Battery Totaly Drained; Charging via USB?

Hey there, last night I was out and I wasn't paying attention to much battery power my bold had. When I got home today, I saw that it refused to turn on. Since I'm not at my own house, I downloaded Desktop Manager V5 and got myself a USB cable.

For five minutes it was blinking red at the top right hand of the bold, and after a minute or two the screen went white with a battery in the centre with a blue lightning bolt.

Does this mean that it's charging, or it has no battery AT ALL to charge?
Looking forward to your replies,
- P.

It's charging, but it will take a while.

Originally Posted by bt224

It's charging, but it will take a while.

How long are you thinking?

I ran my battery down all the way and it took 90 minutes to fully charge.
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Originally Posted by laollis

I ran my battery down all the way and it took 90 minutes to fully charge.
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Since I've made this post I can now function on the Blackberry, but it's at 0% Battery life and it hasn't moved at all since. Should I just let it charge for the whole day or what?

Do you need to have DM to charge a BB via USB?

I would give it about 6 hours, especially on a USB charge. I would switch to a wall charger if at all possible.

No, you do not need Dm to charge.

sorry to crash here,

i am having the same problem, i have a third-party cradle which is charging via usb, however the other day when i charged it it took forever, it was approx 70% when i went to sleep, when i woke up in the morning it was around 30%, i've only had my Bold for about 4 days so is it faulty or should i use the wall charger?

also after some none usage my pc goes to sleep.

if anyone know how long does it take to charge from 10% if using the following?

USB Cable:?
Wall Charger:?


TIA.

p.s what is meant by dm ?

Originally Posted by samosa

p.s what is meant by dm ?

Desktop Manager

Originally Posted by samosa

sorry to crash here,

i am having the same problem, i have a third-party cradle which is charging via usb, however the other day when i charged it it took forever, it was approx 70% when i went to sleep, when i woke up in the morning it was around 30%, i've only had my Bold for about 4 days so is it faulty or should i use the wall charger?

also after some none usage my pc goes to sleep.

if anyone know how long does it take to charge from 10% if using the following?

USB Cable:?
Wall Charger:?


TIA.

p.s what is meant by dm ?

Same thing happened to me. I switched to the wall charger and have had zero issues since.

according to engineering mode, usb only provides 500 mah, whereas the regular charger provides 1300 mah. it will work, but will be slower.

thanks, i'll try wall charger.