You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions, articles and access our other FREE features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, download files, upload your own photos and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
First off, I want to say hello to all of you that are faithfully on this site trying your best to answer people's questions and helping them with whatevet it is they need. You people are so WONDERFUL!!!! And thank you Tim for welcoming me also.
Now, the problem is, I have an i-mate K-JAM phone I just got from someone. It won't come on for some reason. I thought that the battery was dead and I know that you have to charge it using an USB port. So I went to WalMart and bought a 5 pin port that converts into a USB port. I plugged it into my computer to charge and usually when a phone charges, a light come on. This was not the case with this one. I thought that maybe I had to be working on my computer for it to charge. So I brought the phone to my job and plugged it in my computer here because I use this computer everyday all day. Still, no light came on. Please tell me what's up with this? Did I buy the wrong thing? Am I supposed to buy an i-mate K-JAM charger?
Do you have a wall charger? Try a wall charger and don't turn it on. leave it there for a while. If your battery has absolutely no life, It may not show signs of charging up because it has no power to display that its being charged. Try leaving it alone for a night and see what happens the next day. Also I hear that charging your phone by USB is really slow.
Some USB ports do not have enough power to charge a phone or much of anything for that matter... My PC USB will not charge anything.. not even my MP3 player becouse its not a high speed USB.. but my laptop will charge anything i plug into it, even when i use ActiveSync with my 8125 it will charge.. I would try the wall charger, or check to make sure you have a high speed USB.. and also as shimazuc said, if the battery if absolutely dead it can take awhile to charge... also, you could try getting a new battery to see if thats really the problem.. good luck
Newbie saying hello and need help 
Linear Mode
