hey guys. could anyone tell me if there is a specific config of car chargers for the universal? i am planning to buy one from ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Universal-USB...itemZ5815991160QQcategoryZ48674QQcmdZViewItem
it seems to be a universal pda charger plz let me kno if it is fine. also i ll be using it in India. any idea if it ll work there properly ( i am not sure of the earthing method used there). i wud really appreciate it if u cud answer asap.
cheers
I bought one like this (not the same brand but the same idea) and it works fine - I think most newish cars have a standard cigar lighter socket so as long as your car isn't old or from a strange local manufacturer - I imaging that you'll be OK...
I to got one of these from the bay
again different brand but does work a treat the and even charges my motorola headset at the same time to.
The description "universal" is often used to refer to something that connects to a range of devices and models, and does not necessarily refer to the HTC device named the "Universal".
by universal i meant that it seems to work for all usb chargable devices ( as according to the seller). the issue is that most of the pda s in the market hav different power ratings.
I use one as it, work perfectly with your minUSB cable
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i use to have an XDA before and still have the serial cable, will i be able to use this with the XDA 2 or are the leads ment to be different.
from the roadangel to the XDA 2 i am planning to use the serial cable. with a gender changer.
the roadangel will output data both at 9600bps, 4800bps, any idea which i should select?
thanx!
Holux produce a cable which powers the Road Angel and XDA2 from a single power source, it also connects the RA to the XDA for sending GPS data.
It costs about £25, I use it with Tomtom and it works a treat.
Good luck
The serial cable should work ok with xda1 and xda2.
Oops, sorry missed a bit from my earlier post. Even though the serial cable works with the xda1 and xda2 for connecting to a PC, it doesn't work connecting to the Road Angel on it's own. Not only do you need a gender changer, you also need a null modem cable as well - when it's all connected together you end up with a mesh of cables on your dashboard which just looks a mess and if you are really lucky it might even work.
I must confess I tried all the various cable combinations as described above and didn't end up with any joy, I then contacted Holux - their cable worked straight out of the box. The one thing I would recommend if you decided to go with the Holux solution is to specify the cable lengths to them when ordering as different lengths are required for different cars, I was lucky as the default length worked OK for me but I’m sure this won’t be the same for everyone.
Just for information – I believe Holux actually manufacture the GPS within the Road Angel, hence this is why they produce the cable.
As before – Good Luck
excellent m8 have you got any source for Holux or is it a guy / wesbite / company?
and the model of the lead will do pls
you have been a great help m8!
YOU ARE THE DON, thanx m8, ive found it!
I am trying to figure out, which car mount works best with the Jamin/s200?
I am thinking about purchasing the Brodit Proclip from www.proclipusa.com - is anyone using this car mount with the Jamin/s200?
Proclipusa.com has a device holder for the Jam/s100, which is 100% compatible with the Jamin/s200, correct??? :?:
yes, they are very good. At least I think so.
See responses to your post on HoFo
You can't go wrong with the brodit products. They are a little pricey but top quality. I have got the active swivel holder for the qtek s200 and it works very well indeed.
Just buy it you won't have any regrets.
Very impressed with mine also, a bit pricey but good quality and made for a neat installation.
Which option are you guys using?
The holder, which fits into the center console or the one for the air vent?
Also, if I have multiple devices, is it a rather easy task to switch out the device holders (I guess, I can use one mount for different holders, correct?)?
Hi,
You can use a 'Moveclip' This enables you to have x1 Proclip installed on your dash area, and fix the moveclip female part to the Proclip, and the x2 male parts to the back of 2 Brodit holders, meaning you can switch devices on your dashboard, be it JAMin or Tomtom, ipod etc.
Hope that helps, heres a link to view:
Cheers!
http://www.dsldevelopments.com/hotpages/march06/minimoveclips.html
Thanks bryson!
Perhaps you also know if I can put in a car charger into the non-active holder (directly into the device) without any trouble?
The active holder seems a little big and I dont really see the advantage on the picture compared to the non-active holder?
Whats the advantage of the active holder?
Thanks!
No probs, glad to advise:
If you already have a cigg lighter charger for your device, then the passive holder is your cheapest option. Its easy to plug it into your JAMin (UK this is known as the Xda Neo) just plug into the bottom and slide it into the holder, job done!
The advantages of charging holders are:
It has the dock connector so just slide the device in and job done.
If you dont have a in car cigg charger, active holders are your best option,both for practicallity and cost.
Other than that, the 'hardwired' versions are a bit different, (also more expensive) as you can hide the cables,power a GPS BT device and have a more pro install look in your car.
Click the link here for all the devices available for JAMin etc
http://www.dsldevelopments.com/hotpages/march06/xdaneo.html
Hope that helps, Bryson!
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Thanks bryson!
Perhaps you also know if I can put in a car charger into the non-active holder (directly into the device) without any trouble?
The active holder seems a little big and I dont really see the advantage on the picture compared to the non-active holder?
Whats the advantage of the active holder?
Thanks!
Hi,
My mini-B usb female connector (for charging and usb connectivity etc) is broken...
I need to find a replacement,
but I don't know what model it's exactly..
I don't what to end up ordering something I can't use :]
Can anyone help me?
Thanks!
What is the Make/Model of your phone. Either you can send it to the original manufacturer/vendor if still under warranty or you can order from ebay.First know the maker and model No # of your phone like T-mobile,cingular,i-mate or At&tt etc and model like T-mobile MDA,vario, etc etc,ok
Cheers !
I have mine from www.techcenter.fr
It's an HTC Wizard, Wiza200. (Qtek in fact)
Looking for a replacement USB port for your Apache or Wizard?
Go to:
http://www.mouser.com/catalog/629/979.pdf
You're looking for "D" in the pic's (Mouser Stock No. 538-67503-1020)
I have purchased them, they fit perfectly!
Good luck
bioChaz-
My USB connector is broken as well. Have you replaced one yourself? I want to know how hard it would be to do, because I'm thinking of ordering the part and attempting it.
what about ppc techs. they repair and sell that part.
I've done it a bunch of times...it definitely takes a few trys before u get it right...if ur familiar w/ soldering then it should be fairly easy, but if not...it might be worth paying some one to do it for u...if the pads are ripped from the motherboard then they have to be retraced...that is even harder...then it is worth paying to have it fixed for sure...otherwise, there is always the upgrade
upgrade? i wish. bought mine off the streets. thanks
bioChazTBO said:
Looking for a replacement USB port for your Apache or Wizard?
Go to:
http://www.mouser.com/catalog/629/979.pdf
You're looking for "D" in the pic's (Mouser Stock No. 538-67503-1020)
I have purchased them, they fit perfectly!
Good luck
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I knew I'd be able to get this part from DigiKey/Mouser, but I was just never sure which was the right one so I never bothered.
Thanks!
http://www.expansys-usa.com/d.aspx?i=140811
i dont think so, the headphones i had for a Razr that had the MiniB usb port didnt work with my hermes, i went on ebay and found the headphones made for my phone for around like 6$ and they work great. they were brand new too
no it will not work I had a v3 phone with that adapter and it didnot work with my 8525
Hi
I have a serious problem. While my athena was being charged with my car charger I saw smoke in the charger. I disconnected it from the athena but probably too late. Now the mini usb is totally dead: I cannot charge it or connect to the pc and the light around the joystick doesn't light up when I insert the cable into the mini usb. Now there's 20% of the battery left so soon I'll have to do sth about it.
My question is can it be fixed without sending it to the service? They keep it a horribly long time in my country.
I'd really appreciate any help,please
You can charge the battery with the Athena cradle, they are cheap in ebay and come with a battery so when the Athena battery is nearly empty you just swap with the one in the cradle.
To connect with the computer you can use a bluetooth dongle, it will work with activesinc files transfer etc
otherwise the only solution for the USB connector is send it for service and depending of the damage it may be either a easy patch or a new board if there is tracks damage
Good luck
Thanx for aome advice PBL1. I suspected that I can't fix it without having it sent to the service. I guess I'll wait and see what they do (it's still under guarantee) before I decide to buy the docking station as it is rather expensive for Polish conditions. On the other hand I've been thinking of buying it for some time already, perhaps it's high time I did it.
I just don't know how they will react to the Michy Prima ROM cause I have no means of flashing back to the factory one. Thanx again for the advice
I can tell you that the total cost to my docking station was £30 if I remember correctly, that included the postage and the battery, given the price of the battery alone, it was worthwhile because I consider essential to have a fully charged extra battery if I am somewhere without possibility to charge.
I believe You may downgrade the room by the miniSD card method, do a search around here, there several threads about upgrading the rom with that method, it is worth to consider since some body posted that he sent the athena for servicing with SPL 3.5 and HTC flashed the original rom without considering that it was the wrong SPL, basically they sent back the item to the customer with a black screen.
However if you have SPL3.5 and want to use the downgrader to go back to SPL1.2 or to the original SPL perhaps you may check with cmonex that it is possible with out risks.
If you are in SPL1.2 I don't think you should have any problem.
regards
Yes you're abolutely right about a spare battery and the docking station. I have already decided (have been thinking all day today) to buy both as constant charging is a bit annoying. As for downgrading I'll really have to search for a mini sd solution cause the htc service in Poland might not be really user friendly. BTW could you possibly send me a link to a place with docking stations at this price? In Poland it costs more or less $100 and on ebay you may find cheaper ones but with one usb slot not two.
There you got
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HTC-X7500-Adv...39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Note: these do not include battery, at the time I got it they offered the extra battery in the package ( it was a wile ago), if I remember correctly the cheapest battery at the time seemed to run at £24 today it looks that you can find them must cheaper.
Note 2: since you USB connection is dead you can use the cradle for extra battery charge, VGA and USB host (external memory storage devices such as drives,card readers) I didn't try external keyboards mouses and such but they should work.
but you cannot use the USB for communication with your computer (activesink, USB to PC....) because the cradle use the normal micro USB for those, for those you can use Bluetooth as explained early but of course that is not good for rom flashing
I wouldn't suggest using that car charger anymore. If its under warranty, you'll definitely want to reflash the original ROM. Whatever you do, don't try to flash a ROM or downgrade your SPL using a bluetooth dongle
Hi
I have just received the cradle plus an extra battery, there asre still some cheep offers on ebay.
Now, as Weaselcossey says I have to flash the oryginal ROM via mini SD card. J've been searching this place but couldn' find an easy step by step instruction, expecially how to extract the .nbh file from the exe file thet the oryginal ROM is in. Does any one lnow some links?
I never done myself but perhaps you could try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312394
I'm going to try it out just now. But anyway it's kind of hard for me to part with my athena. That's why I've been waiting with giving it to the service, especially now wwith 2 batteries and the cradle. By the way there's also a nice mains charger on Ebay which Iwill probably buy soon: http://cgi.ebay.pl/O502-Desktop-battery-charger-for-HTC-Advantage-X7500_W0QQitemZ260138961370QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260138961370&_trkparms=72%3A1399%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14