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docfreed wrote:

Is there a way to tell if the Droid is charging?

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Moto Droid: The battery icon in the notification bar will have a little lightning bolt in it, or if you turn it off and then turn it back on, if it's charging the lock screen will say "Charging (xx%)".  Not sure about the Eris, but I would assume the icon on the notification bar is similar.

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docfreed wrote:

Is there a way to tell if the Droid is charging?

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On the battery symbol, it should show a thunder/lighting little picture on it. The battery should also show it from going to red, to yellow, and then to green.

Don't see any lightening bolt or color change.  Brand new Droid - using Verizon-supplied charger and/or dock.  Curious thing is I set the phone never to turn off when on external power and sure enough, it stays on (turns off after one minute on battery)?

Does it actually power off?  Or just go dark?  Just because it goes dark doesn't mean it's off ...

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docfreed wrote:

Don't see any lightening bolt or color change.  Brand new Droid - using Verizon-supplied charger and/or dock.  Curious thing is I set the phone never to turn off when on external power and sure enough, it stays on (turns off after one minute on battery)?

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If you put it in the charger and it's not responding, or charging, or giving you any indication that it is charging (Whether it saying that it's actually charging via sleep to awake mode, or looking at battery icon), then I'd say do a factory reset or return it.

On my phone it shows a light that it is charging on the outside of the phone. Green= all charged up, Orange= almost all charged, Red=Battery needs charging.  This is what the light looks like on my phone:

Charging Picture

OK - I did a hard reset and now I see the little lghtening bolt and it's animated, but:

I still don't see the charging light (I know the light works because it flashes when I get an email)

Is it possible tha6t when the battery gets near 100% the lightening bolt vanishes?

Is the behavior of the charging light dependent on software version?

I don't see the light when charging either except for red when its dead or dying.  I do see a white light coming out of the charging port when charging.  When it is charged it goes off.