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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rockjock007:
The X10 as most smart devices have a built in circuit to not allow it to over charge. So to have that on a battery and also built into the hardware of the phone would be redundant.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j.galen:
Just wanted to share my little mod to this cheap micro sized USB car adapter.

This adapter can be bought for USD 2.60 delivered, I paid USD 0.03 for the resister.

Sorry this will be a pain for you all to copy and paste, but.. being a new user I can't share my link easily... Obviously, remove the "!" from the http tag.

http!://img835.imageshack.us/img835/432/carcharger.jpg

This works with my X10.

Edit: This would be good for those who wants a charger that has the flexibility in length
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stryker777:
You can also get this one for $3.50 shipped. I have two and they both work perfect with our X10s with no mods.

$3.50 Phone Charger
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D-Trixxx:
I bought this one and it works:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160458573614&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rockjock007:
that one looks good, wire nice and thin so not to put stress on the micro usb connector pls report back when you get it. I am looking for a thin micro usb cord myself.!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anjo2:
i've open my belkin micro charger and fix it, but with the apple micro charger i cant open it, there is no cables only for charger in ebay? or one that is easy to open?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] artofsnow:
Some interesting observation about car charger and the X10.

When I bought my X10 (was running Android 1.6), I tried my Belkin 12V-USB charger + SE USB cable --> didn't work

I then bought a cheap 12V - micro-USB charger from e-bay --> worked fine

I've recently upgraded my X10 to Android 2.1 ... and the e-bay charger stopped working :(

This afternoon, I gave the Belkin 12V + SE cable a second try ... and it worked :confused:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rockjock007:
http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...B%2BBattery%2BCharger%2BAdaptor.jsp?locale=en

this one was a deal.. opens up easily then short out pin 2 and 3 and works on my SE and Iphone..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkdroid:
I have opened a few car chargers and shorted the pins but this gets tiresome and often slightly damages the casing. I recently bought an iGo cable with interchangeable tips to use with many devices. It is a short cable (maybe 12" long - there are longer ones available) which is only for charging and not data and has the data pins shorted inside it. Using this cable in my car has allowed me to charge my x10 with any charger so far. I bought it at The Source (formerly RadioShack).

iGo cable with an A97 Micro-USB tip (tried to add images but can't since my account is too new).

Just another sticky point about Apple (whom I hate)...

Most generic charger manufacturers are sorta like computer virus programmers. They want to spend their efforts to target the largest group they can. Because Apple is popular, their non-standard implementation becomes widespread (even if it isn't correct). So, while a generic charger may not have a company name stamped on it, it might as well have an apple logo branded into it.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snapfizzle:
SE may have made a softmod to make it possible to charge without shorting the pins now.

I was going to try that when I got home tonight as I've upgraded to 2.1 and I have the Belkin stubby car charger also.

Will post result later tonight. (Unless someone else confirms before I do.)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rockjock007:
You sir are correct, well in my case you are. I have a modified 12v usb unit and it still works as does another unit I had that did not work before the 2.1 update.. now both work just fine.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewislulch:
i have try nokia 6500 charger,i work for my x10i~
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erreesse:
sorry but i probably don't understand correctly.

with x10 2.1 :

i have to shortcut 2 central pin in usb charger

or

i have to put a resistor between 2 central pin? in this case , 200 ohm?

thanks and sorry for dumb question!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Denius507:
I have Brooklyn charger for PSP and its rated with 5V/1,2A, so I tried to charge X10i with it before and after 2.1 but I didn't had luck either way (in 2.1 case with or without shortcut wasn't helpful either).. Phone has charging icon but it actually drains power from battery in both way :(

Luckily I have preinstalled USB connector in car which was not very helpful before 2.1 but now I can confirm that it actually charge mine X10. And I m happy..

Advice : If U r going to buy car, buy it with preinstalled USB connector.. ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rockjock007:
i shorted pin 2&3 and it worked just fine.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snapfizzle:
With the new 2.1 update for the X10, you do not need to short anything with the car charger any more. SE apparently has made a softmod to bypass that restriction 1.6 (which was more of a $$ making scam to buy the SE chargers...I think).

I have the Belkin mini car charger that would not work with 1.6 FW, and is now working with the 2.1 FW. Good thing I held off going to get another charger...

I picked up the following type of cable to go with the car mount which works out pretty well: 90 Degree Micro USB A cable
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Snapfizzle:
Be careful of this. Most of those car USB connectors are made for iPods/iPhones. I've seen a few people have issues with their units after plugging in the X10. The headunit would go into error for USB device. Just make sure yours is compatible with all types of USB devices. Some have explicit listing of the Apple media players/phones.

Sry for back to back posts...was too lazy to cut and paste.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rockjock007:
Oh I do like that! How thick is the cable? also a link to where you got it from?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Denius507:
I have Kia Pro Cee'd and I don't have problems with charging until I turn navigation.. Then I see charging it but nevertheless it drains power more then it charge.. But on 1.6 it didn't charge on idle state although had charging icon!!

Anyway what kind of issues you saw ?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h.boushi1987:
i tried it with samsung spica charger it works perfectly

Sent from my X10i using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cholek3:
Hello guys,

I am looking for alternative usb cable, for transfer and charge purposes. The stock cable sometimes is too short and too stiff for me. I would like about 50% longer one, and "soft", "tender" (I hope you know what I am on about :) ). Did you something like that, or maybe already owe it?

Thanks in advance.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pshdo:
The charger for my two HTC's work with my X10's...:-)

And my wife's garmin watch charger also works on my X10's...

Sent from my Commodore 64, with Dolphin Dos B-)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] george1983c:
i use a blackberry charger. charges in no time and lasts forever
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nan_a:
I tried to charge with a Nokia USB-microusb data cable from a PC my X10 but it doesn't work, even the battery drain faster than normally.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawkysoft:
all u gotta do is short the middle 2 contacts from the usb connector on the loader... than ur done
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrtim123:
im using a generic cable from local phone shop, works fine for Data and Charge for me....
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawkysoft:
well its not the cable that needs to be modified but the power supply ;) or you could mod one cable by shorting the middle 2 contacts and u could use it on every charger ;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ortega.1305:
i notice that my se x10a with att has the same problem but my frien has a se x10i unlocked and he dont have no problems with charger i just debrand my x10 and now im able to use more chargers like apple, samsung, iLuv, Griffin and some others
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] innov:
What blackberry are you using? I once tried Blackberry 8520 (gemini) charger and it won't charge at all.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ecip:
My gf has a blackberry 8530 and her charger is usually plugged in so i charge it on that.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adeel.:
DEVS sort this OUT !!!!!

xperia x10 doesnt charge with anyother charger rather than SONY ERICSSON( I heard it before) so it means we cant use any emergency charger ( personaly tried) so please form some app to use any other universal chargers.....Thnx in advance...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rabetionline:
I use N900 USB charger and It was charged!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Z3X:
I have used a wide variety of chargers on my phone and they all work.

Also if you have a request for devs... don't shout at them, ask politley, you have more chance of getting what you request :D

And also I don't think Devs can actually do anything about this considering I think it either requires altering the hardware or the kernal which we currently have access to either.

Hope you find luck in getting another emergency charger

Regards Z3X
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totalundone:
Are you on 1.6 or 2.1?

1.6 was very picky about which charger you used.

So far with 2.1, I've yet to find a USB charger & cable that it won't work with...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johndub71:
I charge with the se one and a htc one, and use a generic charger in the car.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrtim123:
umm....what makes you think that SHOUTING about a hardware issue will make any devs look even once at your post? for the record i use a cheaparse ebay cable for my charging and data - no problems.

this is not a dev issue or even a operating system software issue.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pshdo:
My X10i is charged on my HTC legend charger every night, and that works fine...

It worked @ 1.6 and it still works @ 2.1...;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] batman_112:
This has been discussed extensively before here. Please search before you post.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egyptshun:
I've used a blackberry charger before, as long as the charger can communicate to the phone you should be good!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loneLEE:
mmm... I am using a Nokia microusb cable to connect and charge with mu laptop, and I have a functional Energizer portable charger with me always.

So I doubt the phone's charger is brand specific?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingz85:
OP you obviously havent personally tried because ive always charged my x10 with some crappy £3 charger off ebay and works perfectly, idiot.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fyzm345:
work for me using unbranded $3 in car charger...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trixter66:
I stick mine in the sun and it charges
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jase81:
i use a nokia charger on mine :D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ecip:
Gfs bberry charger works fine.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ecip:
No need of that, is there?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wolfbreak:
I didnt found my Charger today i charged it with X-Mini (BT Headset) Charger and it worked.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kloud_:
I some time use moto rokr's charger and it works fine... :-)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrtim123:
i rub my phone with a static cloth and it charges
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawkysoft:
guess u guys dont read at all, search for my last comment....
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomh235:
Hey Everyone,

Something to check is the output of the charger, official charger puts out about 700mA at around 5v? Some cheap charters only put out about 500mA. Since I think these charters are unregulated, and the phone presumably draws 700mA, a 500mA charger will only be giving the phone 3.5V considering your battery gives out 4.2V when fully charged, its going to be impossible for it to charge fully! Hope this helps.

Tom

P.S. I think the HTC chargers are 1A so all should work fine, works with mine anyway!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marconet68:
idem it's very bood charger :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] big_raji:
my Samsung microUSB (5v/700ma) charger works perfectly with my x10.

my HTC touch diamond AC/USB (5v/500ma) adapter with X10 microUSB cable works slightly slower.

my generic 'DealExtreme.com" 12V/USB (5v/700ma) car adapter does not work at all.

my generic Wal-Mart 12V/USB (5v/500ma) car adapter works very very slowly. Basically keeps the battery charge at a standstill if I'm using the phone for music/GPS.

my AC Powerbar with built in USB (5v/650ma) with X10 microUSB cable does not work, BUT will work with my Nokia microUSB cable. Figure that one out.

My conclusion: the X10 is finicky as hell with chargers. Good luck...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rockjock007:
it used to be you needed pin 2 & 3 shorted for it to work but I have found some of my other usb chargers now work with it. I would like to modify just one ac adapter to be able to charge both my x10 and Iphone for when I travel
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saltorio:
I can say that my X10 charges fine with the 750mA car-charger that came with my Jabra Cruiser speakerphone, as well as the charger that came with my friend's Samsung Galaxy S.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uayxela:
I have a similar problem as you, however I've managed to find the cause of the problem.

Firstly, I'll check the connecting pins in the charger by plugging and removing the USB from the charger to check whether it is loose, if it appears to be loose (eg. when you connect the USB to the charger, it appears to be falling out) then the likely cause is the connecting pins in the charger. I'd managed to use a very thin needle or a very narrow flat headed screwdriver to bend the connecting pins slightly to ensure a firm fit (eg. doesn't fall out when plugged into charger or doesn't appear loose).

I also have two in-car USB chargers (one running at 5V-700ma and one running at 5V-1000ma (1A)) that have the same problem and as a result of adjusting the connecting pins it is now working perfectly.

Hope this information is useful and good luck.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paolo599:
my htc desire hd charger works for my xperia x10 just fine. its just that it charges slow but thats the same with the original SE charger for my x10
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roaringhere:
Tried it with a Nokia USB cable I bought for my earlier smartphone and when I used it to connect to my PC, the phone would not charge. Same cable I used for SE charger to phone, the phone does not charge as well...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawkysoft:
last time i write this msg, gettin tired of this....

to use any other charger u have to shortcut the middle 2 pins on the cable or in the charger itselve!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamjay:
I use as well as se a nokia main charger seems to charge my phone faster than the se one at the mo. This is my second x10 1st one wouldnt charge anymore or turn on so carfone gave me nokia charger works perfect
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abcliou:
You have to make two of the usb's pin shortcut.

The data+ and the data-

so the charge type will be in ac adapter mode not in usb mode
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shmoejoe:
I use my partners blackberry charger when I don't have my SE one...

Works just fine ;), I even charge my SE MW600 with the same charger, no problems at all.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kimmy X10:
But the pin setup of the iphone is reversed, than normal usb.

Regards Kim
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avidahiya:
i use samsung corby charger with x10 works fine for me a lot faster then x10 charger and doesn't get hot too
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wasiimabbas:
i use Nokia N97 charger with x10 & it works fine for me
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drsheykh:
Thnx man for the info , i have N97 charger n i wanted to use it
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ealax:
this was necessary only when the phone was in Android 1.6, after the 2.1 update I have use several chargers including car chargers without any problem.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] endolith:
Do you have evidence that Sony follows the USB Battery Charging spec? Have you opened up an official charger and checked? From what I've read, Sony does exactly the same non-standard thing as Apple, but with different voltages: http://i.stack.imgur.com/xKqvW.png
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr Goodvibes:
I use a Netgear USB 2.0 5v 1A wall plug charger[1], a Logitech 5.15v 1A wall plug charger[2], Targus USB 2.0 7 port hub with 5v 1A 'power' port and a Sony DK10 Media Dock as well as a host of old Sony 5v 500mA - 850mA chargers.

They all charge the XPERIA X10i just fine.

Some just charge a bit faster than others due to obvious reasons.

[1] Netgear charger came with my Miracast adapter

[2] Logitech charger came with a M950 mouse.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] endolith:
Because some of them have Sony's proprietary resistors and others don't?

The voltage from a charger is always 5 V. The phone determines how much current it draws, not the charger. The current spec of the charger is just the maximum it can output, but the phone doesn't have any way to know that, so they abuse the D+ and D- lines to tell the phone how much it's allowed to draw. If these are floating, it should only draw 0.1 A (or 0.5 A if it's being somewhat rude), since that's all that's allowed to be drawn from a computer port by the USB spec. If the resistors are there to produce 3.3 V(?) on D+ and D- (both lines high is an illegal state for USB), it tells the phone that it's not connected to a computer and is allowed to draw more. How much more exactly I don't know, I am trying to find out. I can find the D+ and D- voltages and current limits for every other charger, but not the Sony chargers. Some of your Sony chargers say 500mA and others say 850mA?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr Goodvibes:
I guess we can start at the basic level(I like basic level) and say that many other manufactures v5 chargers will charge the battery in a Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10.

So it's not a propitiatory Sony charger only thing.

Now as you're alluding to, how they all do that and what level of efficiency they use, is open to debate.

My Sony DK10 Media dock is as slow as a wet week. I think that's cause they gimped it to provide enough 'on demand' power for the USB OTG port which also resides in the dock. Although it's still not enough to power a WD USB 2.0 HDD which still has to go through a powered USB hub for a phone to gain access ( XPERIA X10i does not support USB OTG).

My Sony 850 mA charger charges faster than my 500mA charger.

The Logitech 1A charger charges as fast(if not faster) than the Sony 850mA charger

While my Targus 7 port Hub has one 1A 'power' port (others being max 500mA) I'm not sure if this is shared, which means you'd be lucky to even really see anything close to 1A. This is the same with USB ports on a shared bus in a PC/Laptop where the full 500mA is unlikely.

When using it to charge the phone it's as slow/fast as the Sony 500mA charger..maybe a bit slower.

I have a four port 500mA "shared" USB 2.0 wall plug charger. It charges the Se X10i, but again due to low mA, it's really slow.

The SE XPERIA X10 has a Li-Po and not a Li-Ion battery.

Nothing much difference between the two though, but there are some physical differences and on paper it provides a bit more power.

So, guess what I'm saying, science of power delivery aside, many different manufactures chargers will charge a Sony Ericsson X10i
[HD2 General] joegomez420:
i got the hd2 the day it came out and was pumped. the sense lagged for awhile and still does but i can deal with it. i havent done anything to my phone as in upgrades of such.

i wanna get cool games like nba hotshot or skee ball on the iphone. or custom roms to edit the home screen.

one problem. where do i get these?

someone please help. specify if your helping with games or apps. thank you
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
They are everywhere... search the rom section of this forum for roms. Search the Windows Mobile Apps and HD2 Apps sections of this forum for apps and games. Also google or whatever search engine you prefer can find many, many apps and games.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] EvanPatrickSmith:
I think most of us with Nexus One's have discovered or read about the display's PenTile pixel setup. I am frustrated, because I look at a Droid, and the resolution seems so much better. But maybe, hopefully something can be done about this.

My main question is: How would one go about tweaking/changing the Pentile display driver hardware?

Supposedly, you can eliminate color fringing by tweaking certain register values in the display drivers and reducing the amplitude of modulation. It sounds like you basically need to stop the locally adaptive filter detector.

This article describes the whole issue:

ww.metalev.org/2010/03/more-on-resolution-of-nexus-one-display.html

Have any of the developers out there discovered tweaks and/or fixes for this dilemma? Is anyone like cyanogen working on improving the nexus' resolution?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Display Geek:
there's nothing wrong with PenTile or it's register settings

Visit the Nouvoyance website and look for technology white papers on the PenTile OLED displays

The above link will explain that the resolution is fully supported. Hutinson simply found a "hack" to make the SPR engine give slight colors when excersized in a very unusual pattern.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] EvanPatrickSmith:
hmmmm

Despite the claimed resolution, the screen does not look a good as the 3 subpixel screens. Nouvoyance claims it should look the same, but I just don't see it and I want a solution. I will start reading those white papers at nouvoyance. Thanks man
[Desire General] patterns:
Hi Guys,

Is anyone having a problem syncing with their PC? ive downloaded and installed htc sync, the phone connects, i select the sync option, but on the device and PC it just says 'disconnected'?

any ideas?
[Desire General] TeCH-Guruz:
I had a few problems with it running vista 64bit in the end i tried all my dirrent usb ports and found that the 1's on the back worked fine but the 1's on the frontand top where being tempremental
[Desire General] nihilist_:
what version did you download? I had problems with a downloaded copy so I tried the one that came on the SD card... it then connected first time.

Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Desire General] pato:
I have a similar problem. When I boot my PC (Windows 7 x64) everything is OK, and HTC Sync works like expected. But when my PC goes to sleep and then wakes up, I cannot connect again. It also happens when I several times disconnect HTC Desire from USB cable.

I also have problem with contacts synchronization with my Google App account. No contacts are synchronized at all.