From: malQassRimiMlation@gmail.com   
      
   My wife has an LG "flip" phone, a basic voice and text device that   
   serves her needs.   
      
   We've always charged it from a cube USB power converter plugged into a   
   wall outlet, with a USB cord connecting to the phone. Up until   
   yesterday, that worked fine.   
      
   Yesterday, she got a notice that she had to use the charger that came   
   with the phone, and also that the unit would no longer charge from the   
   power cube.   
      
   I don't know where the charger that came with the phone is - no doubt,   
   somewhere in the "wall of warts" that decorates my ham shack tool   
   bench, each with two prongs for an AC outlet, and a cord dangling down   
   to a connector that only fits one particular (battery charger|alarm   
   clock|router|walkie-talkie|clapping monkey). I was able to combine a   
   different USB cord with a different USB cube so that the phone stopped   
   refusing to charge, but we'll see if the complaints start up again.   
      
   Why, I wonder, has this particular phone started demanding to go home   
   to suck juice from it's mama's tap? Why, I wonder, does this happen   
   after five years of fault-free service while charging from a USB cube?   
   Could it be that Verizon has decided I've been away from their store   
   too long?   
      
   Bill   
      
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   Bill Horne   
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