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Warning !  I read somewhere that some of the clones have the chg jack on the heli reversed from authentic S107G's, just for your info in case you didn't read that post, wherever it was, I can't remember  :>(

I've charged it 3 times using my motorola phone charger that has usb.  It's worked really good so far and the light comes on and off when it's suppose to.  With my computer the red light would only come on when the computer was flipped open.  I ain't going to lie this heli is frikin awesome.

It shouldn't do anything. A USB is a USB, you should be fine. I've never used the USB for my helicopter, I just use the remote.

So... if charging from a laptop does the screen have to be open?  First time I charged it the screen was not open and red light came on, but then the second time I plugged the usb cable in the red light would not come on.  I opened the screen then plugged it in and the red light came on.  What have others done?

Ken H. said:

I had a problem with both my S107s charging from the USB connection. Turned out to be the plastic body very slightly interfered with a secure connection at the helicopter. Shaved away a bare fraction of an inch of the body around the charging socket and found not only did it charge properly, but the charging jack snapped into the copter's charging socked securely.

Same here. I did it immediately after first charge and first flight.

Sorry I've been off the forum for so long, I've had several detrimental family issues pop up over the last few weeks and have been running myself ragged doing fire control..... 

 How long to charge? I frequently leave my heli plugged in all night and have not had any adverse effects from that. IT seems that once the battery charges fully, current flow is shut off either by the by the charge cable or the heli it's self. I NEVER charge from the remote, using the transmitter to charge drains its batteries too fast for my liking and I feel that the heli battery won't receive a consistent charge this way. I don't charge off my computer either, I use USB wall chargers from cell phones. Gotta love how the S107 is Android compatible! 

bvc said:

How long past an hour have you left it charging?

I've left it for about 1 Hour 30 Mins did not really want to leave it much longer in case it cooked the battery.

When you plug it in, does your computer recognize the USB? If it doesn't, you need to find how it will, it should normally say by the time,"computer does to recognize this USB" then you click that and say, "install" yes, it's has to install. Not like a computer game, but it has to have permission which is what the install does.

Thank you Jaap! I read Kelador's post first, and it kind of baffled me! Lol  I understand what you're saying, and by "sequence" in my above post, I was wondering if it matters, if the cable should be first plugged into the USP port, and THEN plugged into the Heli, or first plugged into the Heli, and THEN into the USB port, OR, if it makes No Difference at all! Thanks!