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I use TomTom on my Touch HD with a car charger.
The first charger I used was fine but since I lost it I cannot find a charger that works properly... At first I thought I was just using faulty charger's but as I have now tried 3 different ones I am beggining to wonder if the problem is with my HD!
The funny thing is that on both the main screen and in TomTom it is showing the status as 'charging'... even the light on the top of the phone is lit to show it is charging but the battery level is still going down all the time!
The only thing I can think of is that maybe the chargers I am using now are not as powerful as the first one I used? Or are all car chargers standard?
Either that or my HD is broken!
Can anyone please help me find a solution?
Ps. The phone still charges fine through both a wall plug socket and a USB connected to a PC.
The car charger I use I bought for my old Tytn 2 (original HTC one), works great for the HD and Diamond, even when the battery was at about 20% left on the HD, TomTom 7 running, screen brightness max, the battery was almost fully charged within an 1hr.
Think it's rated at 1amp, you might want to check the power rating on yours, anything under 1amp and it's really going struggle to charge while using it.
Unfortunately its not printed on any of my chargers what amp they are... I actually thought they were all the same amp but if some are more powerful than others this could be my problem.
What does concern me however is that even when the HD is switched off it is still not charging (even though the light at the top of the phone shows it should be!)
There are plenty of tools around (HTC's battery.exe, acbpowermonitor, battlog, powerguard, etc...) that can show you charge/discharge current. If your car charger gives you less than the unit is consuming, battery will not be able to charge.
loll_l said:
I use TomTom on my Touch HD with a car charger.
The first charger I used was fine but since I lost it I cannot find a charger that works properly... At first I thought I was just using faulty charger's but as I have now tried 3 different ones I am beggining to wonder if the problem is with my HD!
The funny thing is that on both the main screen and in TomTom it is showing the status as 'charging'... even the light on the top of the phone is lit to show it is charging but the battery level is still going down all the time!
The only thing I can think of is that maybe the chargers I am using now are not as powerful as the first one I used? Or are all car chargers standard?
Either that or my HD is broken!
Can anyone please help me find a solution?
Ps. The phone still charges fine through both a wall plug socket and a USB connected to a PC.
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I had this problem and found it was because I was charging through the usb socket on the stereo which always worked on Polaris but not with Blackstone. If I charge from the cig lighter socket it works good.
deanoyouno said:
link the charger to the main battery under the bonet and you will recieve a quicker phone charge, usually a full battery charge will take 24 hours, link it up to your main battery and a full charge will be done ina matter of minutes, its genius
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No it doesn't. You're a twat. Now piss off...
I belive you will need one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2000mA-2A-USB...3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:1|39:1|240:1318
Im sure someone will tell me if im wrong
Burnzoi said:
gonna try this now, ill post a reply when im done
EDIT: DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TRY THIS
my phone is now permanently stuck to my battery under my bonnet!
maybe i shouldn't have left the car running
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I am assuming you are joking!!!!
deanoyouno has been banned for being his useless self.
In future be careful what you read as a few people think it is funny to post damaging advice. If you are unsure about something or advice received UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO ANYTHING YOU ARE UNSURE OF
Generally most people here want to help and share knowledge.
Hope this doesn't put you off.
Any future advice, I'm always willing to help.............like many others
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All noobs should try reading the wiki pages
Fallen Spartan said:
I am assuming you are joking!!!!
deanoyouno has been banned for being his useless self.
In future be careful what you read as a few people think it is funny to post damaging advice. If you are unsure about something or advice received UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO ANYTHING YOU ARE UNSURE OF
Generally most people here want to help and share knowledge.
Hope this doesn't put you off.
Any future advice, I'm always willing to help.............like many others
EDIT
All noobs should try reading the wiki pages
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God I hope he's joking too...
First I used my original HTCTyTn carcharger by trial. But he has not
enough power to charge and run TomTom at the same time!
So, i bought this new one (more powerfull) for the Touch HD.
http://www.pdashop.nl/product-gallery/48058/0
This one works perfect for me!
luckyuser said:
First I used my original HTCTyTn carcharger by trial. But he has not
enough power to charge and run TomTom at the same time!
So, i bought this new one (more powerfull) for the Touch HD.
http://www.pdashop.nl/product-gallery/48058/0
This one works perfect for me!
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I bought a cheap and cheerful universal usb charger from tesco's for a couple quid. Works great and no problems with power whilst running TomTom
Hi, first post here and rather than start a similar thread so soon, i thought it best to post here.
Is it possible for car chargers to over-charge the device? I bought a cheap and cheerful car charger off ebay but was a bit concerned some of them are listed as having overcharge protection and this one wasn't. Wouldn't normally be bothered but its a £550 handset!
Cheers!
Hi
Using today the phone @ 100% brightness with car charger connected and using Sygic / Copilot, I see that my device can't not even charge at the same time that I am using it, but maintain their % of battery. Even with the charger the phone drains battery.
WTF samsung, So i cant make a long travel without running out of battery?
Anyone more with this problem?
PS: My HD2, HD, TyTN2, etc doesn't have this problem with the same car charger, they even charge at the same time.
What's the rating on your charger? I had to swap mine out for a 1A one in order to cope with GPS use in the car. Haven't had a problem since then.
I suspect the one you're using is 750mA or even potentially 500.
I have just had the same problem. I knew i needed a higher amp charger but i thought i would give it a try. The one i used is 650mA, so that's definitely not large enough. The normal 'house' charger is 0.7A (700mA) so in theory that size or above should charge whilst the S2 is being used.
I have a 1200 mA usb adapter for car (a sony ericsson, very very slim one) and I have no issues. You need a decent amount of power for that phone so 650mA will not do, have at least 1000.
http://www.nextag.com/Sony-Ericsson-AN400-Compact-853915153/specs-html
Not sure if this is the exact model but I found it to be the best because it's slim and there is nothing sticking out of the car socket, has a lot of power and I can power any usb device with it.
padlad said:
I have just had the same problem. I knew i needed a higher amp charger but i thought i would give it a try. The one i used is 650mA, so that's definitely not large enough. The normal 'house' charger is 0.7A (700mA) so in theory that size or above should charge whilst the S2 is being used.
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Yest but probably you hava a chinese charger. The rating on it is never near the real one.
oh, I see, crappy charger, ill change then thanks guys
TomTom recently released a high speed multi charger. I replaced my old car charger with this one as I had a similar slow charge problem. Never had a problem ever since. All my weapons are always fully loaded with enough power! Expensive though!
http://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/product...-cables/high-speed-multi-charger-9UUC.001.04/
If someone is using a cheap higher-powered mains adaptor without issue, could you please post a (UK) link? Also if anyone knows of a cheaper alternative to the £20 car charger that would be great too!
I had same problem.I bought Samsung charger and no problem after
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2.1 Amp TomTom charger is way too much for this device. Samsung wall charger is only rated at 750mA, but someone even found out that in source level Samsung has limited the power current at only 650mA.
With 1 Amp (1000mA) top quality car charger, the phone lost charge while using Navigation on full brightness.
Very slow charging in general for this phone.
shawt said:
I had same problem.I bought Samsung charger and no problem after
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Same here
Mittaa said:
Same here
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Can you provide a link? I'd like to get one
I bought mine on eBay for £6.Just search "genuine samsung car charger"
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I bought today a Belking car charger of 2.1amps and suprise!, same problem battery drain.
Can be maybe the car? I doubt it, any idea?
http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=525940
When you have the car charger plugged into the phone go into Settings/About phone/Status & look at "Battery status"; it should tell you if the phone thinks it's plugged into a USB port (in which case the phone will draw only 450 mA) or an AC charger (from which the phone will draw 650 mA). These limits are built into the Samsung ROM, presumably to keep the phone cool and/or extend the battery's lifespan. They could be overridden (especially the AC charger current limit) in a custom ROM.
Absent a custom ROM, if the Status display says you're connected to a USB port, you could try a different charger, or connecting USB pins 2 & 3 (the two center pins on the USB A connector) together. That's how the phone decides if it's connected to a USB port or AC charger -- the low-resistance (less than 200 ohm) connection between the two USB data pins is the key. The spec calls for 200 ohms resistance between the data pins, but some of the low-end high current chargers I've seen just have a direct short.
If that doesn't work, or if the Status display says you're charging off AC, then try some of the other battery-life tricks documented here in the forums; they should reduce the device's draw from the battery, allowing the charger to do its job.
Wow, this is kind of disappointing i have to say. I have noticed the USB charging is incredibly slow. You can't ever rely on it, i think it would take close to 5 hrs to fully charge from USB, that's insane! By mains it's somewhere between 2 and 3, but that's still way too high.
I take it if you buy a higher-powered mains adaptor (not one for the car) then we'd definitely get the benefits of a faster charge? Can someone post a link to one they are using and know works faster that the stock one?
Cheers
I ll try ur tricks guyz.
for the time being this is my situation (and it sux):
-car charger 1A 5v
-slow chargin and hot device
-using navigator equals : phone burns, drains battery and in the worst scenario freezes
yesterday I received a call while phone plugged into car charger with navigator session. wot happened is phone freezed (screen didnt switch off) and I saw PROXIMITY SENSOR WAS RED!
shawt said:
I had same problem.I bought Samsung charger and no problem after
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The first post got me worried for a while, but this info has put me back to ease. Pre-ordered the GS2 (India) and getting the original Samsung charger along as a freebie.
Yeah, i have simelar experience with the samsung s2 in my car.
Its eating the battery even when its plugged in and i think i have a good charger..
I found 1 solution.. I use now copilot, you can set different setting to disable the screen automatically when you drive a straigt forward for some kilometres, only when you need to turn it comes up again.
thats how i set it and it loads a little, but bad anyway.
Maybe thats what the + means in Super Amoled + (+batteryusage)
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Maybe thats what the + means in Super Amoled + (+batteryusage)
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nexus S didnt have such a problems. it's only around how samsung managed chipset.
I ll try to set cpu downclock while temperature goes over 40..
Since the unlocked Galaxy Note is an import, its power supply cannot be used in the U.S.A.
What do you use as a reliable converter to use with this phone if you are in the U.S.A ?
Also, where do I buy the car charger for the Galaxy Note?
you just need a convertor , if u r using the default charger.
Something like this . http://www.amazon.com/International-plug-adaptor-European-USA/dp/B000TEPM64
They are very cheap and easily available every where
However u can just use any usb charger and use the data cable.
drgopoos said:
you just need a convertor , if u r using the default charger.
Something like this . http://www.amazon.com/International-plug-adaptor-European-USA/dp/B000TEPM64
They are very cheap and easily available every where
However u can just use any usb charger and use the data cable.
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Thanks D I have one but this one looks great
wonsanim said:
Thanks D I have one but this one looks great
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I just wanted to show the pic.
I'm pretty sure most people will have a 5V Micro USB charger already.
that item is not a converter
please note that item is not a converter. it is an adapator for a converter or device which has both voltage settings built in. in order to use the charger, in the usa, that comes with the phone out of the box you need a converter.
the voltage in the us uses 110 and europian standard is 220. something like that. i plan on using the charger from my captivate.
Can someone that has a note look at the charger and see what ampage it is.
Thanks
I'm pretty sure the last two Galaxy phones I purchased had a charger with two pins for the US and a slot in adapter with 3 pins for UK.
The charger should be able to regulate the voltage from 110 to 240 and vice versa.
So for US use don't use the 3 pin adapter.
I'm not an expert but wouldn't it just work if you had any microusb charger bought in the US?
Kevincod said:
I'm not an expert but wouldn't it just work if you had any microusb charger bought in the US?
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That is exactly what I am saying... The phone itself will be able to handle both 110v & 240v. It's the charger itself which regulates power.
HI there,
This may seem like a silly question, but just wanted to check. I broke my wall charger, but I have an old charger for a Blackberry 8250. Can I use that to charge my HD2?
Thanks,
David
anything that offers a usb type output should be fine. Ive used several generic ones, a BB one, some garmin ones, no prob.
Thanks for the reply. Was just worried about the current output, as I checked the voltage output was the same, but current was different. Will it affect the charge time?
David
Yap. It will. As of my know, wildfire, hd7 etc have 1 amp charger. So hd2 will have same( i dont have og charger, as i bought an used hd2). And will charge the batt in 1- 1.30 hrs. So if u have a low amp charger u have to wait more. I dont recoment using a charger with more than 1amp. Coz it may damage the charging section of the main board. 700ma charger is what i got and its a blackberry one. I use it with no problms, only little more waiting for fill up.
send from my hd2 @ miui 1.12.2
So, I got my N4 from USA, but I'm from Europe so I can't use the travel adapter, just charge by USB, but I can't always open my laptop just to charge it, so my question is: can I use the charger from a Galaxy S i9000 from Europe? I heard things about Europe chargers overcharging the phone, and messing up the battery. Is it true? Thanks!
sinnerghost said:
So, I got my N4 from USA, but I'm from Europe so I can't use the travel adapter, just charge by USB, but I can't always open my laptop just to charge it, so my question is: can I use the charger from a Galaxy S i9000 from Europe? I heard things about Europe chargers overcharging the phone, and messing up the battery. Is it true? Thanks!
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Check the charger specifications. If they are the same you can, if not you can too, but assumning the risk of burning your battery... :/
eBay is your friend:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-US-to-E...00944635841?pt=AU_Gadgets&hash=item2ec93bcfc1
I use a Nexus S charger. It's fine
Yes, you can use the other charger, since there is only one spezification for Micro USB. Sometimes Goverment regulations are good =)