I attached a mini USB cable to the RAZR and plugged it into my Thinkpad. The notebook identified it as a Motorola V3c, but wanted drivers. I bypassed driver loading, but no charging would occur.

Next I followed kanebear's link, and installed the drivers from the osnn site. This did work, although the charge behavior is slightly different then when using the Moto wall transformer brick.

When the Moto brick is plugged in the battery meter on the phone flashes, and shows a segment or two. With the direct connect to my notebook, the meter flashes but no segment shows. I must say though, I did not keep it plugged in to the USB cable for long, and it is conceivable the current flow from the USB port (the notebook was running on internal battery, btw) is materially less then the transformer brick.

Regardless, this appears to be a viable solution, and I'll test it further when I hit the road in a few days.

As an FYI regarding Verizon RAZR's, many bulletin boards and rating sites are trashing Verizon for blocking many features on the phone that are available from Cingular and other providers. The charging protocols that others have seen with GSM phones may have been messed with by Verizon.

An example of Verizon's dumbing down the phone is the ability to download my address book via Bluetooth to my BMW has been materially limited. Similar phones from Cingular work better with the car (although overall, I am satisfied with the car's use of Bluetooth), and offer more available features.


Appreciate all the help.....