i have a question to add to this thread. i'm not a "NOOB", per say, but i've never dealt with a partially working charge port. my evo will charge all day, and fully at that. my problem is that when connected to my pc, it charges, but does not recognize that a computer is supplying the power. could this be a bad power inlet? i've tried several different cables, to no avail, and i'm very tired of shutting down the phone to put new files on the sd card, and my neighbors are getting annoyed that i keep using their internet. any help would be greatly appreciated. good luck to all of you on your problems.