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Originally Posted by parsi
The Nokia N85 charges merrily from laptop/desktop usb ports but will only charge on the mains using its own power adapter. If you stick an N85 cable into a mains usb charger such as a Blackberry charger (which charges everthing else under the sun) it just won't charge unless you hack the cable and short the data lines.
Is it possible that the Kindle is acting in a similar fashion ? The shorting of the data lines is to do with the latest standard for usb charging which seems to pump a bit more power.
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Well, I am not sure that is the specific issue, but I had the same thing with my IPod USB mains charger and TomTom. I will go and get a US-EU plug converter and see what happens.
The annoying thing however is that you do not get a clear indication that the mains charging is not working: there is an amber light and a bolt on the battery, but still the battery is not charging. The only way to figure out that there is no charging is the unresponsiveness of the buttons/screen, and after a few hours (with the wireless on) you get the critical battery warning. If the kindle is charging, the buttons are responsive and the screen changes quickly.
Frank