[maxwal]

I have my phone connected via USB (standard cable that came with it) and when I touch the metal around the camera I get shocked. It's not really painful but it's very noticable and makes me want to immediately pull away my hand. I'm familiar with electricity and I recognize it clearly.

This only happens from time to time though. When it does it can happen for maybe 5 minutes. I haven't really noticed anything special that I do when it occurs but I think it happens around the time I plug it in.

Anyone else got this issue? I'm a bit worried that the phone might be damaged or become damaged because of this?

[maxwal]

It's a lumia 800.

[Spac3Rat]

Seems like you may have a faulty unit. It's not normal for any phone to do that.

[foxmeister]

Is there a chance it could be a build up of static and it's that earthing through yourself?

[maxwal]

While it's cold and I'm wearing a thick sweater, isn't static usually just like a small zap and then it is over? This just keeps going until I let go of the phone.

[Flakmonkey]

Definatly a faulty handset, i had the same issue with an ericsson t68 back in the day. Id contact the store you bought from for a replacement, failing that contact nokia.
If you want to confirm the fault, grab yourself a cheap multimeter/voltmeter from a hardware store and check the reading from contact with the phone and snap a pic, that way you have hard proof of the fault.

[foxmeister]

Just to isolate issues, does it do this when plugged into the charger?

[Kaanman]

I noticed the exact same thing yesterday and thats why im here now. It isnt a extreme charge but it def is a current going through your finger when touching the metal part on the back of the phone. I even had my father touch it to confirm i wasnt making it up in my mind. It actually made my hand shake for a couple of hours. Never noticed this when using the charger so it seems to be isolated to using your computers usbport. Lumia 800. I will contact nokia next week when i get back to work since I work in the telecom industry and got is phone through my employer.

[Kosh]

Hi all,

Please verify that the computer is connected to a grounded socket. What is described sounds like a grounding problem with the computer where the discharge happens through you when you come in contact with metal/conducting parts. 

Other reasons could be:

• you have audio/video equipment connected to the computer which come with a grounded power plug; it could be that by grounding both the computer and the audio/video equipment you create a groundloop or differential in the grounding connection.
• On your audio/video equipment there is a connection to an antenna system or aerial which creates a differential on the shielding where the same may occur.

In any case when connecting anything but  a non powered speakerset to the computer use a groundloop isolator.

Hope this helped,

Kosh

[baandoptager]

As far as im aware, the backplate for the camera isnt connected to the internals (is the backplate even metal?), i mean... isnt it on top of polycarbonate? I think youre experiencing a static charge. This seems odd. but sux for you.