Comments on: The Amazon Kindle DOES charge over USB

By: Shelley

Shelley — Thu, 20 May 2010 00:28:12 +0000

Burt – thanks for the tip! My kindle is now charging on my Samsung phone charger.. will test it in the car with the car charger this afternoon!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:35:13 +0000

Ok, I can assure everyone the Kindle DOES charge via the USB when plugged into a desktop over night. Turn the power off, let it charge over night, and you end up with a FULLY Charged battery in the morning. The orange light turned off after I power it off, but it did charge!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:54:18 +0000

The charger adapter pin broken inside the kindle. We tried the usb on the desktop, it lights up only for a moment and powers off without charging/no light. Has anyone tried using usb adapter wall charger on a kindle?

By: Depressed kindler

Depressed kindler — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:21:54 +0000

My AmazonKindle 1 isn’t working . It doesn’t Charge via usb port and i can’t find my charger can anyone help me…

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:49:10 +0000

I had a problem charging my cell phone on my computers usb port. We have hp computers in my office. The computer has 4 usb ports on the front. we found that if you use the first port it doesn’t work for charging…if you use any of the other 3 it works. I don’t know if it’s a computer thing, or hp thing or what, but it’s the same on all our computers.

By: Burt Waters

Burt Waters — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:57:58 +0000

Here’s another charging tip. I discovered that my Samsung cellular charger is completely interchangeable with my Kindle charger. A lot easier (and cheaper) to get hold of if you’re traveling and find yourself without.

By: Ken Fricklas

Ken Fricklas — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:05:18 +0000

however if the charge is so far down it won’t turn on, it also won’t charge. Now that’s great design… not.

By: kindler in San Jose

kindler in San Jose — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:37:54 +0000

Thanks!!!

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:52:08 +0000

Just wanted to say that I just had to turn it on for it to charge via USB. *facepalm*

And Jim, it does charge. It was completely drained (I couldn’t turn it on), and I left it plugged for a while and now it’s charged. I’m sure it takes longer than with the power outlet, but it does work.

By: Jim Cheshire

Jim Cheshire — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:39:35 +0000

The USB charge on a Kindle is a trickle charge. It’s designed to maintain the current charge, but based on the power consumption of your Kindle (i.e. whether it’s indexing books, wireless status, etc.), you may notice that the battery drains when plugged in via USB.

If you want to charge via USB, there is a better way. See this:

http://www.decodingthekindle.com/2008/08/28/charge-your-kindle-over-usb/

Jim Cheshire
DecodingtheKindle.com