Hello
I wonder if I can use my Tomtom USB car charger, which delivers 5V 1,2 A, for charging of my Samsung Xcover2, wich has a 1700 mAh cell, and whose wall charger delivers 5V A.
Was do electronics specialists think about this difference (1,2 A vs 1 A) :
- is it about the same for charching my phone ?
- will it charge slower or faster, but with zero risk of damaging it ?
- should I avoid using it because it could damage my phone, and only charge the phone with a USB car charger that delivers 1 A ? I have already ordered a genuine Samsung USB car charger, but on hollidays it would be convenient to carry only one car charger, as USB cables can easily be switched between the mini USB output for Tomtom GPS and the micro USB for the Samsung S7710...
Thank you for your advice
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You can use this charger if the Volt are the same.
The Mobilephone internal would say how much Ampere to take From the charger and put in the Akku.
It could also have 2A like mine...
Yes it would be Faster... the more empty the Akku is the more Amp it would take up... if the usbcarger can bring it!
Yes, of course you can use it. Consider that you can use it even as mp3 player while charging your smartphone. You have to accept usb communication that is being aske at the first moment you connect the decice to the usb port.
I tried it by myself and it works great.
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YEAH.
You can.
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what car chargers will work with our phone? I saw someone had used a charger from a razr, but when I went to the store to check them out, the usb cable wouldn't fit, and I wasn't going to try to for the thing on there. Any ideas please?
I use a mini USB cable to the phone with a usb car charger.
You should look again. I use 2 old Razr chargers (1 home & 1 car) and they both fit perfectly. My old Htc diamond and touch pro chargers work too.
ryan5943 said:
You should look again. I use 2 old Razr chargers (1 home & 1 car) and they both fit perfectly.
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Depends on what razr you had. I think they changed the port to a micro usb in one version.
Like railstop said, find a GENERIC USB car charger. If you can find one that is just the car charger plug with USB port(rather then a non-detachable cord) then that is even better b/c you can plug any usb cable into it. USB A -> mini .... USB A -> micro ... USB A -> iPod
It doesn't matter. If you get the generic then you can also plug in any device that will charge off your computer.
If the charger is marked 1 A, it'll charge faster. Some of the mini USB chargers, for phones or BT headsets only charge at 300mAh or 700mAh. They'll charge, eventually, but a lot slower.
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If the charger is marked 1 A, it'll charge faster
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Good point. Some devices(not the hero) will complain that the charger is not compatible but 95% of them will still charge. They just throw up that warning b/c they will charge slower.
If you are constantly using GPS then you will want to hunt around for a 1 amp version because even with a 1A charger the hero's battery can't keep up with the drain of GPS and data for the navigation.
I too am using an old Moto car charger(not Razr). Just look for any USB mini car charger, don't get suckered into Sprint approved accessories. If you have an extra miniUSB cable, it may be better to get a generic USB car charger, so you can switch out when you get a new phone.
centran said:
Good point. Some devices(not the hero) will complain that the charger is not compatible but 95% of them will still charge. They just throw up that warning b/c they will charge slower.
If you are constantly using GPS then you will want to hunt around for a 1 amp version because even with a 1A charger the hero's battery can't keep up with the drain of GPS and data for the navigation.
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i went out and bought a generic moto charger that has the different adaptors on it, but it's charging slow as ****, to the point of pretty much not even seeming to charge. I also had a griffin usb charger that was doing the same thing. :grr:
Could a charger above 1000mA damage the phone? I have two gps mini-usb car chargers rated for 1500mA and 2000mA.
vashing said:
Could a charger above 1000mA damage the phone? I have two gps mini-usb car chargers rated for 1500mA and 2000mA.
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No it wont matter. The phone will just draw 1 amp, the ratings are just maximums.
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No it wont matter. The phone will just draw 1 amp, the ratings are just maximums.
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Thank you.
Hello to everyone!
I have one simple question: do I risk something if I charge the Note with another charger than the original one?
I don-t know, but I think no.
I charged many time my note with htc charger and gs2 charger.
Ciao
peslap said:
Hello to everyone!
I have one simple question: do I risk something if I charge the Note with another charger than the original one?
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I almosr never use the original charger. I use the charger that came with the bluetooth headset and everything is fine
It doesn't matter what kind of charger you have. The only thing you must look at is the voltage of the source (5V DC) and it must be a micro usb plug
peslap said:
Hello to everyone!
I have one simple question: do I risk something if I charge the Note with another charger than the original one?
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im using my old htc hd2 charger as the samsung one seems to have packed up and isnt charging properly
The easiest way to charge your Note is of course via a USB>Micro USB cord plugged into a laptop or PC (where you are guaranteed the voltage is correct), however if you are using a generic or knock off wall wart charger than provides a micro USB connector there is some small chance that it will not charge your Note.. look for the charging icon and if its not charging, toss the charger and get another.
There is no specific risk to the device, provided that it (the charger) has a micro-usb intended for charging generic devices..its just that some modern portable devices have a stricter requirement (tighter tolerance) for charging voltage and simply will not charge outside that voltage range.. my BB9930 does exactly this..
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Hello to everyone!
I have one simple question: do I risk something if I charge the Note with another charger than the original one?
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Richy99 said:
im using my old htc hd2 charger as the samsung one seems to have packed up and isnt charging properly
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I'm using an hd2 charger without problems
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Since all micro/mini usb chargers have the same voltage, and vary only in the power output - the only problem you could face is slow charging, or no charging at all if the charger doesn't have enough juice. But it certainly won't harm the phone.
I'm using my old Nokia N900 charger without problems
I'm using an old HTC mains-to-USB and a Nokia microUSB cable...
My stock charger has a slight squeal, so I usually use the charger for my BB Curve 9300. Does totally fine.
My Note was purchased from expansys UK but shipped in from mainland Europe. As it was to be sold in the UK, expansys had to supply a UK adapter rather than an EU one ...I received an HTC adapter with my phone. At first, I was worried, but discovered that it works beautifully with my Note. Charges faster than generic Samsung chargers too! You should be fine using another standard charger
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For the first 3 weeks I was using a blackberry (original) Bold II charger.
I noticed charge time was too long. And maybe even battery life was shorter.
Im not 100% sure about the second statement but the first is confirmed.
When I started using the Note charger it was faster. Not super fast compared to iPhone or iPad but faster than using the Bold charger.
I never use my samy charger..Im using my DHD charger..no problem at all..
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Tested three microusb from my "old" htc hd2, two original nokia microusb, and a sony ericsson original microusb.
HTC and Nokia dont work. Can't charge and no data connection.... I only can charge and data connect with the samsung and the sony ericsson microusb cables. I cant understand!!!
(the nokia cable also cant work with hd2!!)
microusb is an standard???
HTC minijack stereo earphone dont work with samsung, also dont work the nokia earphone...
minijack stereo is an standard???
Regards.
peslap said:
Hello to everyone!
I have one simple question: do I risk something if I charge the Note with another charger than the original one?
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Most modern USB chargers should be fine (I use my old iPhone charger for the Note, for example.) Watch the power output though - some tablet chargers are rated at 2A+ and that could overdrive your charging circuit and cause damage. If you make sure your charger is about 1A (and 5V, obviously) then you should be fine.
peslap said:
Hello to everyone!
I have one simple question: do I risk something if I charge the Note with another charger than the original one?
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I use a nokia charger to charge mine!
Make sure it gives you 1A of output and you are fine!
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Most modern USB chargers should be fine (I use my old iPhone charger for the Note, for example.) Watch the power output though - some tablet chargers are rated at 2A+ and that could overdrive your charging circuit and cause damage. If you make sure your charger is about 1A (and 5V, obviously) then you should be fine.
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Well emuX said it all!
1A of output and 5V and you are fine!
Actually the charging current is limited by internal resistance of the battery, so the battery effectively "accepts" charge. Charging current is not "pushed" in by the charger...
obviously a charger from say a BB is likely to be current limited and so longer charging times would be expected, but an iPad charger will work fine.
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Most modern USB chargers should be fine (I use my old iPhone charger for the Note, for example.) Watch the power output though - some tablet chargers are rated at 2A+ and that could overdrive your charging circuit and cause damage. If you make sure your charger is about 1A (and 5V, obviously) then you should be fine.
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I am even using a charger meant for my old HTC hehe, powerful enough adapter
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I wouldnt worry too much, I charge my note with my iPhone charger purely because the USB port faces a different way so I can actually fit it on my plug extensions without loseing 2 sockets.
Pretty much anything with an output of 5Vdc and a minimum of 1A will do just fine.
Hello everyone, I just bought my Nexus 7 from Ebay (from an UK seller) but the wall charger for UK doesn't work here in my country so:
Can I use the PC to recharge it trough micro USB?
If I can recharge it in this way, recharging needs more time?
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Hello everyone, I just bought my Nexus 7 from Ebay (from an UK seller) but the wall charger for UK doesn't work here in my country so:
Can I use the PC to recharge it trough micro USB?
If I can recharge it in this way, recharging needs more time?
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1. Yes, you can recharge over your PC USB
2. Yes, unless you have high output USB ports (default charger is 2A, most PC USB ports are 500mA to 900mA) so the charge time is longer.
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1. Yes, you can recharge over your PC USB
2. Yes, unless you have high output USB ports (default charger is 2A, most PC USB ports are 500mA to 900mA) so the charge time is longer.
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Thanks,
this feature of my motherboard can help me in some ways? http://www.asrock.com/feature/appcharger/index.asp
You can only charge it if the screen is off or better yet if the device is off. Give it 12 hours for a full charge over standard 500mA USB.
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Yeah, if you use your nexus 7 while its plugged in to the USB port of your PC you will loose battery, in Particularly if you are gaming lol. Mine when down from of 7% in 30 mins. Use a wall charger.
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You can only charge it if the screen is off or better yet if the device is off. Give it 12 hours for a full charge over standard 500mA USB.
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Is it really this kind of slow?
fredyboy said:
Yeah, if you use your nexus 7 while its plugged in to the USB port of your PC you will loose battery, in Particularly if you are gaming lol. Mine when down from of 7% in 30 mins. Use a wall charger.
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As I saild in the OP i cannot use that wall charger in my country
Surely you could buy a separate microUSB wall charger from somewhere in your country.
I've been using HTC and galaxy s2 charge. Had no problems and charging is very fast. Went from 30 to full in 2.5 hours
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I've been using HTC and galaxy s2 charge. Had no problems and charging is very fast. Went from 30 to full in 2.5 hours
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Thanks for the answer I will use the one of my note
You could always use a power adapter as well adapt from us plugs to your countries plugs
Chargers....
A Standard AC USB Charger will do the job in most cases, I'm using a powered Logitech USB Hub that just charges my BT Headset, my Galaxy S2 and now my Nexus 7.
If you want some faster charging times a Standard iPad USB charger plug should work, (they're rated for 2.1A instead of the 1A of the Normal iPhone chargers) just use the MicroUSB cable that you have and plug it in.
In response to your App Charger driver, it's probably that AsRock has built their USB ports and plumbed it in to higher +5V Amp line on your motherboard ie. they can deliver more power than the Standard USB Spec (500mA), I'm guessing at their 40% faster claim the port is delivering 900mA.
Good luck! The Nexus 7 has a 4326 mAh battery (ie 2.6x bigger than the Galaxy S2 Battery) so it'll take much longer to fill than all the Smartphones
Ive noticed the stock wall charger delivered with the Nexus 4 is rated at 1.2A, 5.0V. My old phone had a micro usb charger at 0.8A, 5.0V. I imagine the N4 will charge on the lower rated charger, but would take longer. Isnt the standard usb rated at 0.5A? My desktop PC has a new Asus board that has the Charge+ 3X Faster Charging, which I would guess means the usb can pump out power at 1.5A. Looking around for a car charger and additional wall charger, I imagine the N4 would be fine with a higher and lower rated charger? Or should I stick with 1.2A or less? Ive seen car chargers at 1.0A, 2.1A, and 3.0A.
the n4 will only take the current that it needs. a higher Amps- rated charger won't hurt it.
i use a 2.5A portapow quad output charger, the extra power of which enables the charging of multiple devices simultaneously.
I bought this charger for s2 when I had it.. and sold the phone immediately. However I still have this charger. Now what I want to do is, keep one charger (stock) at home and the other (Nokia one...which is also Original) at my workplace. I want to know, is it compatible? As the manual say, u shouldn't use 3rd party chargers. So I want to know your expert opinions "before" start using it on N4.
Thank you
I use my old blackberry + LG car charger
^ You think this would go fine with my N4?
The Output/Input is all same.. only 160 mA is diffrent from the Stock charger. So I don't really know.
filthykid said:
^ You think this would go fine with my N4?
The Output/Input is all same.. only 160 mA is diffrent from the Stock charger. So I don't really know.
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I charge mine from an HTC wall to usb plug, then to a thermaltake usb extender, then to a random usb to micro cable I found so it can reach to my bed so I can listen to music in bed after I fap.
lol..
I've just upgraded to a sexy Xperia Z but have a few charging related issues.
I discovered that it will not charge on my work PC (older USB 1.0) but its fine with USB 2.0...
However it will not charge in my car charger, cheap USB cig adaptor and usb cable that came with the phone, I can charge my old S2 using this but not the xperia z.
Can anyone advise why or what i can do? I don't want to purchase anything to find out it won't work..
Replace the usb cig adapter to a newer one. If it doesn't work return it get your money back
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vaders said:
I've just upgraded to a sexy Xperia Z but have a few charging related issues.
I discovered that it will not charge on my work PC (older USB 1.0) but its fine with USB 2.0...
However it will not charge in my car charger, cheap USB cig adaptor and usb cable that came with the phone, I can charge my old S2 using this but not the xperia z.
Can anyone advise why or what i can do? I don't want to purchase anything to find out it won't work..
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You need to get a high amperage charger, the default is 1.5 amps, so look for 1.5 - 2 amps car charger, otherwise your phone will drain faster than you charger can supply. Especially if you are using the phone as in car GPS or similar
USB charge is normally around 0.7 of an amp, so will be hit and miss if you charge or not. You can also get cables that cross over some pins to gain close to 1 amp
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You need to get a high amperage charger, the default is 1.5 amps, so look for 1.5 - 2 amps car charger, otherwise your phone will drain faster than you charger can supply. Especially if you are using the phone as in car GPS or similar
USB charge is normally around 0.7 of an amp, so will be hit and miss if you charge or not. You can also get cables that cross over some pins to gain close to 1 amp
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Try TomTom dualcigcharger it's pretty good
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