has anyone stumbbled apon a long charging cable? longer then the one dell sends out?
I bought this package:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...1146438&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_585wt_905
Here's just a 6 footer:
http://cgi.ebay.com/6ft-LONG-USB-Da...aultDomain_0&hash=item43a56ccb23#ht_500wt_922
from what I've read, they do work.
Theoriginalgiga said:
I bought this package:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...1146438&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_585wt_905
Here's just a 6 footer:
http://cgi.ebay.com/6ft-LONG-USB-Da...aultDomain_0&hash=item43a56ccb23#ht_500wt_922
from what I've read, they do work.
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you havent tried it? i wanna know for sure that it works before i buy it.
just placed an order for the 6 foot wire. thanks. ill post a review once i get it shoipped to me.
Own the 6ft cable and LOVE IT, works fine
Bought 6ft cable off ebay from yourcharger (at $6.99) and works like a champ both charging and transferring files. Worth it if you want a longer cable.
a simple solution is a USB extension cable.. like this:
http://www.bing.com/shopping/starte...F2F9A56C1B547?q=usb+extension+cable&FORM=HURE
i got 2 of the cables from yourcharger on ebay and both dont work correctly, with the stock cable my streak connects to the pc and makes the conection sound and i get the popup asking for usb mode. with the ones from ebay it starts to connect and i get device failed to install error or sometimes it keeps making the connection sound over and over like its shorting out.
Radimus said:
a simple solution is a USB extension cable.. like this:
http://www.bing.com/shopping/starte...F2F9A56C1B547?q=usb+extension+cable&FORM=HURE
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I think the 6foot cable will do just fine thank you.
peterson65 said:
i got 2 of the cables from yourcharger on ebay and both dont work correctly, with the stock cable my streak connects to the pc and makes the conection sound and i get the popup asking for usb mode. with the ones from ebay it starts to connect and i get device failed to install error or sometimes it keeps making the connection sound over and over like its shorting out.
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Thats strange because the post above says it worked fine for him.
i even took one of the cables to my work and tried it on 2 different computers and the same issue i woul get a driver did not install correctly and unknown device, unplugged it and used the dell cable an it instantly connected and the enable usb poped up in the phone, i think either they are made wrong and the other guy was lucky and got the good one or its the resistance in the cheap chinese wires and its 6 foot long.
I use the usb extension cord. Works great. Peace
RussianSolja, ok based on peterson65's (great year by the way) input, I have to assume he received a bad cable. I didn't buy mine until I saw another review stating the cable work well for him.
On the other hand, to ensure no problems and long term use. If you have a traditional USB extension, like Radimus recommended, would go with that. Additionally that same extension can work with your other USB products as well.
i didnt get just one bad, i contacted the seller and he sent me another one stating he tested it in his own streak and it worked but when i got it it was sealed in a plastic bag unopened, another guy bought one and said in the feedback that its not a streak cable but an ipod cable? it may work for charging connected to the wall adapter fine as i have not tried that but 2 miss made cables in a row? i hope you guys get one that works but both of mine dont i should have spent more and got the dell one
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i didnt get just one bad, i contacted the seller and he sent me another one stating he tested it in his own streak and it worked but when i got it it was sealed in a plastic bag unopened, another guy bought one and said in the feedback that its not a streak cable but an ipod cable? it may work for charging connected to the wall adapter fine as i ave not tried that but 2 miss made cables in a row? i hope you guys get one that works but both of mine dont i should have spent more and got the dell one
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yeah but dell dont have 6 foot cables
almost 500 sales so it must be working for a huge percentage of them, ive found that these sellers usually send you a new one if yours is faulty and not working properly...
i purchased 2x of some 4ft ones two days ago
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another guy bought one and said in the feedback that its not a streak cable but an ipod cable?
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In which case it wouldn't physically fit in the Dell Streak, as it uses a different connector to the iPod.
I bought 2 of the Streak cables (a short one and a long one) from the eBay seller, and they work at least as well as my genuine Dell cables. The plug on one of the genuine Dell cables has disintegrated.
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almost 500 sales so it must be working for a huge percentage of them, ive found that these sellers usually send you a new one if yours is faulty and not working properly...
i purchased 2x of some 4ft ones two days ago
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i got a 1 ft and 6ft and both working great.
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i got a 1 ft and 6ft and both working great.
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Gald to hear positive feedback on theses cables and I'm glad I didn't waste my money on a cable that wouldn't work. Thanks guys.
I just got mine in and so fart the 1' one is working well, the 6' and 4" ones work as well. the 1' one isn't made all too impressively, has a cheesy connection head on it. the 4" and the 6' are much better constructed. I also bought their 4 aa charger for the streak. I'll test tonight and post.
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I use the usb extension cord. Works great. Peace
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^ This, I have a 5' usb extension and it works great. Its not too pretty but I have have plenty of cable to move around while charging with no issues at all
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Does anyone know if you can get a seperate usb cable for the streak yet?
I want a spare one so i can keep it in the car, or a longer one because i find the one that comes with the streak to be too short.
Anyway if anyone knows where to get one then could they let me know
Just had a thought while typing.. just buy a usb extension lead...off to buy one to see if it works.
yes Dell sell them on their website mate
Another option is a USB extention cable. I got a 6FT for like $10 at RadioShack. Works great for me, you can also buy the Dell car kit that will work as a backup USB cable.
Is there a way to buy a compatible one?
I live in italy and we can order only from dell.it that obviusly hasn't streak and accessories in their site....
enne91 said:
Is there a way to buy a compatible one?
I live in italy and we can order only from dell.it that obviusly hasn't streak and accessories in their site....
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No one does one yet
ARHMogul said:
Another option is a USB extention cable. I got a 6FT for like $10 at RadioShack. Works great for me, you can also buy the Dell car kit that will work as a backup USB cable.
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It'd have to be blooming long to use in the car, depending on the car journey
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Well it has recently been confirmed that the streaks connection port is a PDMI connection. The Slacker G2 radio also uses a PDMI but no one has tried its cable yet. Specs are one thing but fitting is another. (Think of it how the first iPhone had a 3.5mm headset jack but you had to buy the apple headphones that didn't an elbow and were narrow enough to fit in there.)
So if anybody has, or knows someone that has a Slacker G2, feel free to try the cable out and tell us all
Source:
http://www.streaksmart.com/2010/08/dell-streaks-proprietary-connector-is-actually-pdmi.html
Images that I can find for the slacker 2 radio charging lead seem to show a standard mini usb connector. Maybe the pdmi connector is data only?
can u use the ones on ebay?
Now i ordered another one from Dell site....
With only one cable, I finally ran out of patience and also constant carrying existing cable from place to place everytime I moved around.....
I have to have one near my bed for reading/charging thru the night....one in the car - which I will carry around to office as well...in the coming months hopefully the price will drop or there will be another source - till then this will do.
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Images that I can find for the slacker 2 radio charging lead seem to show a standard mini usb connector. Maybe the pdmi connector is data only?
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I guess it has both. check out this dock for the slacker g2... looks the same.. also looks like the ipod connector so don't know for sure till someone actually tests it out.
oh and here's one on amazon for 27.99
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.
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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!
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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?
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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.
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
smart dock knockoff.....may be worth a shot because the samsung one is too dang expensive....this one also looks like it will accept cases unlike the stock one....i may have to give it a shot after payday http://www.ebay.com/itm/SMART-MULTI...ories_MobilePhoneChargers&hash=item5657f3c0a2
Since in US it will still going to cost more than $50, I will wait for some reviews before getting one. Good find for sure
the official dock does accept some cases.
I've had it working with the official flip cover, and with the official protective cover +.
I had seen this exact dock from a different seller on ebay a couple of days ago. I was about to buy it, but then I noticed that it said in the fine print that the mhl and otg connections can't be used at the same time. I'll see if I can find the link again. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume that the oem dock can do both simultaneously?
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Edit: this is the one I saw
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151084606670
The note at the bottom says only one function (mhl or otg) at a time.
drezman said:
I had seen this exact dock from a different seller on ebay a couple of days ago. I was about to buy it, but then I noticed that it said in the fine print that the mhl and otg connections can't be used at the same time. I'll see if I can find the link again. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume that the oem dock can do both simultaneously?
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Edit: this is the one I saw
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151084606670
The note at the bottom says only one function (mhl or otg) at a time.
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Good find..... Thanks!
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smart dock knockoff.....may be worth a shot because the samsung one is too dang expensive....this one also looks like it will accept cases unlike the stock one....i may have to give it a shot after payday http://www.ebay.com/itm/SMART-MULTI...ories_MobilePhoneChargers&hash=item5657f3c0a2
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Very good in hdmi e 80 inch projector ... :laugh: :good:
I got one from Amazon for 2t bucks. Compared it to a real one . It's got all most the same circuitry.
The chips that process the otg and charge curent signal are a lot different. But mine works it will charge while I runmy powered usb hub with my external harddrive. In the one I have you only get one otg option at a time. Like you can do one sd card or one usb thing or the hdmi out but not all at the same time so your going to need a usb hub thats got it's own power supply.
And like all Chinese knock offs you never know witch of there military owned slave labour operated plants actually built it . so there's a good chance you wind up with a better one.or one that isn't as good. Or maybe even one that doesn't work at all. They're all in the same case so its hit or miss.
My cheap knock off doc failed as off last night its no longer recognized as a doc. It shows up only the hdmi and charger.you can always charge and use hdmi out. But otg mod reverse the usb port so you can't charge.
Someone know a gadget that allows both usages? HDMI + USB at same time?
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I got one from Amazon for 2t bucks. Compared it to a real one . It's got all most the same circuitry.
The chips that process the otg and charge curent signal are a lot different. But mine works it will charge while I runmy powered usb hub with my external harddrive. In the one I have you only get one otg option at a time. Like you can do one sd card or one usb thing or the hdmi out but not all at the same time so your going to need a usb hub thats got it's own power supply.
And like all Chinese knock offs you never know witch of there military owned slave labour operated plants actually built it . so there's a good chance you wind up with a better one.or one that isn't as good. Or maybe even one that doesn't work at all. They're all in the same case so its hit or miss.
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Newegg is carrying these now under the brand name "Baaqii".
It's $34 ($28 when on sale) but it also states, way down at the bottom, cannot do both OTG functions at same time.
joihan777 said:
Newegg is carrying these now under the brand name "Baaqii".
It's $34 ($28 when on sale) but it also states, way down at the bottom, cannot do both OTG functions at same time.
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I'm thinking That to get otg charging theres got to be a switch in the software someplace that lets you turn offotg mod and turn in back on really fast. Like pules on off on off on off constantly in the kernel. But I'm also thinking that there might not be a switch like that in our phones.
I'm thinking that the chips in a smart doc probably do that. So that leaves us not much choice. We either got to buy a doc. Find that switch or
Get a wireless charger.
I found a port of the famous faux kernel. I tried it with the 5 dollar add on app. It had no effect on otg charging a note 2.
I'm thinking the best cheap solution is one of the inductive charger sets. Or possibly putting a 555 timing circuit into a usd cable.
But a $35 1 amp wireless universal charge plat and coil would probably be the easiest way to go.
Yesterday, my Micro USB broke. I could tell after I had my phone plugged in for an hour and it only charged 15% and when i plugged it in again the cable was loose and the slow charging message popped up.
What are the best USB cables that are cheap? Amazon/eBay
What are you using?
Thanks
eric150 said:
Yesterday, my Micro USB broke. I could tell after I had my phone plugged in for an hour and it only charged 15% and when i plugged it in again the cable was loose and the slow charging message popped up.
What are the best USB cables that are cheap? Amazon/eBay
What are you using?
Thanks
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I've got a couple of longer ones from monoprice.com . Work well and cheap!
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I've got a couple of longer ones from monoprice.com . Work well and cheap!
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I was looking for a small one with free shipping. I'm currently using an old Moto one and where it plugs in its way bigger than the HTC. I'd get another HTC one but they aren't real on Amazon and have bad reviews
i belive the Amazon Basics works pretty good, i used several Amazon Basics cables with no problems at all.
Sinchero said:
i belive the Amazon Basics works pretty good, i used several Amazon Basics cables with no problems at all.
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I'm worried about the size of the end of the cable. The HTC ones are way smaller, here's a photo next to an old Motorola one.