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Alternative external battery pack

neat alternative battery charger..
has anyone tried the Kodak battery pack with their HD2?
http://shop.kodak.co.uk/store/ekconseu/en_GB/pd/Portable_Charger_KP100-C+2/productID.147432800
at 17 gbp with solar charger **(ok maybe not for the UK ) but has USb outlet and replaceable 2500mah AA batteries so could be a neat way of carrying a spare 5000mah around (and more with extra batteries) or if you're somewhere that has that funny glowing thing in the sky...
It may work well for travelling with and providing a recharge for the Hd2
I may get one later on the year to test it out.
** although it doesn't show it in the pictures there, the specifications show it comes with a solar cell, although the only image I can find is of the KS100 (not the kp100) so the solar part maybe a mistake on the kodak site.
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Not tried that one but I bought the Philips SCE7640 a couple of weeks ago:
http://www.orangeaccessories.co.uk/sce7640_portable_power_pack.html
I haven't opened/used it yet, but seems to get some decent reviews.

Aleemz said:
Not tried that one but I bought the Philips SCE7640 a couple of weeks ago:
http://www.orangeaccessories.co.uk/sce7640_portable_power_pack.html
I haven't opened/used it yet, but seems to get some decent reviews.
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I was under the impression that didn't come with a microUSB plug. Please let us know once you've used it? Thx...

It's on charge now, so will try it out when it's done. Although it doesn't come with a micro-usb tip, the unit has a full size usb socket so you can use the micro usb cable that comes supplied with the HD2, or an aftermarket cable.
Orange accessories had them on clearance for less than £24.

Aleemz said:
Orange accessories had them on clearance for less than £24.
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Saw that; now they're out of stock though. In mainlaind Europe they're over EUR 100!

Yeah,that's how much they were here in the UK too, but I guess they couldn't shift them at around £120.
I would keep an eye on play.com if I wanted to buy one, as I don't think they will sell many at this price and will reduce them:
www.play.com/Electronics/Electronic...&_$ja=tsid:11518|cc:|prd:8111985|cat:Chargers
Ebay seems to be the cheapest at the moment, check out item number 290390746963 for £39 delivered free in the UK (nothing to do with me!)
It's charging the HD2 fine, as well as the Acer A150 netbook. I really bought it for the Acer netbook because it has the internal 3G card built in and when that's running it uses more power.
I have it charging a HTC Polaris now so we'll see how long it takes it to charge it from a flat battery,and how much power is left in the Philips power pack.
UPDATE: it took around 3 hours to fully charge the Polaris battery, and that's the same time it would normally take using the mains charger. I have 3 lights left on from the 4 lights of the capacity indicator of the Philips power supply

Universal Spare Battery Charger

Anyone running 2 batteries and wanting to charge them outside the Streak might want to look at one of these by Solar Technology International.
It's called a Camcaddy
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Maplins sell them as part of a Freeloader Pro solar charger package.

How much mate?
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App

Can you post a pic without the battery, mainly to see the pins if they are moveable, and also where does it plug into? USB? or goes straight to mains?
thanks

I have the Freeloader pro2 package with the cam caddy, niether charges my streak, I was gutted when I got my streak. Had been usind the charger for my camera battery & touch hd while out on treks but the streak won't take charge from it and the battery can't be charged from the cam caddy, neither can my sony nex5 camera battery, another £100's worth of beaut kit rendered useless!
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I seem to remember the Freeloader Pro kit is about £60 with the Camcaddy. Don't bother with the normal Freeloader, it won't charge the Streak.
The pins slide and can charge many things. I use it with the official Dell charger and it gets the battery up to about 95% - for some reason it stops just short of 100%. It can also charge from the Freeloader but I only get about 60% from a full charge.
The Freeloader PRO needs a modification to charge the streak - if you feel confident, open it up, and then solder together the centre two pins on the USB socket, otherwise the Streak won't see it as a charger (this mod is required in general with all USB chargers)
I recently got a Lenmar USB clip - this also works with the Freeloader and is awesome and tiny!

I got one of these and it works pretty well.

Best accessories ever bought. Life is so much better!

Best accessories ever bought. Life is so much better! and What are they? Simply an extra battery - OEM version from amazon.com was about $6 - and a battery charger - from Amazon.com, was around $6.
These make life so much simpler, so much time worrying about a cable connected to my phone to charge it in all the places i may go in life in the past, is now spent knowing when my battery is low, I've got a 100% charged duplicate battery just waiting for me to swap 'em out. I just wanted to share, it really has made cellular life in general so much easier!

links to those items at amazon:
OEM HTC Standard Li-Ion Polymer Battery for HTC DROID Incredible & Eris BTR6300
2X Battery + Travel Wall Charger for Sprint HTC Evo 4G, HTC Hero, Droid Incredible, Imagio, Ozone, Snap, Tilt 2, Verizon Droid Touch Pro 2
(there's many variations of the charger part.)
all the best,
ben

Two 1900 batteries plus a wall charger. One battery last over 20 hrs
(Yes they fit in the original housing)
http://www.htcexpress.com/batteries-htc-evo/10-chtc-evo-4g-1900mah-battery-sprint-verizon-incredible-droid.html

Jackoo7 said:
9000mAh Mobile External Battery Power Charger Price: $37.99
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/9000ma...-phone-adapters-black-silver-54978?r=34774240
When you need more power...
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A little over kill, no

Being that I just snagged a dinc a few weeks back, accessories are super cheap now. A spare battery is a must.

Bluetooth A2DP 3.5mm Stereo Audio Receiver Dongle Adapter for Speaker Phones PC
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This little gizmo is genius. Basically makes ANYTHING bluetooth capable. At the end of it is a female 3.5mm jack. I use this to make my Car bluetooth. I have a male-male cable (one side plugged into the Aux on my Car, the other side plugged into the gizmo shown above). Turn it on and you got Bluetooth now. Its so damn small you can basically take it with you anywhere and make anything bluetooth.
Best part is its so damn cheap compared to its competitors. I got mine on eBay brand new for 12 bucks.....I don't think they sell these in retail stores. I looked around in retail stores and anything like this was well over $40 and WAY more bulky and bloated with useless bling-features.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLUETOOTH-H...326?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43aeb15616

[REVIEW][€4.6][$6.06] USB Car Charger 2.1A + 1.0A [charges like Samsung AC charger]

After reading the problems some have with charging the Note II in the car, all I could think was "unlucky sons of *****es".
Link:
1. http://www.eforchina.com/product/default!view.do?id=131225
Delivery:
1. Worldwide - FREE (15-25 working days) - I received it in 14 (Italy), it was sent as a gift so I didn't have to pay customs related taxes (or any other kind).
2. Worldwide - €2.14 Hongkong Post (7-15 working days)
Does it work?
1. STOCK CHARGER - http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/12/01/yjeryruq.jpg
65% -> 83% - 25 minutes
2. THIS CAR CHARGER
65% -> 83% - 26 minutes (I turned the screen on a couple of times and talked on the phone for under 2 minutes)
- current_avg displays 1600
- I used the stock cable - the rest of them can't use more than 1,05A (stock desire, stock SIII, and a few other charge specific usb ones)
Feel and quality:
Like it is "made in Germany". China is upping it's game (for a while now).
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Congrats and I believe you now that it only works well with the heavy duty stock charging cable. I believe now that cable makes a big difference. I am testing a few "charge only" cable with various chargers, car and AC chargers. Results varies and choice of cable is a big factor.

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Sorry..off topic..
where did you get those icons?

Which USB cable did you use? a regular one, or one that has the 2nd and 3rd pins/wires shorted?

Car charger with long cable
Does anyone know if there is a car charger out there for the Galaxy Note 2 that is extra long, (around 10")?

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Nice VW. Whicn one you driving? :laugh:
I recognize that dash. Looks similar to mind. I have the Qmadix 2.1amp charger.

thanksssss

Looks like a MKV VW...
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[HARD MOD] Additional battery parallel connected

Hello,
It's been some time and some devices since I was wannted to try this dirty hack. My good old GT-P6800 has successfully avoided this fate, my SM-T705 has not.
So, the theory is like that. You can connect virtually any Li-Ion batteries by attaching plus to plus and minus to minus and achieving and thus capacities will be summed.
So, I purchased a battery from aliexpress.com an attached it to original battery wires red to red, black to black.
Then I had to cut a rectangle hole in tablet's back housing cover to let it close with that battery onboard. To protect battery (li-ion battery has to be protected) I use TPU cover.
It looks like that
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And the actual effect
Now, from original 6-7 hours I got 15-18 hours on battery, while time to charge to top is now somewhere about 7-7.5 hours.
Need to mention, that original capacity calculation algorithm based on MAX17050 chip is adapted for original battery (obviously), so has to be overridden with custom software patch to kernel.
I agree, this mod isn't aimed to mass user, but the experience itself I find really interesting.

18hours screen on time? This looks really cool. But hey now you got and extra 8-9 hours of spare battery
-DUHA

I would say extra 10-12 hours.

wow that is one hard core mod! How long does it take to charge it to full?

Oh, totally forgot to mention, about 7 hours.

Hi, i know it's a 5 year post. What happended to green wires ? and i think the battery you used had just black and red cables?

Hi, I know I am necroposting and I'm sorry for that. But how do I inform the kernel of the new capacity?

knosso said:
Hi, I know I am necroposting and I'm sorry for that. But how do I inform the kernel of the new capacity?
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I think he doesn't. It should work fine without any extra settings.