Omnia Charging?

[Guest lostingps]

Hi there, I have a omnia I am using it as a USB modem connected to a laptop that is plugged into a power point.

Now I am assuming that while it is connected by USB it should be charging the phone?

Everytime I remove the USB cable it gives me a battery low warning and it appears it has not charged at all.

The phone is brand new just one week old. I contacted the place i purchased it from and they swapped over the battery.

Is it supposed to charge by USB and if so do other people get a similiar error or not?

[Guest Beardedmonk]

Thats strange. I got the i910 and it has no problems charging over USB, although it never gives me a fully charged notification (which I could careless about).

[Guest hxkclan]

It could also depend on which usb port you are using. Try one at the back of your PC, since some USB ports dont have the ''extra juice'' power to charge devices.

[Guest lostingps]

i just tried it in the car with a genuine car charger. the battery was flat one bar.drove with it on charge for 40 minutes it increased one bar.after 5 minutes net browsing i got a battery flat warning.is this normal charging time for an omnia with a car charger / usb?

[Guest lostingps]

Last test and thats it I am packing it in.

Charged the phone last night, 4 hours with the ac adaptor. Turned it on, took one call and an sms, browsed the web for 20 minutes just modaco and some other text pages and 5 minutes gmail chat. Phone is it at 40 percent?????? :)

Now I read the manual and it states that if the battery is low and you are using alot of power the phone will not be able to charge when connected to any power source other than the AC adaptor. This to me states that if you are using GPS as you are driving and have a 40% battery charge then even if you have the phone plugged into the cigarette lighter it is not going to charge and when you get out you will still have either 40% battery or less.

Now I ask a question this is a top end phone $700 AUS and it does not even have the ability to get a charge when it is connected to a car charger?

My MIO A701 even had this capability and my IPHONE?

I am about to return my Omnia and purchase something else what does everyone think about this? I really like the Omnia but if I can not use it as a GPS and have it charge while driving it is useless to me and unfortunate that Samsung does not make this clear when purchasing the phone. My understanding is a car charger is a car charger and should charge the phone not just make it look like its charging!

[Guest lostingps]

does anyone use a car charger and gps with the omnia? surely im not the only one?

[Guest adzrm]

from what i remember the car charger has the same output( 700mA) of the AC charger so should be the same thing. a thing i noticed is that using for many hours the phone as a modem(usb cable) battery went down a little. ( but according to windows the device was draining 500mA so i guess USB it's not enough for heavy use)

[Guest XtremeMaC]

if u do a search there are lots of battery topics and all end up saying its very slow to charge with usb and no one gets fully charged green light. so hook it up to wall charger and it should be good.

[Guest Perali]

if u do a search there are lots of battery topics and all end up saying its very slow to charge with usb and no one gets fully charged green light. so hook it up to wall charger and it should be good.

or buy a dc-ac car inverter :)

[Guest monsterpt]

I had a similar problem with my 1st omnia. I returned it for a different issue (auto backlight and accelerometer stopped working!). My 2nd phone has no such problem with usb charging when I am using the lower capacity usb port on the back of my laptop. Also keep in mind that most laptops, whether plugged into ac power or not, run all apps on the battery system by default (they are merely charging the battery when plugged in.) Since most people do not tune their batteries properly on laptops, this creates a rapid drain. That takes away from the amount of power you can use to charge with. Charge the phone with the ac adapter and use the usb connection when necessary to maintain your charge.

[Guest lostingps]

I had a similar problem with my 1st omnia. I returned it for a different issue (auto backlight and accelerometer stopped working!). My 2nd phone has no such problem with usb charging when I am using the lower capacity usb port on the back of my laptop. Also keep in mind that most laptops, whether plugged into ac power or not, run all apps on the battery system by default (they are merely charging the battery when plugged in.) Since most people do not tune their batteries properly on laptops, this creates a rapid drain. That takes away from the amount of power you can use to charge with. Charge the phone with the ac adapter and use the usb connection when necessary to maintain your charge.

Thanks for that, unfortunately it seems that the Omnia drains the battery faster than it can charge. I tried it exactly as you have stated but within 1/2 an hour or more the battery is flat.

If the Omnia would remain constant at its power level from when it is plugged into USB or the Cigarette lighter it would not be an issue and I would do as everyone has suggested. Unfortunately the GPS sucks the battery dry even when plugged into the car charger and the same with USB. Even if I start with 100% battery I will eventually end up at nothing.

I have a MIO A701 and I use in the same instance as a USB Modem and GPS, admittibaly not 3G but it charges the device completley regardless of its use GPS or Modem.

I spoke to Samsung and they where not really helpfull, I can either get a replacement phone or refund. I am leaning towards a refund and getting something like the Touch HD or waiting for some other model over the next couple of months as things get released in 09.

My experience this fas with Omnia is very sour, I have been walking around with a flat phone for a week and it is driving me insane. My MIO cost me a 1/4 of the price of the Omnia and was alot more reliable than this.

Appreciate all the help and if you have any other ideas or thoughts about which device to move onto next please let me know.