FMTalk, i910, and FAST Battery Drain

[Guest JoshWithrow]

I'm hoping somebody has had a similar experience and can help me.

I recently bought a FMTalk FM Transmitter that plugs directly into the Omnia's multi port, and comes with a car lighter adapter that plugs into the FMTalk module via miniUSB (to only power the unit, not charge the phone).

The problem exists whether the FMTalk unit is plugged into the car lighter adapter or not... just being plugged into the phone is enough to reproduce this behavior. Upon plugging the unit into the Omnia, the batter will drain 5% every 4 seconds or so, until it's reporting dead. During this happening, the phone (not the battery, but the lower portion of the phone where the internal electronics are) will get very hot.

Omnia i910

FMTalk NT-039 http://www.cellphoneshop.net/i900fm.html

I'm hoping that somebody can help me resolve this issue.

Thanks!

[Guest JoshWithrow]

I'm hoping somebody has had a similar experience and can help me.

I recently bought a FMTalk FM Transmitter that plugs directly into the Omnia's multi port, and comes with a car lighter adapter that plugs into the FMTalk module via miniUSB (to only power the unit, not charge the phone).

The problem exists whether the FMTalk unit is plugged into the car lighter adapter or not... just being plugged into the phone is enough to reproduce this behavior. Upon plugging the unit into the Omnia, the batter will drain 5% every 4 seconds or so, until it's reporting dead. During this happening, the phone (not the battery, but the lower portion of the phone where the internal electronics are) will get very hot.

Omnia i910

FMTalk NT-039 http://www.cellphoneshop.net/i900fm.html

I'm hoping that somebody can help me resolve this issue.

Thanks!

Bump for great justice :) Seriously, just hoping somebody can offer some sort of solution. Thanks, and I won't be bumping this anymore.

[Guest Billus]

Silly question but have you tried plugging something else into the cars lighter? Could be that its broken or something. Can't think of something else that would trigger it :S Flash a different rom or fiddle with the power settings and see if that does anything...

[Guest SilverPony2001]

The only time my Omnia gets hot is when the processor is doing a lot, like GPS, or web browsing over EV. For some reason either once you plug the device in, the processor is jumping to 100% and draining the battery, which still wouldn't make sense as to why it will decrease so fast in your instance, or the FM unit is faulty. I would go with the latter, and possibly contact customer support where you purchased the product and try to get it replaced.