I never got the red labeled “Recovery Cable”, but I found by chance that all USB cables don't work the same way at least for my Firefox OS tablet. As weird it may sound, only the proper tablet's cable works to charge it with the wall (electrical) charger. The Flame's one doesn't charge it!
Gabriela QA Mozilla Hispano Team Responsible http://www.mozilla-hispano.org http://twitter.com/mozilla_hispano http://facebook.com/mozillahispano On 1 December 2014 at 17:03, Dee <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure, what the difference is but I got this text from Everbuying: > > “Thank you for choosing Flame Developer phone. > > Here we want to remind you the recovery cable, sent with Flame outside > of the giftbox with red label “Recovery Cable”. > > This cable is only for EMERGENCY situation, and it is to rescue Flame > when it is in ‘dead’ mode—a status that your Flame cannot power up by > long-pressing the POWER button. This status is RARE in normal using. In > case you phone is “dead”, please contact technical support > [email protected] for recovery cable’s operation instruction. > > This recovery cable is NOT an normal USB cable, please keep it carefully > and use the USB cable inside of the giftbox for daily use.“ > > > So I'm not sure what the difference is but there seems to be one. > > Best regards > Dee > > Am 01.12.2014 um 19:58 schrieb Soledad Penadés: > > Out of curiosity, what could be different about the included USB cable > > versus "any other standard" cable? > > > > Thanks > > > > sole > > > > On 01/12/2014 05:17, Chris Mills wrote: > >> It also makes a difference when you power directly via a mains > >> adapter, versus a USB cable connected to your computer. > >> > >> So if the latter isn’t giving any joy, try the former. > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> Chris Mills > >> Senior tech writer || Mozilla > >> developer.mozilla.org || MDN > >> [email protected] || @chrisdavidmills > >> > >> > >> > >>> On 30 Nov 2014, at 21:11, Tucker McKnight <[email protected]> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Update for anyone that finds this later: > >>> > >>> I'm not sure why I even tried this, but I just tried charging it with > >>> the USB cable that came with the phone. I hadn't even taken this > >>> cable out of the package because I already had like a dozen other > >>> micro USB cables lying around. After trying to charge it with the > >>> included cable, though, it works! It charged up all the way and has > >>> been working just fine for the last two days. > >>> > >>> So, if you can't get it to charge or turn on, try the included USB > >>> cable. There's something special about it. :) > >>> > >>> On 11/26/2014 03:42 PM, Tucker McKnight wrote: > >>>> Hi Andre, > >>>> > >>>> No, adb devices and lsusb don't show anything. > >>>> > >>>> On Nov 24, 2014 5:07 PM, "André Jaenisch" > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> I had a similiar behaviour on my Alcatel OneTouch Fire and contacted > >>>> my carrier > >>>> for repair. > >>>> However, as I checked it via Computer (lsusb and adb devices) it was > >>>> recognised. > >>>> Have you tried that? > >>>> That is, does it respond to your computer? > >>>> > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> André Jaenisch > >>>> > >>>> Tucker McKnight <[email protected]> schrieb am So, 23.Nov.14 > >>>> 22:22: > >>>>> A couple of days ago, my Flame turned off, and it won't turn on. I > >>>>> can't get > >>>>> a boot screen or anything. > >>>>> > >>>>> It has done this a couple of times in the past; both times I took the > >>>>> battery out, then put the battery back in, and it was fine. This > >>>>> time that > >>>>> didn't work. I've tried plugging in the USB cable, but there is no > >>>>> indication that it is charging. It also doesn't show up with adb > >>>>> devices or > >>>>> fastboot devices. Holding volume up + power, or volume down + power > >>>>> doesn't > >>>>> do anything, either. > >>>>> > >>>>> I'd had 2.0-prelease on it for a few weeks, and I hadn't recently > >>>>> changed > >>>>> anything about it. I'm hoping it's just the battery. Does anyone > >>>>> have any > >>>>> ideas as to what could be going wrong, or what I could do about it? > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> dev-b2g mailing list > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> dev-b2g mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> dev-b2g mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dev-b2g mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g > >
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