Not recognised...?

Question

I hava Sony Ericsson w810i and I connect it to my laptop via the provided USB cable into a USB port at the back of the laptop.

Sometimes, but not very often, this works and I can transfer music etc. But more often than not, lately I have been given the error message "USB Device not recognised" and it tells me that the device must have malfunctioned.

Seriously it's really annoying me and I don't know what the problem is. Any ideas/solutions.

And please, don't tell me to "reboot and try again" or "try a different port" cus I've done this plenty of times. And advising me to buy a new USB Cable is useless because I already had 2 (1 from my earlier phone) and am now using my brother's. :/

Cheers

RE what the geek said ;)

I do use Vista :/ hmmmmm

Answer 1

Take the phone and cable to the store you bought it from and have them test it.

Then, you'll know if Windows is the culprit.

Answer 2

try cleaning pins with a new toothbrush