I know that some Motorola phones use a non-standard connection  
(there's an extra resistor in the USB connector) so perhaps the storm  
does something similar? I know there's a bunch of info on Google about  
the Motorola.

Cheers,
-Neil.


Quoting YES NOPE9 <yes@nope9.com>:

> My Blackberry 9530 Storm ( which is the worst cell phone I have ever
> owned ) will charge it's battery via the USB port when I use a
> Kensington power adapter which has a USB port.  The BB will also
> charge with it's supplied USB charger.
>
> I built my own USB power adapter which supplies  5V to the correct
> pins.  The Blackberry does not charge.  The only difference I can
> imagine is that the data + and - lines make some difference.  My
> adapter leaves these lines unconnected.  I don't know what the
> Kensington does.  I have measured the 5V and it looks okay when loaded.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> Gus
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