Blackberry Pearl USB Charging

[miniman]

Have just got one of these from work and the battery is nearly flat - but the charger is at work! Have plugged it into a USB cable but it says "insufficient current". Any ideas?? Do I need some kind of super-USB??
TIA

ETA - found the answer. Here it is in case anyone searches for it in the future!

* BlackBerry Desktop Manager 4.2 or 4.2 Service Pack 1 contains the proper driver for the BlackBerry 8800 smartphone.
* When the BlackBerry device is connected via a USB cable to a computer with a Microsoft Windows XP operating system, a USB Storage icon appears in the system tray.
* If installing BlackBerry Desktop Manager is not an option (e.g. no third-party software allowed on a corporate computer), the connected BlackBerry 8800 smartphone will appear as a USB Storage icon. Update the driver by performing the following steps:
1. Click the USB Storage icon in the system tray.
2. Click Properties.
3. Within the USB storage properties, click the Drivers tab.
4. Select the From Windows Update option under Update driver.
5. RIMUSB.sys file version 3.1.0.1 will then be found and installed.
6. The driver will charge the BlackBerry 8800 smartphone without the need of opening BlackBerry Desktop Manager.

Edited by miniman on Friday 18th May 19:04

[ajg31]

mad isnt it that they couldnt have devised something that didnt require you to install all their bumph.... ahh, now i see, lol

[eyebeebe]

Even though it says insufficient current etc it will still charge just very slowly. I used to do this at work where I wasn't allowed to install software nor use a non approved mains adaptor. It might take a full day but it gets there eventually!

[rebelstar]

I believe that the USB protocol includes charging as an option - so without a driver to "enable" it (or some other clever in-line device to request it) then you only get a minimal amount of voltage.

[2something]

eyebeebe said:

Even though it says insufficient current etc it will still charge just very slowly. I used to do this at work where I wasn't allowed to install software nor use a non approved mains adaptor. It might take a full day but it gets there eventually!

What he said, it will charge albeit slowly.