From: GlowingBlueMist@blackhole.io   
      
   On 7/15/2020 12:01 PM, Bill Horne wrote:   
   >   
   > 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   
   >   
   > --   
   > Bill Horne   
   > (Remove QRM from my mailing address to write to me directly)   
   >   
   I would suspect the 5-volts from the charger now has a problem.  It   
   could be sending Low voltage or is no longer a clean DC signal.  A USB   
   cable can become partially defective as well.  Either one can trigger   
   this kind of response from a cell phone.   
      
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