CaTaPulT Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Hello all. I purchased one of those magnetic USB charge cables since I wanted to preserve the connection point on the Vive controllers. Using the Vive wall charging adapters that come with the Vive, I pluged in the magnetic cable and the controller came on (orange light) instead of it going to a white light like it did before. I went as far as taking a USB extention cable, opening it up snd cutting the white and green wire off so the cable would not send data, only a charge signal and power. Still, orange light came on. So I went back to the original Vive charge cable plugged directly into the Vive wall charger and now even with the original, I get the orage light on the controller instead of the white light as before. As far as I know, the controller is turned off thus I should be getting a white light meaning it's charging. Anyone know why the controller seems to turn itself on now when I plug it in to charge where it use to go to a white light, it's now orange and I have no idea if it's taking a charge when the light is Orange. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Regards: Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaTaPulT Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 Oh yes, I forgot to mention this magnetic USB cable is capable of doing data transfers, I verified this with my cell phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HackPerception Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 The wording on this is a bit confusing... White light indicates that it is fully charged and plugged into a power source. Active charging is indicated by orange, not white. When you plug in a controller it will turn to orange to indicate that it is charging; it may take a short time (even if the battery is near 100%) to switch over to white as a function of how lithium based batteries work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaTaPulT Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 Thanks VN, OMG, I can't beleieve I didn't think of that, yes, the light goes white once charged and not while charging! Oh Duh on my part! lol Regards: Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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