working great and not wobbly or anything. It seems like you should be ok, at least with my experience it seems that way, others may have other experiences with the charger ports. I'm really careful when I plug it in, and not so much when I unplug it, so I am a little rough on it too.
It looks the same because it is a standard size port. Port type is not equal to quality of port. I had my og evo for a year with the same port with zero problems... and I wasn't gentle.
Chances are your cable will wear out LONG before the port will. If the port doesn't go bad in the first few days it'll be good for years.
.... What everyone else said.
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Cool. Thanks for the quick input. I think then I can relax now. ^^
If it is as good as the EVO 4G it won't wear out if not abused. If it is like my old blackberry then we are in trouble.
I have tried to re-charge my gtab but for some reason when I plug it in to my wall's outlet, it does not charge at all. Either mine is defective or I am doing something wrong.
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I have tried to re-charge my gtab but for some reason when I plug it in to my wall's outlet, it does not charge at all. Either mine is defective or I am doing something wrong.
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Did you try connecting to other wall outlet? If yes, and still not working for Gtab 10.1, but work for other devices, you might need to exchange your tab for the new one.
Mine works fine without any issues. And I don't think there's any special way to connect the power adapter. The connector can hook up to your Gtab only in one direction (Samsung logo facing up towards the screen).
I asked Steve Jobs and he says your doing it wrong.
But just in case. Have you tried multiple outlets. The charging while on/off. loose connection. I know it all sounds stupid but you have to rule out the obvious before you think there's an issue. So far as I'm aware you're the first person that has an issue just charging his tab on here.
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I asked Steve Jobs and he says your doing it wrong.
But just in case. Have you tried multiple outlets. The charging while on/off. loose connection. I know it all sounds stupid but you have to rule out the obvious before you think there's an issue. So far as I'm aware you're the first person that has an issue just charging his tab on here.
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Yes, there's no other outlet in my house that does any different whether my Gtab is on/off. It looks like mine is defective and I'm going to have to make a trip back to Best Buy. Thanks for the help.
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Yes, there's no other outlet in my house that does any different whether my Gtab is on/off. It looks like mine is defective and I'm going to have to make a trip back to Best Buy. Thanks for the help.
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I too had this feeling that there's an issue. After complete discharge, it takes about five mins of charging for the gtab to even display the charging symbol.
Well guys, this is basically my last resort. Title says it all, really, my Atrix absolutely refuses to charge unless placed in my lapdock.
Originally, I was just thinking this was a bad charge/usb cable. Tried all of them in my house and at work. Nothing.
Next, I assumed it was a battery problem. Wrong again. My battery in my brother's Droid X works perfectly. If that wasn't enough proof, I work for an AT&T retailer, and a few days ago a customer traded in an original Atrix. I immediately took their battery and tried it in mine. Same thing.
Alright, ROM issue, perhaps. Flashed multiple versions of CM9 by Turl and Jokersax, and the Nuetrino builds. Notta.
I finally begin to tell myself it was just a faulty charge port, and that I'd need to have it repaired. Out of other options, I placed it in my lapdock. Lo and behold, she charges up, every single time.
Anyone have ANY idea why this would be happening?
I've already attempted taking the phone apart and checking the connections inside. I'm no technician, but everything seemed fine. Slight problem there, my cheap screw driver stripped 2 of those T5 torx screws during reassembly, so now I've gotta find a way to get those out before I can get inside again, if necessary. Ugh.
It's obviously not really realistic to carry my lapdock with me everywhere, although that's been my only option as of late.
If any of you guys can suggest a solution, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Help me out, fellow Atrix users.
I see you tried a different cable, but did you try a different USB wall plug? Had a similar thing happen to me about 4 months ago. Could only get my phone to fully charge on lapdock. Ended up buying a new OEM USB wallcharger off eBay. Charges fine with new charge. Old charger went bad. I would try a different charger.
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I've tried literally every cable and wall plug I could find. As I said, I work at an AT&T retail store, so I've had access to tons of them. Nothing has worked so far.
Sorry for your luck. I'm pretty sure the Tom has nothing to do with charging as you can charge the phone while its off.
If its charging on the dock correctly, then I would think the phone is fine and there must be something wrong with the chargers you are trying.
Are the other chargers you are trying brand new OEM Motorola ones or aftermarket?
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Both. No results.
You mention charging the phone while off... mine doesn't do that anymore either, or power on at all with the battery taken out.
I'm wondering if there is some kind of short in the charge port that requires HDMI to be plugged in before it will receive current. Odd theory, I know, but it makes enough sense given the evidence.
Yep!....I couldnt fkn believe it
I got an HTC One X+, it was when she did the paperwork, suddenly said (I honestly think she forgot by the way she acted)... "eh, I forgot to say but you need to buy the charger, it doesnt come with one". I was dumb struck (which isnt hard for me mind you lol), and said "you're joking right", no she wasn't!. I said, and just how the fk am I suppose to charge it then, oh I forgot, buy the thing .
After a bit of anger I got it "thrown in"
She said (and so did the manager) that alot of phone manufacturers, HTC being one of the first, were stopping supplying them because nowadays most people have smart phones and alot of the connectors are the same. I said bollox, and said "would you buy a car without a bloody battery"...she started to get embarassed, to fkn bad, that's when she throw it in.
But beware guys, as that's seemingly what's happening (unless you all know about this, I didnt!).....this was in an 02 shop but no doubt others will be the same....the thing is (as I said to them) if they all start/do this this, they WILL loose sales, and rightly so
Just what the fk next!...no battery!
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Yep!....I couldnt fkn believe it
I got an HTC One X+, it was when she did the paperwork, suddenly said (I honestly think she forgot by the way she acted)... "eh, I forgot to say but you need to buy the charger, it doesnt come with one". I was dumb struck (which isnt hard for me mind you lol), and said "you're joking right", no she wasn't!. I said, and just how the fk am I suppose to charge it then, oh I forgot, buy the thing .
After a bit of anger I got it "thrown in"
She said (and so did the manager) that alot of phone manufacturers, HTC being one of the first, were stopping supplying them because nowadays most people have smart phones and alot of the connectors are the same. I said bollox, and said "would you buy a car without a bloody battery"...she started to get embarassed, to fkn bad, that's when she throw it in.
But beware guys, as that's seemingly what's happening (unless you all know about this, I didnt!).....this was in an 02 shop but no doubt others will be the same....the thing is (as I said to them) if they all start/do this this, they WILL loose sales, and rightly so
Just what the fk next!...no battery!
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I guess you got your phone from O2.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/18/82-percent-o2-htc-one-x-charger-pack-in/
Ah.....I see now, he probably tried to say that, but all I was thinking how the hell do I charge it, oh well
Plus when I got home and opened took everything out the box (didnt do that in the shop, just exchanged phones and paperwork) and saw the cable, I can see their point, I dont aggree with it though
Htc are morons. New phone without charger how ridicules
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Yep!....I couldnt fkn believe it
I got an HTC One X+, it was when she did the paperwork, suddenly said (I honestly think she forgot by the way she acted)... "eh, I forgot to say but you need to buy the charger, it doesnt come with one". I was dumb struck (which isnt hard for me mind you lol), and said "you're joking right", no she wasn't!. I said, and just how the fk am I suppose to charge it then, oh I forgot, buy the thing .
After a bit of anger I got it "thrown in"
She said (and so did the manager) that alot of phone manufacturers, HTC being one of the first, were stopping supplying them because nowadays most people have smart phones and alot of the connectors are the same. I said bollox, and said "would you buy a car without a bloody battery"...she started to get embarassed, to fkn bad, that's when she throw it in.
But beware guys, as that's seemingly what's happening (unless you all know about this, I didnt!).....this was in an 02 shop but no doubt others will be the same....the thing is (as I said to them) if they all start/do this this, they WILL loose sales, and rightly so
Just what the fk next!...no battery!
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made me laugh )))) i cant imagine what i were do if she said me
They're taking the charger cable out to stop the waste. Almost every phone uses Micro USB now, so there's not point giving a new one with every phone. It's not a bad idea, in my eyes.
It's a good idea, but only means more profit to HTC and other brands. Less costs in transport and material which aren't reflected in the final price. So, it's not being eco friendly, but profit friendly.
I could cope without the charger these days, but would still use the USB cable.
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Htc are morons. New phone without charger how ridicules
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well that is what is happening already with the kindle fire...if you want to charge it through the mains you need to buy the plug for it
AW: New phone comes without a charger!!
If they reduce the price of the device then it's ok.
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I can see why they are trialing this.
In my house we have at least 3 HTC chargers, N4 charger, N7 charger, N10 charger. oh and another Lg charger somewhere I think. (+ car charger).
Me and my fiancee have only been using androids phones but 2.5 years. Imagine how many we'll have in another 2.5 years.
I guess the only issue is when the chargers are different AMPs.
I always had my previous phone sold before i buy new one, in this case i have a problem without included travel charger
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I have maybe 4 or 5 usb wall plugs that came with phones, portable chargers etc I for one and ALL behind this and think its a good thing. I have maybe 10-15 Nokia chargers in a draw from all the old Nokia phones we have had in the house
I'm happy with the decision to not include the charger.
what if (dare I say it) you came from an :cyclopshone 5 to an Android? They do not have the same cable.
I hear they're making an effort to geo-locate all the caves people without a single micro USB cable are living in so they can distribute some as a public service.
Got mine 5 days ago. Came with charger and cable.
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AT&T version comes with a charger and cable.
Italian version has cable and charger too
I can honestly say that I probably have about 5 or 6 chargers and usb cables but if when i bought my X+ they told me it didnt come with a charger you can bet i would have walked out without purchasing it. it's simply a matter of common sense to include the charger, if you come from a dissimilar device or your old charger and cable is sold with your old phone then what?