Iphone & airport express

me and my iphone were out of town last week, and i found myself in a hotel room with free wired internet and for-pay wireless. being too cheap to pay data roaming fees and/or hotel wireless fees, i wished that i could just connect to the perfectly good wired connection in my room.
the perfect item would seem to be my handy little airport express (which i had left at home, of course). it has the necessary wired to wifi access point, so it would be the right thing to bring along next time.
but that's not the question. my question is about the usb port on the airport express. i've tried it, and it DOES NOT charge my iphone 3GS (v. 3.1). i've tried using two known-good usb cables that both work with my official apple a/c adapter as well as a nice 3rd party adapter.
has anybody gotten the airport express to charge their iphone 3G? does the printer port need to be turned on, or is there a magic charging cable required? (there is a 3rd party device that claims to solve all usb port-related charging issues, but does it work?)
not only am i too cheap to pay for wireless internet, i'm also too lazy to carry extra gear, if i don't need to.

deggie wrote:
Just tried one of my AEXs for the heck of it with my iPhone 3G with 3.1. No message and it is charging.
Is your firmware up-to-date on your AEX and how is it configured?
but did you leave it on for more than a few seconds?
when i tried it, it started charging for about a minute, then beeped and put up a message that this accessory was not made for the iphone and it cannot continue charging.
i'm using an iphone 3GS (firmware 3.1), the apple usb cable that came with it (6 weeks ago), and an airport express (firmware 7.4.2), not the airport extreme.
there are very few options to configure on the airport express regarding the printer port; obviously, the usb port is active or it wouldn't have beeped and started charging.

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