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Third party cable charges slower ?

Bought a 3rd party data/charging cable for my Streak and I noticed that it took 2-3 times longer to charge that the Dell cable. Anyone having this same issue?

Yes, experienced the same thing! If the battery is low on power the charging goes relatively quick but charging slows down after >65% recharge. I also noticed that the cables did not charge the Streak via my laptop's USB. I also noticed that a Nokia telephone charger (5V 500mA) charges more quickly compared to the stock Dell charger (5V 1000mA).
Go figure!

same here,
I heard that some cable is made to be for the purpose of data transmission,
while other is for charging.
not sure if this is the reason.

This is a curious issue. I bought the 3ft cable from ebay seller ewwtnet and see no such problems.
I had assumed that all of these cables were from the same manufacturer but perhaps not.

I got two 6 foot cables off eBay and they work just fine in the house. The car I use a real car charger and not the USB adapter/data cable method.
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[Q] dealextreme dock and battery for dell streak 5?

Anyone have these 2?
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-ac...able-car-charger-for-dell-mini-5-streak-59493
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/replac...1530mah-lithium-battery-for-dell-mini-5-80156
How are they? I see another battery that is priced at $9.50, but it looks like its the exact same battery... for a higher price.
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/3-7v-1530mah-rechargeable-battery-for-dell-mini-5-streak-59091

I don't have the charging dock so can't comment on it.
These two batteries look the same to me except the $5.80 one seems to have a yelloew sticker with a wholesales vendor's name on it. The $9.50 one shows an extra "Built-in safety and protective circuitries" feature in the description.
I have a different pack, SKU 57931, from them. It comes with a bettery but I am not sure if it is a $5.80 or $9.50 one since there is no serial # on the battery. After initial full charge, Streak uses about 25% per day. I have very mininum phone usage (few quick calls/texting/WiFi. I don't have 3G service).
Even it is a $5.80 one, it seems to be working fine for me.
BTW, it took a while to finally receive the shipment in US. (about 4 weeks after placing the order).

I have the charging dock. It works very well I use the streak as a bedside digital clock
at night while it charges. Good value as mine came with all cables and power supply.
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Careful using the dock / sparr charger it bent the pins in the port oem cable won't work now. Having my baby fixed
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Make sure you buy 3 .
I dont own either, but I do have a usb cable coming from them in a few days, as well as a zune cable amongst other things. Hope it isn't broken.

I got a USB cable from DX and it is very problematic - it causes the Streak to crash and/or drop its connection. I have a number of cables, both original Dell ones and aftermarket ones purchased from eBay, and none of these exhibit the same issue.
I have bought a LOT of stuff from DX over the years, and it is extremely rare to have any problems, so I guess that I just got a bad cable, but you may want to test yours carefully when you get it just in case there is a bad batch out there.

Philip said:
I got a USB cable from DX and it is very problematic - it causes the Streak to crash and/or drop its connection...
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Can you explain what you mean? I'm not too sure what your saying... it... causes the streak to freeze?! That's so strange!

Rev. Nathan said:
Can you explain what you mean? I'm not too sure what you're saying... it... causes the streak to freeze?!
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When I have the Streak connected to my PC (or to a USB power outlet) using the cable that I got from DealExtreme, it frequently reboots and/or loses the connection to the PC. This only happens with the DX cable (I have 4 genuine Dell cables plus 2 bought from eBay and none of them have this problem).
There is obviously a loose connection or short inside the cable.
As I said, I don't want to put anybody off from buying from DX, as I find it's very rare to have any problems with their items.

any problem with this dock and battery so far?

Will the Streak (with the Otterbox case) fit on the dealextreme dock?

Namelessboi said:
any problem with this dock and battery so far?
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Took a few weeks to get it but I finally got it. The dock is great, the only complaints I have is that the AC charger is only EU (thankfully I had my AC adapter from another Mini-USB device), the car charger can be easily disassembled because it's not glued, and you can't charge a spare battery AND your phone at the same time through AC power alone... if you want to charge them both at the same time, you must also use the USB adapter and connect the dock to a computer. There is an LED that changes from Red to Blue, depending on what it is charging at that moment. If you have your phone docked, it will charge the phone and the light will be Blue. If you insert a spare battery to be charged, the light will change to Red and only the spare battery will be charging.
I've been using the $5 spare battery for 3 days now and I must say it's as good as the original. Let's just see if it holds a charge after a few months!

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Will the Streak (with the Otterbox case) fit on the dealextreme dock?
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The answer to this is no, the Streak with Otterbox is too thick for it.

Charging cable for steak 5

So I may be being redundant but I have been diligently working at finding a replacement usb cable because I bought a usb car charger and every cable iv found didn't fit and I thought it was a 30 pin cable am I wrong? what type should I buy?
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Buy one that's marked "for the Dell Streak"?

Just cause it's a 30 pin means nothing. Iphone charger is a 30 pin. Doesn't mean it'll fit.
Maybe find one like Troute said that's for a Streak. Just an idea.
By the way it's a HDPI connector.

T-Mobile
I ran off and left my charging cable at home one weekend, but someone suggested
that the 7" dell streak has the same port. Stopped in T-mobile and yup, it fit perfectly. If you want a replacement, try t-mobile.

check exisitng threads, there's some cheap long ones on ebay that charge perfectly well, that are linked to.

Try dealextreme.com I bought mine there, pretty cheap

charger

I just recently bought the dell streak 7 for 250 of Craigslist and the owner gave me the wrong charger and she won't contact me.back I was wandering if someone would be kinds enough to many give me one of there extra ones if the have one I don't have a debit card or credit card to pay for shipping but please I just got this for my 16 birthday.and can't play with it :/

Any 1A or greater charger is all you need, if you have a smartphone charger it will work.

It takes a 30 pin connected kinda like iPod

If you need a cable also, they're like $5 on ebay

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If you need a cable also, they're like $5 on ebay
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Ebay... Amazon... you can easily find a replacement cable. If you get the USB type cable you can even use the charger that came with your phones (USB types) but it might take for ever to charge since phone chargers output .5A to 1A... You will need a charger that outputs 2.1A for speedier charge.

I just recently purchased an origilal charger for my Streak 7 from Ebay. The name of the company was cellular_emporium and the description was: TMOBILE OEM HOME CHARGER + DATA CABLE DELL STREAK 7 STREAK 5 WoW!
Make sure the one you buy says OEM because those are the ones with higher charging capability. All the other chargers I've seen out there that are copies of the original are only 0.5A output but the OEM I have says 1.0A output. That's twice the output. The charger came with the 30pin cable that plugs into the Streak 7 and the other end is a USB that plugs into the charger head unit.
I paid $11 for it with free shipping and it got to my house in about 3 days.
Hope that helps. I know I had a hard time deciding which one since they all say they are compatible.

Charger
Make sure that the charger supplies an output of 5volts and 2amps.

The OEM power supply is 2A but the S7 never draws that much, I've measured it. It never draws more than 1.3A. Not sure what the S7 looks at but I'm guessing that it looks at voltage and if it drops, it won't charge. You can use a 1A power supply "sometimes" by booting up the S7 first and than plugging it in as it uses more current at boot up time.
IIRC with the S7 OFF, it charges at around 960mA max and that drops off as it reaches a full charge.
It was a long time before I noticed that no matter what your using the S7 stops charging during a good part of the boot up time.

Change power source

Hi. I've had my Dell streak since November. One day it stopped charging. I am currently abroad living in Guatemala where the warranty is not covered, so I was wondering is it possible to open the dell streak and exchange the power source to a mini usb? Does anyone know if it has been done or any general thoughts on the subject?

Won't work, drivers and motherboard issues.

micro USB doesnt supply sufficient charge through the cable to support charging the device, you need at least 1amp to charge the streak 7 micro usb only delivers half of that

Guide
So... its been done before... I think I might as well give it a try... look at this
http://forums.androidcentral.com/dell-streak/241144-dell-streak-7-charging-port-busted-woes-fix.html