Chargeable USBs

[FronteraGirl]

My lappy has a chargeable USB port, I gather I have to enable this feature in the BIOS / setup / bootup stage thing or whatever its called, but do I need a special cable so I can connect phone to lappy, or just an ordinary USB?

Ta

[Kevin1964]

Hi
Most phones these days come with the correct usb adapter lead along with phone software which is really only for uploading music or videos plus other stuff to your computer or phone...USB ports don't require anything done to them as they should already be enabled....If for some reason your USB ports are not working they could have been disabled at some point...You find this out by going into the DEVICE manger, If a port is disabled it will show a yellow Question mark against that disabled port...Just right click and enable that port...You should just insert the usb lead into both your phone and into the pc and hey presto watch it charge

My lappy has a chargeable USB port, I gather I have to enable this feature in the BIOS / setup / bootup stage thing or whatever its called, but do I need a special cable so I can connect phone to lappy, or just an ordinary USB?

Ta

[FronteraGirl]

Thanks Kevin, I have to confess I haven't tried the port yet so might well be enabled already - if not, I know what to do now. Thanks muchly for the info

[Kevin1964]

If you already have the USB phone lead then just plug it into the port (usb) and your phone will show it as charging, Was you intending on using the pc to upload such things as music or visa versa??

Thanks Kevin, I have to confess I haven't tried the port yet so might well be enabled already - if not, I know what to do now. Thanks muchly for the info

[Norse]

as a note old nokia's wont often charge off USB had that problem at work

[FronteraGirl]

Im hoping that my Samsung phone will play nicely with the Samsung laptop!

[Krusher]

My TomTom will charge from my lappy usb without changing any settings, I think USB2 does it automatically, but dont
quote me on that...

[Norse]

Im hoping that my Samsung phone will play nicely with the Samsung laptop!

if its a Galaxy S i can confirm they charge off USB ( i have one) most recent smartphones that only have a USB port (Mini/Micro) will all charge via USB aswell