Phone Charging, Power Surge problem

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Phone Charging, Power Surge problem

My phone died last night, I plugged it into USB connection on computer this morning like i always do when charging. While it was charging i tried to turn it on to check my messages. It did not work so i unplugged it to turn it on, it still would not turn on. I tried to plug it back into the computer and recieved the message "Power Surge on HUB Port, USB device exceeded power limits of Hub port." Now my phone won't even pull up the apple symbol when i push the power button... how do i 1. turn my phone back on, and 2. charge it?

Dell, Windows XP Pro

Posted on May 27, 2008 12:15 PM

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Answer 1

m21635

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May 27, 2008 1:47 PM in response to locondcoco

Interesting.

Power surges are normally associated with AC power, i.e., power from the household wall plug.

Power from the USB hub port is DC power, which is somewhat immune to a power surge for numerous reasons including the fact that the computer input is 99.999% protected from AC surges by the built in surge suppressor which is part of all computers that are manufactured. The power supply takes the AC power signal and converts it to DC.

Did the computer or the USB hub fry - it should have if it got all the way to the iphone?

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Tamara

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May 27, 2008 12:43 PM in response to kjas

Have you tried plugging it into the wall charger and just leaving it alone to charge for a few hours?

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Answer 3

May 27, 2008 12:58 PM in response to kjas

as Tamara said, try the wall charger.
also, if the battery was COMPLETELY drained, it might take 30 minutes (or more) for the phone to respond, after plugging it in.

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