Originally Posted by AAmerican_in_London
I charge my RAZR with my Apple PowerBook; as redburgundy said, keep the phone on. Also, keep in mind if the phone goes completely dead, your computer ma not charge it (I know my PowerBook doesn't).
This has to be one of the most irritating and stupid design decisions - especially coupled with the fact that its really easy to not notice when the RAZR battery goes dead.
I have (twice now) had the RAZR die, and not have enough juice left to power up. Since it couldn't power up (fully) to "register" with the laptop, it wouldn't charge.
I know that its not a USB problem, because you can charge non USB phones off the USB port without them registering as a data link... its something special with the RAZR.