Guest z0s0 Posted June 24, 2010 Report Posted June 24, 2010 I've ordered 4 different USB cables from ebay, tried all of them with the pulse, and none of them function correctly. None of them actually charge the phone. When plugged in, the phone says "charging", but the battery capacity _decreases_ over time! I've tried them on multiple PCs, too. One of the cables allows me to mount the SD card and copy files (no charging though). They all cause the phone & PC to behave very strangely - have had at least one hard (bluescreen) crash after plugging in. The stock cable works perfectly, every time, on all PCs. Have I really just been so unlucky as to have purchased 4 dud microUSB cables, or is there something proprietary about the Huawei cable? Thanks, Jules
Guest Simon O Posted June 24, 2010 Report Posted June 24, 2010 I have the original cable and a blackberry cable. Both work fine. You might just be unlucky or it's a sign that the USB port on your pulse it's on it's way out.
Guest Speckles Posted June 24, 2010 Report Posted June 24, 2010 Definitely nothing proprietary. I have a Mini-USB charger for my Sat nav and older phone in the car. I bought a £2 Mini->Micro converter blob and it charges my pulse perfectly. It looks similar to this, but a bit smaller:
Guest twrock Posted June 25, 2010 Report Posted June 25, 2010 I've ordered 4 different USB cables from ebay, tried all of them with the pulse, and none of them function correctly. None of them actually charge the phone. When plugged in, the phone says "charging", but the battery capacity _decreases_ over time! I've tried them on multiple PCs, too. One of the cables allows me to mount the SD card and copy files (no charging though). They all cause the phone & PC to behave very strangely - have had at least one hard (bluescreen) crash after plugging in. The stock cable works perfectly, every time, on all PCs. Have I really just been so unlucky as to have purchased 4 dud microUSB cables, or is there something proprietary about the Huawei cable? Thanks, Jules I agree that there is something going on with cables. In total I purchase four different third-party cables as well. Only two would charge; the other two would not, even though the phone showed it was charging. All the cables would still transmit data, just not charge. I have no explanation, but there must be something different about how these cables are manufactured. Incidentally, both of the cables that work well also uses an adapter like the one Speckles shows. So the two working cables are different from each other, but they both use the same type of Mini to Micro adapter. I didn't find a third-party Micro cable that actually would charge. YMMV.
Guest wassupjg Posted June 25, 2010 Report Posted June 25, 2010 Here's a decent Blackberry USB cable that I use as opposed to the original Huawei one, as it actually slips in and out of the USB port much more easily, reducing the risk of screwing the port up. Thanks to meinnit from the Broken USB port thread: I borrowed a Blackberry micro USB cable to charge my phone and noticed that it slides in and out of the USB port with very little force compared to the supplied cable. I decided to order my own cable from eBay which I find is so much easier on the USB port and should hopefully make it last longer. Would highly recomended changing the cable over. Its only slightly shorter than the supplied cable but you can purchase an extention cable to make it however long you want. Hope this helps some people! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=370332580623 I would definitely recommend everyone getting one as we're probably all shatting ourselves over the prospect of the port breaking and having to deal with T-Mobile. On the other hand, your phone might be well and truly buggered, but it's worth a shot.
Guest Speckles Posted June 25, 2010 Report Posted June 25, 2010 Micro and Mini USB connectors have 5 pins, whilst standard USB has 4 pins. Both pin 4 and pin 5 need to grounded for charging to occur. Some cables don't bother to connect both, so they only work as a data cable. I've just checked this on my SPV-500 (Mini-USB), and it's the same.
Guest Spoke Posted June 25, 2010 Report Posted June 25, 2010 I got a Nokia branded one from Amazon for about a pound and it works perfectly.
Guest Simon O Posted June 25, 2010 Report Posted June 25, 2010 Here's a decent Blackberry USB cable that I use as opposed to the original Huawei one, as it actually slips in and out of the USB port much more easily, reducing the risk of screwing the port up. Thanks to meinnit from the Broken USB port thread: I would definitely recommend everyone getting one as we're probably all shatting ourselves over the prospect of the port breaking and having to deal with T-Mobile. On the other hand, your phone might be well and truly buggered, but it's worth a shot. Oddly I bought this cable and it's stiff. But the original USB cable I have with the pulse is quite easy to push in and remove.
Guest wassupjg Posted June 25, 2010 Report Posted June 25, 2010 Oddly I bought this cable and it's stiff. But the original USB cable I have with the pulse is quite easy to push in and remove. ;) Perhaps this cable is "stiff" compared to your original, must be a newer and better cable that Huawei have included, as I think you got your Pulse quite recently.
Guest Simon O Posted June 25, 2010 Report Posted June 25, 2010 ;) Perhaps this cable is "stiff" compared to your original, must be a newer and better cable that Huawei have included, as I think you got your Pulse quite recently. I bought my used from ebay last month. Previous owner had it for 6 months with very light usage.
Guest daveycarter Posted June 25, 2010 Report Posted June 25, 2010 I bought my used from ebay last month. Previous owner had it for 6 months with very light usage. Bought one from Poundland (Yes Everythings A Pound) and its fine with my phone and my other wifes.
Guest ogiogi Posted June 25, 2010 Report Posted June 25, 2010 Bought one from Poundland (Yes Everythings A Pound) and its fine with my phone and my other wifes. I've tried Nokia and Blackberry Micro USB cables and both work fine with the Pulse.
Guest Simon O Posted June 25, 2010 Report Posted June 25, 2010 Bought one from Poundland (Yes Everythings A Pound) and its fine with my phone and my other wifes. How much? ;)
Guest Speckles Posted June 25, 2010 Report Posted June 25, 2010 1.21 EUR for non-brits ;) Tried a Motorola cable. That works too :(
Guest brack Posted June 25, 2010 Report Posted June 25, 2010 Maybe something wrong with your USB connector? I use Nokia and Original cable and both are working great.
Guest bounty123 Posted June 26, 2010 Report Posted June 26, 2010 (edited) I've tried Nokia and Blackberry Micro USB cables and both work fine with the Pulse. I also bought a nokia micro usb cable 5 months ago and it works perfectly. Edited June 26, 2010 by bounty123
Guest Fusion0306 Posted June 30, 2010 Report Posted June 30, 2010 I also bought a nokia micro usb cable 5 months ago and it works perfectly. I ordered these (bundled as a pair) from ebay. Paid a silly 2.80 bucks. Just got them yesterday. I've got to say that these are much better than the stock cable. They fit snuggly in the micro usb port and the cable is so thin that it seems like it's not there :lol: Charging and data transfer work for me :D
Guest Tom G Posted June 30, 2010 Report Posted June 30, 2010 My original cable started playing up a few days after I got my pulse. Being in Australia I figured T-Mob wasn't going to honour the warranty (T-Mob don't operate in Australia), so I bought a pack of 10 on ebay for about $15AUD delivered (from China) and they all work fine. Most micro-usb cables sell for about $30 each here, so 10 for $15 isn't bad.
Guest meinnit Posted July 1, 2010 Report Posted July 1, 2010 Here's a decent Blackberry USB cable that I use as opposed to the original Huawei one, as it actually slips in and out of the USB port much more easily, reducing the risk of screwing the port up. Thanks to meinnit from the Broken USB port thread: I would definitely recommend everyone getting one as we're probably all shatting ourselves over the prospect of the port breaking and having to deal with T-Mobile. On the other hand, your phone might be well and truly buggered, but it's worth a shot. Thanks for posting this :lol: I did read this post a few days ago but I didn't get a chance to reply. Oddly I bought this cable and it's stiff. But the original USB cable I have with the pulse is quite easy to push in and remove. That's strange. I bought 2 cables for 2 different Pulses and they both had a much better fit. Possibly you have a different Pulse (identified by the number of notches around the camera...I have 7)
Guest Simon O Posted July 1, 2010 Report Posted July 1, 2010 Thanks for posting this :lol: I did read this post a few days ago but I didn't get a chance to reply. That's strange. I bought 2 cables for 2 different Pulses and they both had a much better fit. Possibly you have a different Pulse (identified by the number of notches around the camera...I have 7)
Guest Simon O Posted July 1, 2010 Report Posted July 1, 2010 Standard pulse. Anyway I accidentally bent the USB plug on my cable when I dropped my phone a week ago and since then it's been very very easy to remove. The USB port is completely undamaged. I checked the cable and the two little teeth on the metal bit have bent inside, so that's why it's loose. If you can somehow break them off or push them in then the cables will be a lot looser and less wear on the USB socket.
Guest meinnit Posted July 1, 2010 Report Posted July 1, 2010 Yes I noticed that the Blackberry cable doesn't have these teeth
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