Chevrolet Neon Lost
This is simple, really. In my case, my Galaxy Player, a 5.0 or YP-G70, battery totally drained, and refused to charge after that. (Keywords: Battery wouldn't charge, battery won't charge.) I knew it was probably not the cable, which is not very old (I had replaced the Samsung-supplied cable, which became loose fitting whenever plugged-in to the Galaxy Player, not long ago) . I checked on the Samsung website itself, which specified that only about .5 amps of power are drawn from a computer USB port--not even enough to keep-up with the GP being on, though not in use, in many cases (i.e. programs are still running in the background): I don't know if that's true if one has disable bluetooth, GPS, Vibration, and other such items, or when the display brightness is kept low, as it certainly seemed to always charge when those things were true, but WiFi was kept on, and even with me playing music, while plugged-in to a USB port. Anyway, they state that the wall-adapter draws about 2 amps from a normal outlet (this is for America, the USA), and that a GP that refuses to charge should be plugged-in for at least an hour into the wall-adapter itself. This I did, and after something more than an hour I noticed it had charged more than the few rare instances it had actually gained (but then lost) in charge terms over the entire two days prior, in which I had kept it plugged-in (wherever I went) to powered USB ports. Now it seems to charge just fine again, no matter the source, and something I learned from this: Li-ion batteries actually do better if frequently charged, even when the battery is not largely or totally drained; which, I discovered, can actually cause problems (or as other sources indicate, actually damage the battery!). Note this even for tools like the batteries used with cordless power drills: think about that the next time you have your DeWalt Drill or other cordless tool powered by a battery pack! (No wonder my last outfit had so many problems with their batteries!)
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