BlackBerry® PlayBook™

[thekingtn]

Hello every one,

Since  the last update of my blackberry Playbook i have this message.

How i can solve it???

Plz help me  

P.S: My Playbook OS Version 2.1.0.1088

[cas118]

What charger are you plugging into the PlayBook?

[thekingtn]

I'd like to use my USB Cable to charge my Playbook not my Adaptater.

[TroyTempest]

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thekingtn wrote:

I'd like to use my USB Cable to charge my Playbook not my Adaptater.

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Read the manual. Says you cannot. That's why you got the message. OS 2.0 and earlier did not warn you, it just struggled. 

[cas118]

As Troy said, you should be using the supplied charger for your PlayBook. It's just protecting itself for being charged with the wrong current / voltage.

[cr8tive_leo]

You would have to modify your usb cable to charge the playbook via usb. (I did it with a spare cable to try, and it works flawlessly)

What needs to be done , you need to cut the cable closest to the playbook side. Reconnect the power properly, (black to black , red to red) then, only on the Playbook side. Green to White. (that's the data line) , do it neatly, solder to add strength to the mod. I used heat shrnk on all the ends to protect it, then heat shrink tube over the entire area to protect it.

Now I have a charge only cable that I can use in the car, on my laptop, desktop.

[TroyTempest]

I suggest using a cheap USB extension cable to do that, and rather than cutting the cable, slit the insulation and pull out the white and green leaving the red and black intact. cut the green and white and join green to white on the female plug end as per the picture below.  Then solder and re-insulate with good tape.

I have never ttried it on a PC, only high output adapters, so would be interested to know if the warning message is inhibited. 500mA is still rather low output.

[cr8tive_leo]

EEK!

Sorry for the low quality mages.. was trying out the Playbook cam in LOW light ... not impressed. But it does wonderfully in well lite areas. 

[thekingtn]

Thanks for your advice and your help.

but why this message don't show in the previous version of the OS ???

[TroyTempest]

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thekingtn wrote:

Thanks for your advice and your help.

but why this message don't show in the previous version of the OS ???

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Because nobody coded in into the OS until 2.1  It cant make up it's own messages, someone has to write it into the code and that happend with 2.1