Posted by jfletcha
Recently, when charging my k700 the Optimized charging screen will pop up more than once. I cannot play games when it charges anymore, as the 'Optimized Charging' screen keeps interrupting. If I let it sit by itself the popup doesnt occur. ANyone have any ideas whats going on?
Oh.. Current Firmware via Dss25, and not damaged or anything like that!
Thanks =)
jfletcha
Posted by whizkidd
That seems to be a case of loose contact to me! Try cleanning the contacts of the connector. Thats what i do when this happens! :-D
Posted by jfletcha
Yea, i've tried that, wiggling, etc, I am pretty sure its a solid clean connection. It really does sound like a bad connect tho, especially since it doesnt happen when im not touching it =)
Thanks for the reply! I'll get out the toothbrush!
Posted by whizkidd
Did the toothbrush trick work? :-D
Posted by jfletcha
Hehe.. it appears to have =) thanks
Posted by Glenny
optimized charging is when a non sony ericsson battery is charging inside the phone (i think). A good way to avoid this is gettin a double charger that charges just the battery itself and the phone. Its in a thread somewhere but i cant find it. Thanks to them for the idea neway!
[ This Message was edited by: Glenny on 2005-03-06 11:16 ]
Posted by CrackerJack
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"Optimized Charging" window pops-up whenever you charge your
phone while it's turned-on. Charging a fake or a "non-Sony Ericsson battery" will show another window that says, "Charging Alien Battery".
Posted by whizkidd
@glenny, optimised charging indicates that the battery is getting charged the way it should be. :-)
Posted by Grimslade
The chargers themselves can develop loose wires either in the connectors or in the wiring itself. Sounds like it's either the contacts or your charger. I'd try a different one; I bet it solves the problem. Some of my
chargers are very tizzicky.
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ah right. almost right then
Posted by lpt100
Hey,
I had the 'loose connection' problem then it gave up completely. O2 changed the charger for me
Posted by govigov
"optimised charging" means, the power from the mains is used optimally for different functions of the phone as well as charging it. when you switch of the phone, all it does is charge, so it will only show "charging".
Posted by whizkidd
Hey thx gov. Never noticed that!
Posted by blackspot
When the "Optimized Charging" message appears many times, it just indicates that the charging was interrupted and restarted. You also mentioned that this only happens when you use your phone to do other things while charging, like play games.
There are 2 possible causes for this that I can think of:
1. there is a physical defect in your charger if not the connector, then maybe a problem with the wire or some loose or broken contacts in the charger itself. When you move your phone while playing with it, the connection probably got cut momentarily somehow.
2. the charger is probably damaged or has a low power capacity such that while you're using certain power-hungry apps on the phone the charger is not capable anymore of powering the phone and charging the battery at the same time. So the charging is temporarily stopped in favor of the apps.
I think the quickest way to solve this is to get a new charger.
Posted by Muhammad-Oli
I had a similar problem with my Z600 but I left it and it got worse and worse until it almost never charged anymore unless i wiggled the charger round for a while and then was careful not to touch it again until it was charged! I've got a K700i since and had no problems.
Posted by blackspot
Sounds like the same loose contact problem.
Posted by govigov
I too had that, and thot it was a charger fault, then i discovered, the part where is goes into the mains is loose, and the cause of the problem.
Posted by whizkidd
Nokia chargers are better in this department.
Posted by govigov
From my experience, they are worser than SE.
Posted by nimbuz
I've a similar problem with 'Alien Battery' in my k700.
I've bought a new battery, tried several other chargers, even updated the latest firmware from SEUS but it still displays the same.
A detailed information about my problem is posted here.
Any help on this greatly appreciated.
Posted by whizkidd
Govi, i had contradictory experiences with nokia chargers.
Posted by govigov
Really whiz? In our hostel we had about 10 nok chargers in which about 3 worked properly. And 7 others will work if you leave the phone in a fixed place and do not touch it.
Posted by a3mahmou
Hey everyone,
I just bought my K800i brand new, not even a week ago, and the first time i took it out of the box i used up the battery until it died then i began to charge it.
I started getting that optimized charging screen and everytime i press OK, it pops up again and again and again. So i figured maybe its supposed to do that for the first charge. The problem is it keeps the phone's light on and it barely even charges. So now I charge my phone while its off so the phone can actually charge.
I dunno why it keeps doing that its brand new, there should be nothing wrong with the charger, is there any other reason why this keeps happeneing?? Its really pissing me off that I have to charge it while its off.
Posted by ajeetpv
This is nothing but a loose connection issue