Help USB connection drains battery fast

[Kane337]

I got my Samsung Vibrant yesterday and like it a lot. However, I have what I thought was a faulty battery problem. The battery would not charge when hooking it up via USB to my desktop or AC.

I took the phone to the Tmobile store and they swapped out the battery for me. The battery runs fine unplugged but as soon as I plug in the USB adaptor it starts losing a % of charge every 10 secs. As soon as I unplug it the draining stops. I called the Tmobile store again and they said it may be the USB adaptor. Well, I have a spare cable. I used it and the same thing happens.

Is there something wrong with my phone? Is there a setting I need to adjust? Anyone experienced this yet?

 

[VegasTouch]

Go back and tell them you want an exchange

 

[dan0zone]

I got my Samsung Vibrant yesterday and like it a lot. However, I have what I thought was a faulty battery problem. The battery would not charge when hooking it up via USB to my desktop or AC.

I took the phone to the Tmobile store and they swapped out the battery for me. The battery runs fine unplugged but as soon as I plug in the USB adaptor it starts losing a % of charge every 10 secs. As soon as I unplug it the draining stops. I called the Tmobile store again and they said it may be the USB adaptor. Well, I have a spare cable. I used it and the same thing happens.

Is there something wrong with my phone? Is there a setting I need to adjust? Anyone experienced this yet?

???? Are you saying that when you plug in the cable with nothing on the other end the battery drains, or when you use a usb adapter you get this.....? what is the adapter for...

 

[Kane337]

???? Are you saying that when you plug in the cable with nothing on the other end the battery drains, or when you use a usb adapter you get this.....? what is the adapter for...

The adapter is for charging. I want to charge the battery but it does the extreme opposite of charging. I can have the phone plugged into the PC or a wall outlet. Same thing happens. The battery drains. With nothing connected to the phone the battery holds steady.

 

[wildblue]

That's obviously a problem. Sounds like a HW issue in the phone, or possibly the USB cable. I'd take all the pieces to TMO and show them.

 

[dan0zone]

That's obviously a problem. Sounds like a HW issue in the phone, or possibly the USB cable. I'd take all the pieces to TMO and show them.

No not the cable.. just a damaged usb port, so yes take it back...

 

[buya]

I have come across your problem, and I ate Yaba Kui