[paulha]

I bought mine yesterday from o2 I cannot get it to charge everytime I plug it into the mains the charge simble flashes up over the battery and then disapears within a second. when I looked at it this morning after being on charge all night their was a message "unable to charge battery" Ive had the battery out to check it was seated right and im still not able to charge it. Looks like Im off to o2 tommorrow

[Leon]

It might just be a problem with the charger. You could try connecting it to a PC via USB, it can be charged that way.

[paulha]

All ready done that thanks but still the same.

[Dunhamzzz]

Sounds like somethings pooped.

If you've done a lot to your streak and don't want to lose contacts/apps etc, look for the "MyBackup Pro" app, it costs about £3.50 but allows online backup so you could restore everything pretty quickly - that's if you have enough charge to last you!

[Jamie]

I've had a similar problem - the charging symbol keeps flickering on and off and if left plugged into the charger for any length of time the charge actually goes down. I've tried plugging it into a laptop and it's the same so it is either the phone or the cable.

(I can't help but wonder if the design of their proprietory connector is to blame - a mini USB would have been much better.)

Called O2 - because it's under 28 days since purchase they will send out a brand new unit, which I've agreed to.

Hopefully no more problems - I'd hate to go back to a 'normal' phone.

[bigrob]

I'm glad it 28 days that they will swap a phone out.

I may hang on to mine for a bit longer before going to swap it (want a red one).

[paulha]

Exchanged this morning they think it was the charging lead as they tried it on their display unit and that went a bit funny as in it would not stop vibrating for 10 min so they exchange for a new phone and lead to be on the safe side. Phone now charging.

[Dunhamzzz]

Originally Posted by paulha

Exchanged this morning they think it was the charging lead as they tried it on their display unit and that went a bit funny as in it would not stop vibrating for 10 min so they exchange for a new phone and lead to be on the safe side. Phone now charging.

Glad to hear it's sorted.

I took my original Streak into CPWH as it had a dead pixel, and they wanted to send it off for repair! I demanded a refund there and then and went off to O2.

[jbounds]

I've had my Streak for 3 days now and usually top up charge via usb to pc during the day if it needs it, but at night I put it on a full mains charge, having said that I noticed last night that the mains plug charger had stopped working, so i'm back to usb charging only, at a guess I would say there maybe a fault with the mains plug adapters, as a few people on other forums are also experiencing this same problem.

Kind Regards
Jas...

[ovendoor]

I've glued my 2-part mains plug together as pulling the usb connector out the bottom has the effect of slightly opening up the charger parts. I put that down to why mine stopped charging.