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Hi everyone ,
somewhere I read about the possebility to change the wireing of the Cradle for the XDA, so you can Recharg the XDA over USB. Can anyone help me???
http://www.xda-developers.com/usbcharge/
Cradle charges my XDA II
I have only had my O2 XDA II for 3 weeks, My cradle used to need the charger pluged in to it to charge. However the other day my XDA II was running low on battery, It was in the cradle without the charger (left it at work). I was downloading some shareware when i noticed that it was charging. I thought that this must just be an error on the display, but it charged to 100%!. I thought it wasn't supposed to do this? I have used this method to charge ever since and it works...any explanations??
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Has anyone seen anything about a cradle being available ?
I generally pop my blueangel in the cradle when I get home at night and it charges up and syncs really quickly there as well.
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I haven't been able to find one. I bought my TyTn II from clove and they are to have a cradle "soon". http://www.clove.co.uk/viewProduct....Category=0A33F854-4108-4A5E-805C-63811E7D6256
I'm not going to buy one until I get confirmation that it will be able to charge a second stand alone battery.
Hey,
My TyTN II fits in the cradle from HTC for my TyTN. Not perfectly , but 95%. It is fully functional.
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rakh1 said:
Hey,
My TyTN II fits in the cradle from HTC for my TyTN. Not perfectly , but 95%. It is fully functional.
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Thats great. Thanks for the info. So this one will work fine then http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300149305916
And does yours charge the extra battery in the back with no problem?
I guess I should look up the charging specs before purchasing one.
I just got the TyTN cradle today and the extra battery charger in the back of the cradle has 5 connectors but my TyTN II battery has 4 connectors so if any one is getting a TyTN cradle to charge an extra battery its a waste of money. I know the poster recommended the cradle to charge and hold up the TyTn II and did not advise on the extra battery charging so it was my mistake. I'm just posting this in case another user may find this information helpful.
jamespaulritter said:
I just got the TyTN cradle today and the extra battery charger in the back of the cradle has 5 connectors but my TyTN II battery has 4 connectors so if any one is getting a TyTN cradle to charge an extra battery its a waste of money. I know the poster recommended the cradle to charge and hold up the TyTn II and did not advise on the extra battery charging so it was my mistake. I'm just posting this in case another user may find this information helpful.
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thanks for the update .. saved me from getting one !
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Strange that the TYTn II fits into the TyTn cradle... I have a car holder for my TyTn and even though The new TyTn II fits into car holder 95% but it does not charge strangely enough.
Yup, the TyTn Charge cradles work but the back of the Kaiser is thinner which places most of the support work on the connector. Plus that extra battery charger ports are now useless. Definately wait for a "real" Kaiser charge cradle. Ahh, the trials of early adopting
I took the TyTN cradle apart, pealed back the glue holding 2 of the end pins down, popped off the center right pin and placed the end pin in its place, went under it with super glue then over it with loctite glue. I put the extra battery in the back, it was at 1% charge and it took 6 hours to get to 100%. It shows red for charging and green for charged. It doesn't get as warm as a battery usually would when charging which coincides with the lengthy 6 hour charge time. The cradle doesn't charge the phone unless the usb is plugged in. But I believe this will suit my needs and any other impatient users out there. It took less than 2 minutes and was super easy.
Which band cradle? Mine has no way to re-locate the pins, there are "divots" on each side of the contacts, right where the moved ones would need to be.
Did you mean which brand of cradle? The guy on ebay has 3 more of them. Do you want me to email u pics of my modified one? Its no trouble. http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...+htc+cingular+8525+hermes+tytn+b78&category0=
If anyone decides to do this I just wanted to single out the fact that my findings were that this works but charges the battery very very slowly. The last 10 percent to reach 100% took 2 hours to complete. The battery is cold in the charger. However the upright cradle charging the phone charges at a normal rate.
I'll prolly wait for Kaiser docks to surface. On the one you modded, did it charge Hermes batteries slowly as well? They are the same capacity and if the Kaiser takes longer I'd be concerned that the charger wasn't monitoring the charge correctly. I use a lot of lithiums in R/C gear and they burn really well when chargers go astray.
Ive never had a Hermes. It charges the battery at almost a normal rate but then when the battery is 90% the charge light turns green then the last 10% takes a few hours to charge up.
Any updates on this ? Finally got my Tilt yesterday and am ready for a cradle
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at least you know where it will be eventually
http://www.talkietech.com/htckatiip4de.html
I would like one of these also, but I would like to make it work as a speakerphone while in the cradle. I guess I would need a mini USB splitter and an audio and mike adapter too?
Anyone seen such an animal or have any ideas on just how to do it??
Thanks
I am trying to charge an O2 XDA IIi device with a sync/charge cable, but it seems to discharge the battery instead of charging it. I have tried with different devices, different cables and different batteries, but the same thing happens every time. Am I doing something wrong, or is there something I do not know about?
Is the cable specifically for the XDA IIi? I am asking as i have an iPAQ rx1950 and its cable is physically the same but the pin outs must be different as its cable doesn't connect, let alone charge.
Does the Alpine charge when cradled?
Hello,
Yes the cable is the right one (I think!) as I am able to sync using it and I have charged it previously using the cable. And yes the XDA IIi is charging using the cradle.
The problem is some time it charges and some time it do not charge, by the cable.
abhishekbanik said:
Hello,
Yes the cable is the right one (I think!) as I am able to sync using it and I have charged it previously using the cable. And yes the XDA IIi is charging using the cradle.
The problem is some time it charges and some time it do not charge, by the cable.
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Hi, I used to have the same problem, thought it was a dodgy battery, bought a new one but didnt work. After trying everything i finally took the case off and simply cleaned up the pins and the PCB they connect to. They seemed to of oxidised a little and this was bridging a couple of circuits i think. Anyway put her back together and hey presto, works just fine. Oh and the cheap chinese battery i bought self destructed in my draw, swelling up and splitting its case, was only about 3 months old. The original battery which i thought was dodgy at first is now still going strong, charging and holding charge like new.
Dont give up, just get yourself some star screw drivers ( i forget what they are called) very cheap on ebay and crack her open. What you got to loose.
jstott1070 said:
Dont give up, just get yourself some star screw drivers ( i forget what they are called) very cheap on ebay and crack her open. What you got to loose.
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Torx is the correct technical description. Think it may be a size 6 you need.
did you get anywhere with this abhishekbanik?
Hey guys
Have got the GPS working properly on my SGS (props to those who figured that out) but I've noticed something a little concerning.
When I'm running google navigation that battery continues to run down, even when its plugged into my car charger. It'll survive for a good few hours, but it seems a bit bad to arrive at wherever I'm going and need to borrow a mains charger when I get there.
Anyways, I'm normally running bluetooth to my jabra speakerphone/fm transmitter, but nothing else that should agitate the battery too much, and with GPS turned off, it happily charges even with the screen perma-lit.
Im running stock JG5, and my dash charger consists of a cigarette lighter to USB converter and the stock USB cable.
Any thoughts on whats up with this would be greatly appreciated!
The phone is probably consuming more power then the 500 mah charger can provide. You need a dedicated mini usb for charging, the ones that actually are usb cables only provide half power
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this is what i use
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7677108&postcount=22
2A car charger
android53 said:
The phone is probably consuming more power then the 500 mah charger can provide. You need a dedicated mini usb for charging, the ones that actually are usb cables only provide half power
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That kinda sucks .
Ah well, I'll see what I can find that outputs at that kinda range. Ty guys.
Hi guys,
I'm having an issue with the charging cables and my note, so I'd like to hear if someone has an answer to this thing.
In short, I have the official Samsung charger and a Note that's fully operational, no dirty contacts on the charger, no broken pins or anything.
When I use the short Samsung USB cable with the charger, my phone charges normally. Yesterday I bought a longer USB cable(1.8meters long) and the phone just discharges during charge if I use it.
What's the huge difference between these two cables that makes the one I bought not work with my phone? Does anyone know of a certain brand of cables that 100% works with Note that I can order from eBay? I really need a long charging cable, and this Samsung one just doesn't cut it.
Thanks for the replies!
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Try using a 2A charger..
So the battery life has been great, and I haven't had to use any other charger other than the OEM for a while. The other day I was out with friends and I took out my car charger (2A) that I hadn't needed since I got the flex because I just don't have to charge my phone like how I used to with my note 2. So anyways, I took it out because I knew I wouldn't be back home for a while and I would have to charge my phone outside the house for the first time ever.
I connected the charger and I got a "slow charge" message on the top, like if I had connected it to a usb port.. ok?....this charger has charged many devices so I know it works. It has even charged tablets, so I thought it was strange. No problem though right? I'll just charge it for a bit at my friends house and just watch my usage throughout the night. As soon as I connected it to my friends OEM samsung 2A Note 2 charger I thought everything was fine until I checked it again about 45 minutes later when we were about to leave. It had charged maybe 1% in those 45 minutes!
So the night passed and I was ok but ever since then it has got me thinking. I have connected several other chargers and they all act the same, the phone charges at maybe 500mAh, not even that sometimes, but with the OEM charger it works like normal.
Anyone else experiencing this problem?
I have experience this with cheap usb chargers. But I also have anywhere from 5 -10 between my house and work and they are all from Samsung and BlackBerry. And they all work just fine.
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I just wanted to update you guys. So I shut down the phone and let it sit for a bit and turned it back on. The note 2 charger now charges the flex at an acceptable rate and it seems that maybe it was just glitched. Next time I'll be sure to just turn off and on the phone first if it happens again.
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I remember reading somewhere that this phone uses USB 3.0, and the rep told me that using a car charger may trickle charge the battery and cause irreparable damage.. Looking at my OEM cable for my last phone, the S3, the G Flex cable is thicker.. I make sure to only use the one that came with the phone, call me paranoid lol