ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Not exactly 'fettling', but I use my phone on my bike rides so I will mention the weird problem I just fixed!
My phone battery charge had been getting very low and I couldn't understand why.
At home I charge the phone wirelessly. I noticed that the charge was low so I put it on the charging platform and walked away, hearing the usual charging chiming sound as I did so.
I went back and picked up the phone about 30 minutes later, then went to the shops. Half an hour later I got home and noticed that the charge level was a couple of percent lower than when I had started charging it. Strange!
I did the same thing again, but this time I checked the charge when I took it off the charger. 1 percent lower!
It took me another attempt to notice that although the phone was chiming to indicate a connection to the charger, the charger's charging led was not coming on.
I was thinking that the charger must be broken, but then I noticed that the USB plug on the lead to the charger was about 1 mm short of being fully inserted.
I pushed the plug fully in and tried again. The charger started working!
Either one or more pins in the plug were not making contact at all, or they were making a poor contact which didn't allow enough current in to charge the phone.
So now I will able to stop mid-ride and see if anything has been added to the internet since I set off!
My phone battery charge had been getting very low and I couldn't understand why.
At home I charge the phone wirelessly. I noticed that the charge was low so I put it on the charging platform and walked away, hearing the usual charging chiming sound as I did so.
I went back and picked up the phone about 30 minutes later, then went to the shops. Half an hour later I got home and noticed that the charge level was a couple of percent lower than when I had started charging it. Strange!
I did the same thing again, but this time I checked the charge when I took it off the charger. 1 percent lower!
It took me another attempt to notice that although the phone was chiming to indicate a connection to the charger, the charger's charging led was not coming on.
I was thinking that the charger must be broken, but then I noticed that the USB plug on the lead to the charger was about 1 mm short of being fully inserted.
I pushed the plug fully in and tried again. The charger started working!
Either one or more pins in the plug were not making contact at all, or they were making a poor contact which didn't allow enough current in to charge the phone.
So now I will able to stop mid-ride and see if anything has been added to the internet since I set off!
