Droid battery charge problem

[epkmd]

I find that the charger USB plug fits loosely into the phone's USB jack...I gently compressed the plug a little and it seems to fit tighter making a more secure connection..hopefully allowing the phone to charge more reliably.

[detmer14]

I have this problem with my Droid 2 Global:

I have the USB charger plugged in and I'm playing Pandora.
First of all, it seems to drain faster than it charges.
After a while, the phone gets quite warm, and it seems that the battery has dropped from about 80% to 15-20%ish immediately.
I think this is either a Pandora issue or an issue of charging while listening to music in general. Haven't tried it with just listening to mp3s.

Sometimes, if I shut down Pandora, the phone will begin charging again.
Sometimes, I have to shut down Pandora, then also unplug the phone for a while, and then plug it back in for it to be able to charge.
Sometimes, it will never increase its charge until I plug it into wall charger.

Anyone else having issues like this anymore?

[HarlyFan]

Thunderbolt battery seems to be draining quite quickly with very little use

[detmer14]

Update, I tried today just charging the phone on the laptop without playing Pandora and the same issue happened. So it's not Pandora.

Weird thing is that I used to be able to successfully charge the phone via USB even while listening to Pandora and doing other things.

Seems that phone discharges even faster when connected to USB - took only 2 hours this morning. Wondering if somehow the laptop is using my droid as a battery instead of charging it - meaning the electricity flow is going the opposite direction? Didn't think this was possible. Plus, my laptop is plugged into an outlet, so it shouldn't need battery power.

Very weird.

I want to get a standalone battery charger, and see if I can still charge a sole battery via USB.