I have a droid razr but no battery for it. Can it function without one if not where can i get one? I know that i could use a moto factory cord to operate it for a short period of time. Also, i would need a factory cord or need to make one, so how would i go about that. I was planning on rooting and possibly flashing a rom based on JB. How would I do that and what is involved thanks in advance!
Hello CVanB,
Droid Razr can work without battery as long as it is connected to USB with factory cable. You can buy it or make yourself one, there're tons of guides avaialable about factory cable.
Thanks
Semseddin said:
Hello CVanB,
Droid Razr can work without battery as long as it is connected to USB with factory cable. You can buy it or make yourself one, there're tons of guides avaialable about factory cable.
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What would be the most direct guide for making a factory cable?
I've run one with no battery. I exposed the wires from usb to micro usb. Connected two wires directly to terminals on phone and plugged it in.
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I guess the U in usb isn't so universal, found out today that you HAVE TO use the cable with the (v-cast sticker) in order to transfer data and any other cable INCLUDING the ones they sell at the V store will only charge the phone.
Ford_Tech said:
I guess the U in usb isn't so universal, found out today that you HAVE TO use the cable with the (v-cast sticker) in order to transfer data and any other cable INCLUDING the ones they sell at the V store will only charge the phone.
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Not true. Mine has no vcast or Motorola branding and transfers my stuff just fine.
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None of the cables I had would work including 2 that vz store sold me, perhaps it's a quality issue but using the vcast cable works fine.
Any micro USB cable works just fine for data transfer and such. I use my old blackberry USB cords all the time to do data transfers with no problems at all
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kimo91 said:
Any micro USB cable works just fine for data transfer
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I thought so as well but apparently in my phones case not so, I even tried my wifes LG phone cable and it wouldn't work either.
Ford_Tech said:
I thought so as well but apparently in my phones case not so, I even tried my wifes LG phone cable and it wouldn't work either.
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Maybe the USB port?
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Turn on mass storage?
Any micro USB cable will work.
arcanexvi said:
Turn on mass storage?
Any micro USB cable will work.
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+1 for this, maybe u set it charge only....
I using western digital hardisk cable and it works fine, also use nokia usb cable
RAZR -武装 戦線-
Ford_Tech said:
I thought so as well but apparently in my phones case not so, I even tried my wifes LG phone cable and it wouldn't work either.
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The LG cable from my work Epic 4g doesn't work on my Razr. The HTC cable, blackberry cable, and Motorola cables all work fine. I did have to restart the phone to get the cables to work after I tried to use the LG cable.
LG cables are known to suck, avoid them like the plague.
I've just been using any old cables I've had lying round, at least 3 different brands, lengths etc, no problems at all.
murky024 said:
The LG cable from my work Epic 4g doesn't work on my Razr. The HTC cable, blackberry cable, and Motorola cables all work fine. I did have to restart the phone to get the cables to work after I tried to use the LG cable.
LG cables are known to suck, avoid them like the plague.
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In fact I'm using my daughters old LG cord for both charging and data swapping on my Razr. Have you checked your cords maybe it has some corrosion in the micro part that's causing your issues?
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This is known issue with Motorola phones having to use certain micro USB cables. Not all will work on a cellbrite machine or for data transfer. Not every USB cable is the same. I am not sure the technical reason for it, but BB cables do not work. For what it is worth BB uses USB A to micro USB "B" cables.
The easiest way to tell if the cable will support debugging mode. The charge only cables will not trigger the debugging mode in the status bar.
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Ford_Tech said:
I guess the U in usb isn't so universal, found out today that you HAVE TO use the cable with the (v-cast sticker) in order to transfer data and any other cable INCLUDING the ones they sell at the V store will only charge the phone.
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Completely untrue. I have never unpacked my Razr's charge/USB cable. It is still in its box. I use the USB cable from my first-generation B&N Nook to charge and transfer data. I sideloaded over 20 gb of data onto my card with it and use USB tether with it.
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kimo91 said:
Any micro USB cable works just fine for data transfer and such. I use my old blackberry USB cords all the time to do data transfers with no problems at all
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Dakota0206 said:
This is known issue with Motorola phones having to use certain micro USB cables. Not all will work on a cellbrite machine or for data transfer. Not every USB cable is the same. I am not sure the technical reason for it, but BB cables do not work. For what it is worth BB uses USB A to micro USB "B" cables.
The easiest way to tell if the cable will support debugging mode. The charge only cables will not trigger the debugging mode in the status bar.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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well according to the quote above, BB cables do work.
And ive been charging my Razr on my BB Tour cable just fine all day.
OK some Blackberry cables do not work. This isn't even a debate. Just Google. There are several articles on this that go into what causes it. Most micro USB cables do work just fine. So don't say that "well I used these hand full of cables" so I'm going to pass that off as scientific proof that you must have a defective phone.
What idiot would pull a random cable have it work and say well that proves they all work?
It's mostly a problem with Motorola phones and some HTC. It has something to do with the amps (or something) the phone needs out of the cable. While all micro USB cables have the same number of pins, apparently not all have the same number of wires connecting all the pins. This is what I have read, I have not actually stripped a cable to find out.
I do have daily experience transferring data through all kinds of phones and we have a couple of cables that will not work on the Droid 3, X2, Bionic, or Razr. They are not defective cables because they do work on some other phones.
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Ford_Tech said:
I guess the U in usb isn't so universal, found out today that you HAVE TO use the cable with the (v-cast sticker) in order to transfer data and any other cable INCLUDING the ones they sell at the V store will only charge the phone.
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What are you talking about? I have never used the vzn usb cable they are too short. I think there is some user error here.
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OK some Blackberry cables do not work. This isn't even a debate. Just Google. There are several articles on this that go into what causes it. Most micro USB cables do work just fine. So don't say that "well I used these hand full of cables" so I'm going to pass that off as scientific proof that you must have a defective phone.
What idiot would pull a random cable have it work and say well that proves they all work?
It's mostly a problem with Motorola phones and some HTC. It has something to do with the amps (or something) the phone needs out of the cable. While all micro USB cables have the same number of pins, apparently not all have the same number of wires connecting all the pins. This is what I have read, I have not actually stripped a cable to find out.
I do have daily experience transferring data through all kinds of phones and we have a couple of cables that will not work on the Droid 3, X2, Bionic, or Razr. They are not defective cables because they do work on some other phones.
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I never said that all BB cables or USB cables work.
In your post I first quoted you said BB cables don't work, implying that they all don't work.
The same guy posted the same incorrect information on android forums.com....
Stop wasting money on cables from the verizon store.
No problem here either, I've used cables as different as
2 metre könig usb cable with fake gold plating (really cheap brand)
0,7 metre cheap plastic cable I found in a box at work
The two original moto cables
A hair thin samsung original cable
If you're on a laptop, that's probably your problem. Or your front USB if it's a desktop.
I too have used numerous MicroUSB cables without any issues.
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so i crack open quite a number of USB cable just to follow the guide in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403100
to save my Fastboot error due to the "Battery Low" message.
however, in my way of tweaking the cables, my phone died and the battery is totally out.
will the tweak works? or can anyone teach me how to externally charge the battery because i manage to crack open the back cover and take out the battery...there's no way to buy replacement battery near my residence atm. the nearest will take few weeks of stock arrival...so i need a quick solution to get my phone back up...
can anyone please help me?
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so i crack open quite a number of USB cable just to follow the guide in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403100
to save my Fastboot error due to the "Battery Low" message.
however, in my way of tweaking the cables, my phone died and the battery is totally out.
will the tweak works? or can anyone teach me how to externally charge the battery because i manage to crack open the back cover and take out the battery...there's no way to buy replacement battery near my residence atm. the nearest will take few weeks of stock arrival...so i need a quick solution to get my phone back up...
can anyone please help me?
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Build a 'factory cable', it's safe.
Thanks
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pedrotorresfilho said:
Build a 'factory cable', it's safe.
Thanks
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thanks for your responds but however, as stated, I tried to build the factory cable but no luck as of yet, can give me any suggestion on which cable is easier to be built into the "factory cable" as instructed? i stripped a blackberry, htc, and samsung micro usb cables but no luck on getting them to work as factory cable...
i hav no extra Motorola USB cable so will it be worth the ripping?
I recently build a factory cable and used the original Motorola USB cable. If you have enough skills in soldering etc. try it but i must say its not easy because the cables inside are very thin and the contacts are also very small. If you fail you can simply buy a new cable search on amzon.com for "Motorola-SPN5504-SKN5004A-micro-USB-Charger".
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thanks for your responds but however, as stated, I tried to build the factory cable but no luck as of yet, can give me any suggestion on which cable is easier to be built into the "factory cable" as instructed? i stripped a blackberry, htc, and samsung micro usb cables but no luck on getting them to work as factory cable...
i hav no extra Motorola USB cable so will it be worth the ripping?
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If you have removed your battery you can charge it directly By stripped USB cable but you have to reduce the valtage 4 to 4.5 ,USB output is 5v and if you direct charege it damage your battery. If you can get assist from electronic technician simply you can make it.
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dewage said:
If you have removed your battery you can charge it directly By stripped USB cable but you have to reduce the valtage 4 to 4.5 ,USB output is 5v and if you direct charege it damage your battery. If you can get assist from electronic technician simply you can make it.
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I think building a factory cable is much more safe then try to remove the battery.
Just get a charger that does not exceed the values on the battery (eg. voltage and Ma) charge it for hour and so and your good to go
thatisazam said:
so i crack open quite a number of USB cable just to follow the guide in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403100
to save my Fastboot error due to the "Battery Low" message.
however, in my way of tweaking the cables, my phone died and the battery is totally out.
will the tweak works? or can anyone teach me how to externally charge the battery because i manage to crack open the back cover and take out the battery...there's no way to buy replacement battery near my residence atm. the nearest will take few weeks of stock arrival...so i need a quick solution to get my phone back up...
can anyone please help me?
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You use the moto factory cable to charge with PC. At first PC will pre-charge your RAZR. after charging fiinshed, you can flash your phone directly.If you need factory cable. You can PM me
Yesterday I plugged my phone into my PC and went to set it to mount as mass storage but the USB connected notification wasn't there. The phone charged fine off the USB, just didn't see the PC.
I thought this may be a PC issue until going to use it on my HD Multimedia dock, phone wouldn't recognize the dock was attached. Then went and tried it in the car dock, same thing, phone charged but didn't go into cardock mode.
Also not sure if this is related but since then battery has been discharging quite quickly.
Please help.
Regards
Bruce.
Hi, did you use the original cable ?
I noticed that the cable from my galaxy S II didn't work with the razr droid !
Brahim93 said:
Hi, did you use the original cable ?
I noticed that the cable from my galaxy S II didn't work with the razr droid !
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Yeah, i did use the original cable.
bigblueyeti said:
Yesterday I plugged my phone into my PC and went to set it to mount as mass storage but the USB connected notification wasn't there. The phone charged fine off the USB, just didn't see the PC.
I thought this may be a PC issue until going to use it on my HD Multimedia dock, phone wouldn't recognize the dock was attached. Then went and tried it in the car dock, same thing, phone charged but didn't go into cardock mode.
Also not sure if this is related but since then battery has been discharging quite quickly.
Please help.
Regards
Bruce.
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This will probably solve ur problem:
Uninstall all motorola from PC
Reinstall motocast 1.29
Connect ur razr in every mode, and wait it reinstall the drivers.
Cheers
Thanks, but it's the phone that's not recognizing the usb cable is plugged in. I've tried it on three PCs and the darn thing will only charge, not give usb connection options.
Get a small paintbrush and a can of Dust-Off or other compressed-gas sprayer.
Hold the phone between your knees with the USB port up. Swirl the brush around inside the USB jack while blowing air into it at the same time.
Try it now.
Micro USB jacks have a very nasty habit of collecting pocket lint. It can prevent the cables/plugs on any device from making a solid electrical contact.
This will likely become a routine operation that you perform once a week or so.
You can buy micro-USB rubber plugs that protect a female jack from damage and dirt. You should try the usual places to find one; Amazon, DigiKey, Fry's, JameCo, etc.
If this doesn't get it, you may be looking at either replacing the jack (if you can un/solder very small things), or replacing the phone itself.
PS: If you have geeky friends who like pranks, get a high-powered magnifying glass and check for Scotch Tape on the USB jack contacts. I've done this to an obnoxious iPhone FanBoyz phone before. I confessed before his battery was completely dead...
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Thanks, but it's the phone that's not recognizing the usb cable is plugged in. I've tried it on three PCs and the darn thing will only charge, not give usb connection options.
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Connect it into back usb.
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Did anyone ever find a solution to this? I'm having the exact same issue, have tried clearing out the USB port, different cables and every port on my PC. It charges on connection but doesn't recognise that it is connected to a computer rather than a power port.
Any advice?
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Did anyone ever find a solution to this? I'm having the exact same issue, have tried clearing out the USB port, different cables and every port on my PC. It charges on connection but doesn't recognise that it is connected to a computer rather than a power port.
Any advice?
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Are you on stock or custom rom ?
SAJdroid said:
Are you on stock or custom rom ?
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Stock. I'm thinking of doing a factory reset as it has been freezing a lot recently and I suspect its a software issue, but I was hoping to do a proper backup first, however I lost root a while ago when I updated to ICS . I don't know if the freezing and not recognising computer could be two sides of the same issue?
Hi there
one of my friends opened his droid razr xt910 and took off the battery by force. So, he cut the wire cable that is connected to the board.
he does not want his device and searching for a method to start the device to take his files without buying a new battery.
Is there any way we can force the device to power up without battery.. I mean can we use an alternative method to power the device?
I used Factory cable for doing this.
Anyhow I read that open the device and short-circuit cable wires and motherboard is quite simple
does the factory cable power up the device ?
I thought it is for SPF mode only or with RSD LITE
Hi,
I use a normal usb to micro usb cable but it doesn't charge my razr maxx hd. After playing around, I realize only the official cable that came with my razr maxx hd can charge it. I have tried both using computer usb and the wall adapter, and still the same result.
If I want to get a spare (and longer) usb cable to charge my razr maxx hd, how should I go about doing it? Is there a certain type of usb cable I should look out for?
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Ran
ranteo said:
Hi,
I use a normal usb to micro usb cable but it doesn't charge my razr maxx hd. After playing around, I realize only the official cable that came with my razr maxx hd can charge it. I have tried both using computer usb and the wall adapter, and still the same result.
If I want to get a spare (and longer) usb cable to charge my razr maxx hd, how should I go about doing it? Is there a certain type of usb cable I should look out for?
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Ran
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First of all, this s not the Razr HD forum. This covers XT910/XT912 only.
As to your question, you shouldn't use any other cable except the one that came with your phone. Its harmful for your battery as well.
You can use an extension cable if you want to increase the length.