Help Charge X bettery through laptop using supplied USB cable

[Birdman2004]

Just got my X @ 12:01 this morning at a midnight release in Roanoke, Va needless to say I'm stoked!

But, I got into the office this morning and tried plugging it into my laptop to charge via the USB cable and it didn't work?

Any suggestions?

 

[Airmaxx23]

Have you killed any tasks? If you killed USB it won't know that it's plugged in.

 

[pdk]

Mine was doing the same thing and wouldn't connect via USB. I was looking around and under settings, application setting there's a Development tab. In there make sure the USB Debugging is NOT checked. As soon as I unchecked that, it started charging and pc recognized "motoral" device....

 

[Emosa]

Have you killed any tasks? If you killed USB it won't know that it's plugged in.

Thank you sooooo much I've been sitting here on my computer for 1+ hour installing various motorola drives, and little did I know that I'd killed the USB! You sir, have saved me from crawling the web the rest of the night!

The Droid X is my first droid phone, and I'm liking it very much. I hated living in Apple's walled garden and this phone is so refreshing

Well, that was an awesome first post

 

[epsteing]

If the Droid X has USB Debugging turned on the battery will not charge from USB power. Turning that Developer mode option off resumes charging.

Settings --> Applications --> Development --> USB debugging

 

[Paycer]

1.) Bump?
2.) I don't think that's true. Your device should still charge while plugged into a USB outlet, even if USB Debugging is enabled. If it doesn't, then something is probably wrong with your phone or your cable. It's this way for even my LG Ally.

 

[jamo]

My recommendation is to get rid of the task killer. They're just a waste of time and effort; Android works fine without them. I've never used one, not with my Droid and not with my X; they're just superfluous, and, as you can see, can just mess things up.

 

[dookie1]

If the Droid X has USB Debugging turned on the battery will not charge from USB power.

this is not my experience. i've been rooted for a couple weeks and am still adjusting things, so USB debug is always on. the phone definitely charges (slowly) via USB.

one note re: USB charging...in order to be a good USB neighbor, the X limits itself to 500mA current draw when it sees a true USB connection (check settings / about / status / battery...charging (usb) vs charging (ac)). if you are running any radios, or even the screen, 500mA is barely a trickle. many 'USB' chargers game the system and will indicate AC, but a USB port connection to a PC definitely will not.