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I've just bought a slightly faulty K800i off Ebay - was feeling a bit rash as feeling a bit depressed and couldn't really afford it - only fault with it apparently is that it doesn't charge.
Anyone had that problem - did you manage to fix it? I'm hoping that it's either dirty contacts on the phone or that the charger the previous owner was using is a bit faulty (I've had a few of them!) I've also bought a desktop charger and spare battery for if nothing works, so I'll then have a perfectly useable K800i for a bargain price!
I haven't recieved it yet, should hopefully have it by the beginning of next week, just planning ahead and getting a few ideas on if this can be fixed or not, and possible avenues to explore.
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Posted: 2007-02-11 01:31:43
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Bump, there seems to be a few k800is on Ebay with this fault, is it a common problem?
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Posted: 2007-02-11 13:00:18
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Try changing the battery for a genuine Panasonic.
I bought several batteries off Ebay that wouldn't charge. A genuine Panasonic battery DOES charge.
HTH,
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Posted: 2007-02-12 17:29:41
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A Panasonic battery in an SE? Didn't realise you could get them!
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Posted: 2007-02-12 17:38:25
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Hooray! Finally recieved the K800i this morning!
To update things, on inspection there appears to be some moisture damage on some of the Fastport connectors, I've tried to clean them off with at most limited success.
I can plug the handsfree in and it recognises it and will play, though it seems a bit quiet to me. It still won't charge, though if you insert the USB cable and get it in the right place it will connect to the computer... and charge too!
I'm going to have a bit more of a play and see if I can clean the connectors up a bit more, though being careful not to take any of the gold coating off, think I might have been a little too overzelous in places already!
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Posted: 2007-02-17 11:04:24
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On 2007-02-17 11:04:24, Sammy_boy wrote:
I can plug the handsfree in and it recognises it and will play, though it seems a bit quiet to me. It still won't charge, though if you insert the USB cable and get it in the right place it will connect to the computer... and charge too!
from this it looks like a faulty charger
try going at it with another charger and see what happends
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Posted: 2007-02-17 11:35:04
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@Sammy boy.
Good for you.
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Posted: 2007-02-17 11:39:14
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Tried it with a different charger, same result. The charger that came with it is currently working fine charging the spare battery in a desktop charger.
It's probably the damage to the Fastport connector on the phone, especially as other accessories slightly malfunction too.
I'm very impressed with the phone in general, this is the first K800i I've had, great pictures!
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Posted: 2007-02-17 12:00:28
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Glad you're enjoying it!
Never took mine apart, wonder if the connector block is slide on(to the board), like the K750 etc......nice simple fix if so!
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Posted: 2007-02-17 12:24:39
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I hope so too, might try taking it apart after work, though never taken a K800i apart and heard they're a pain to dissasemble!
Though I suspect it's due to the slight moisture damage on the connector
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Posted: 2007-02-17 12:58:31
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