Serious Power Help Needed: Does Bluetooth or WiFi Internet use more battery power?

[hstroph]

I'm unable to charge my phone, which really sucks!!! However, I have bought 3 batteries for my phone so that I'm able to turn it on.
This is my phone here: Huawei Ascend G510 - Full phone specifications

I'm curious why the Li-Ion 1700 mAh removable batteries can't be recharged via the USB cable? Have you tried a different cable yet? Just a hopefully helpful thought ...

 

[hstroph]

Man, I WISH I could connect the phone to my PC, but when I connect it to the USB port on the PC nothing happens...

That reinforces my belief that you may have a defective USB cable. Also, be sure to clean the USB port on the phone ... after 11 years, pocket lint accumulates and contacts oxidize. I use a product like https://amazon.com/gp/product/B00006LVEU/ with other radio electrical contacts and find it very helpful when electrical connectors don't work.

 

[Hadron]

That reinforces my belief that you may have a defective USB cable. Also, be sure to clean the USB port on the phone ... after 11 years, pocket lint accumulates and contacts oxidize. I use a product like https://amazon.com/gp/product/B00006LVEU/ with other radio electrical contacts and find it very helpful when electrical connectors don't work.

If the charging problem started when the phone was dropped a defective USB port would be more likely than a defective cable. Though that's easy to test: try a different cable, and if that doesn't help the problem is probably the port.

I don't know whether you can find an external charger for those batteries, but if you can get enough charge to power the phone long enough to copy the data to a card I'd be tempted to do that and not spend more money on keeping this phone going.