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I've been perusing around the nets trying to find a solar battery pack. I've seen a few cheapies and a few overly expensive units. None of which I've seen come with a micro USB adapter. Ideally I'd like a solar cell charging a battery pack on my car dash with a USB output so I can plug any of my USB devices into it. Optionally I'd also like to be able to charge the pack through wall outlet or car lighter outlet.
Anyone seen/own anything with these specs?
Other XDA threads involving photo voltaic packs:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=422044
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734323
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=863918
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Do you haves specs or any link too it
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I would be interested in this as well...
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Do you haves specs or any link too it
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Umm... no. I'm looking for one that satifies my requirements above, but still noluck
I cant believe i can be helpful... Yay me
http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?m...id=262&zenid=8034406e6e87399e883b67d3a1cf4fcc
OR
http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?m...id=200&zenid=8034406e6e87399e883b67d3a1cf4fcc
And this
http://www.adafruit.com/index.php?m...id=280&zenid=8034406e6e87399e883b67d3a1cf4fcc
Should accomplish what you want and you could probably make it look decent.
I also found :
THIS:
http://lifehacker.com/5752731/built-a-4-diy-solar-battery-charger
via a post on lifehacker today!
A DIY solar battery for around $4 us
But it charges tiny batteries and doesnt supply the power for a phone.
Gahh Its Lee said:
But it charges tiny batteries and doesnt supply the power for a phone.
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I think somewhere in the article it noted that you may be able to trickle charge (charge it at the rate it discharges, resulting in a constant battery percentage) your phone.
Side note: I also read Lifehacker. I just wish they would post articles more often, like Gizmodo.
What about something like this?
http://www.cpfmarketplace.com/mp/sh...Solar-Powered-amp-USB-Chargers-2-panels-added
You can charge your phone, another USB gadget, and even NiMH and Li-ion batteries. I'm debating about getting one of them as well (the XL since it has the most power).
I kinda sorta want one but why? I really just find myself asking why would i ever need this?
What id like is a solarpanel case so i can just put my phone in a window and have it charge that would be AWESOME.
hey guys i know alot of people talk about car charger with 2.1 amp but what about home charger
does someone know a good home charger with 2.1 amp and up
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hey guys i know alot of people talk about car charger with 2.1 amp but what about home charger
does someone know a good home charger with 2.1 amp and up
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Anker has the 3.6 amp thats a wall charger. They have a car one and wall one too
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Anker has the 3.6 amp thats a wall charger. They have a car one and wall one too
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link plz i buy one
I have booth of them, and pretty happy
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00B8L36A6/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?qid=1369000192&sr=8-3&pi=SL75
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00B8M4IMK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1369000260&sr=8-1&pi=SL75
Samsung charger off their website. Use a 50% off coupon. Apple and Samsung make the best chargers as far as ratings and fast charging.
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Samsung charger off their website. Use a 50% off coupon. Apple and Samsung make the best chargers as far as ratings and fast charging.
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Uhh your opinion not the truth by facts
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Uhh your opinion not the truth by facts
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His opinion is supported by folks that have tested them. See a few of the threads that the OP should have searched for.
OP, search around a bit instead of starting a bunch of new threads.
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Uhh your opinion not the truth by facts
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Lol. Sorry. I've done my research. Heck buying a charger from any big OEM is golden. But apple and Samsung take the cake.
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Lol. Sorry. I've done my research. Heck buying a charger from any big OEM is golden. But apple and Samsung take the cake.
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I've had better success with aftermarket than OE about 75% of time. Hence why I said it's more opinion based. Just like my Anker 3100 is better than the Samsung battery 3100 that came with the note 2.
99% of reviews anywhere are based upon the customers experience/opinions. Apple chargers always sucked for me. HTC chargers had many issues in the past.
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I've had better success with aftermarket than OE about 75% of time. Hence why I said it's more opinion based. Just like my Anker 3100 is better than the Samsung battery 3100 that came with the note 2.
99% of reviews anywhere are based upon the customers experience/opinions. Apple chargers always sucked for me. HTC chargers had many issues in the past.
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I am not talking about reviews. I am making my suggestion based on science and comparisons to other chargers and knockoffs from china. If you're buying a flagship phone, buy a flagship charger. And a good USB cable. Cables make a hell of a difference in electronics that can accept more than 500mah charging.
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I am not talking about reviews. I am making my suggestion based on science and comparisons to other chargers and knockoffs from china. If you're buying a flagship phone, buy a flagship charger. And a good USB cable. Cables make a hell of a difference in electronics that can accept more than 500mah charging.
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I never said a knockoff I said after market those two are completely different I am talking about anker verses a knockoff generic. I will use a different charger that is an aftermarket and I typically use the Samsung cable that came with the phone or my heavy duty black berry cable simple as that.
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not safe??
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hey guys i know alot of people talk about car charger with 2.1 amp but what about home charger
does someone know a good home charger with 2.1 amp and up
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is it safe to charge with more than 2 amp ???
i dont think its safe
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I never said a knockoff I said after market those two are completely different I am talking about anker verses a knockoff generic. I will use a different charger that is an aftermarket and I typically use the Samsung cable that came with the phone or my heavy duty black berry cable simple as that.
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I am talking about all chargers in general. OEM chargers are better than the belkins, tankers and whatever. I read a couple very good articles about how good or bad chargers are. The ones that come with our electronics are usually the best. USB cables vary, sometimes even within the same models. The Samsung and apple chargers are really the best value when you consider longevity, heat, reliability and some other factors I am not qualified to explain.
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for what it's worth the oem samsung galaxy note 2 charger is pretty fast for me a 2.1 amps. I even bought a second one to have for up stairs in my house.
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for what it's worth the oem samsung galaxy note 2 charger is pretty fast for me a 2.1 amps. I even bought a second one to have for up stairs in my house.
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I heard that. Gotta use a Samsung cable though to get the full benefit. Haven't found another cable that will let it charge full blast yet.
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I heard that. Gotta use a Samsung cable though to get the full benefit. Haven't found another cable that will let it charge full blast yet.
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Heavy duty black berry cables
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is it safe to charge with more than 2 amp ???
i dont think its safe
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Yes perfectly safe.
Amps (current) are drawn/pulled, not pushed. More amps in a charger just means your phone can draw more without burning out the charger. It does not mean that the charger pumps out more than your phone can handle.
Volts are different. Too much or too liitle volts are harmful but all usb chargers are the same 5v so don't worry about that.
Lastly, unfortunately the different manufacturers have created different special schemes to trigger or allow devices to exceed 0.5 amps (to prevent a high draw device from trying to pull 2.0 amps out of a 0.5 amp usb port and burning out a usb port or possible even all usb ports on your expensive laptop!)
So, merely having a charger that says 2.1A on the side isn't enough by itself. You will still need to try differnt cables and try different models of chargers and even different kernels if you are rooted, or refer to reviews where the reviewer covered this explicitly instead of just saying "It worked great" which is a meaningless waste of everyone's time.
For instance there was another thread about chargers where they found that on a 2 port model that has one port labelled Apple and another labelled Android or just unlabelled, they found that they actually behaved different. The Apple port was 2.1A and the Android port was only 1.0 or 1.5A, yet a GN2 charged faster on the Android port. Because the GN2 didn't recognize the Apple port as being capable of high current, at least not with a standard cable, and so the GN2 was only pulling 500 or 700 ma, while on the Android port it pulled 1.0 or 1.5A.
So you really need reviews and testing that takes all this into account and specifies actual charging times and that make and model of the usb cable used etc. Or just buy the official stuff from Samsung which is all garanteed to match and work as expected without having to know all that unsuspected stuff.
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I have quite a bit of cells and tablets, who doesn't, but I also have quite a few rc cars and helis. All the battery's we are using are Li-on although I use a ton of lipo (lithium polymer) on my rcs. Ive built packs, soldered connections, I charge 6 batteries in parallel, etc. I have a 530 watt adjustable 18 Volt 30 Amp PSU connected to a 400 watt 18 volt 20 amp balance charger. Granted if your not in the rc world this would be overkill for sure just to charge your cell battery. Point is you can charge any, repeat any Li-on or lipo battery at 1 C. . 1C is the capacity of the battery. All of my lipo rc battery's can be charged at 5C. That means 5 times the capacity of the battery. In our case the note 2 battery is 3100 mah or 3.1A for short hand notation. So if you have a big enough charger like I do, you can safely charge it at 3.1A in an hour. Some of my bigger packs are 6S 30C 10A packs. That is 22.2 volts 30C discharge rate and 10Amp or 10000 mah capacity and 5C charge rate. If your not familiar with the above jargon no matter, the OEM Samsung charger with the OEM usb cable that comes with it puts out 2.1 or 2100mah per hour or 2.1A . Our stock OEM batteries are 3100 mah or 3.1 A. So they will fully charge in about 1 1/2. Ive timed it several times and that is pretty accurate. This is with the phone being off not on while charging. It will take a little longer with the phone on while charging, about 2 hours. Hope this helps.
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I have quite a bit of cells and tablets, who doesn't, but I also have quite a few rc cars and helis. All the battery's we are using are Li-on although I use a ton of lipo (lithium polymer) on my rcs. Ive built packs, soldered connections, I charge 6 batteries in parallel, etc. I have a 530 watt adjustable 18 Volt 30 Amp PSU connected to a 400 watt 18 volt 20 amp balance charger. Granted if your not in the rc world this would be overkill for sure just to charge your cell battery. Point is you can charge any, repeat any Li-on or lipo battery at 1 C. . 1C is the capacity of the battery. All of my lipo rc battery's can be charged at 5C. That means 5 times the capacity of the battery. In our case the note 2 battery is 3100 mah or 3.1A for short hand notation. So if you have a big enough charger like I do, you can safely charge it at 3.1A in an hour. Some of my bigger packs are 6S 30C 10A packs. That is 22.2 volts 30C discharge rate and 10Amp or 10000 mah capacity and 5C charge rate. If your not familiar with the above jargon no matter, the OEM Samsung charger with the OEM usb cable that comes with it puts out 2.1 or 2100mah per hour or 2.1A . Our stock OEM batteries are 3100 mah or 3.1 A. So they will fully charge in about 1 1/2. Ive timed it several times and that is pretty accurate. This is with the phone being off not on while charging. It will take a little longer with the phone on while charging, about 2 hours. Hope this helps.
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hi Joe , could you add some pics and diagrams . Thanks
Pics for what? Do you mean my lipo charger and PSU or the samsung oem charger? And diagrams for? Ill help, just not sure what exactly you want.
Basically I want some advice from people on here.
I've broken my charger, the one that comes in the box. The plastic strip out of the port on the side has snapped off. (I use a 3 metre USB cable in it due to weird plug placement in my room, so the weight may have played a part)
What I have got is a HTC B270 charger from my One S I still have and a TomTom charger that can replace it with.
What I want to know is simple... Is there any pros or cons to using them when I can buy a replacement for a fiver off Amazon?
I'm being serious before anyone shoots me down, I know certain chargers charge faster than others and such.
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No problem, but slower charging time. 1.5 vs 1.0 Ah.
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No problem, but slower charging time. 1.5 vs 1.0 Ah.
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Awesome, cheers. It's only really for charging overnight, during the day I top it up if needs be with the vans cigarette lighter charger.
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I've googled it and I'm getting very mixed opinions. Most say 2.1 of course is faster for charging. I am led to believe that because even the box to there car chargers say the same.
I would like to disagree but need help understanding why. Maybe I'm wrong and I have a faulty charger.
My charger has two ports. One is 1amp and the other is 2.1amp. My 1amp side seems to actually charge my phone faster than the 2.1amp side. Also with 2.1amp while in listening to music through Bluetooth using GPS and navigation all at the same time, it tells me my phone is dying faster than it's able to charge. With the 1amp side I'm able to hold a steady charge sometimes going up at least 2 percent during a 30 minute drive.
What's your opinions? This isn't the iPhone or Samsung threads so I'm sure we have some of the smartest guys/girls here on xda
Edit: sorry I'm a bit stoned atm so forgive me for my typos and I'll fix tomorrow.
.....don't judge. I live in Washington state. It's just as legal as buying a bottle of beer.
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Ok sober now. So nobody knows why 1amp charges faster on this phone than a 2.1amp car charger? I've used several car chargers and it's the same issue.
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Ok sober now. So nobody knows why 1amp charges faster on this phone than a 2.1amp car charger? I've used several car chargers and it's the same issue.
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It should be a no brainer that a 2 amp charger will charge your phone faster as opposed to a 1 amp simply because one has more output than the other. But I believe that because of the smaller battery the phones have, they need a smaller amp per second of charge. If not then it may destabilize your battery.
Thats just my two cents though. Dont quote me
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I've googled it and I'm getting very mixed opinions. Most say 2.1 of course is faster for charging. I am led to believe that because even the box to there car chargers say the same.
I would like to disagree but need help understanding why. Maybe I'm wrong and I have a faulty charger.
My charger has two ports. One is 1amp and the other is 2.1amp. My 1amp side seems to actually charge my phone faster than the 2.1amp side. Also with 2.1amp while in listening to music through Bluetooth using GPS and navigation all at the same time, it tells me my phone is dying faster than it's able to charge. With the 1amp side I'm able to hold a steady charge sometimes going up at least 2 percent during a 30 minute drive.
What's your opinions? This isn't the iPhone or Samsung threads so I'm sure we have some of the smartest guys/girls here on xda
Edit: sorry I'm a bit stoned atm so forgive me for my typos and I'll fix tomorrow.
.....don't judge. I live in Washington state. It's just as legal as buying a bottle of beer.
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i just drove 4 hours with a 2.1 amp , fast charge kernel and i can confirm your exact same findings. no idea why.
sdlopez83 said:
i just drove 4 hours with a 2.1 amp , fast charge kernel and i can confirm your exact same findings. no idea why.
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Be careful with those 2 A chargers. I have seen a lot of threads with fried Ones because of chargers lately
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HTC put a limit on how fast the phone can charge. The chipset supports rapid charging but at what cost (of the battery)? So to be safe HTC disabled that feature of the chipset. So even if you plugged it into a 4 amp USB connector, you are not going charge any faster than say 1 amp. Don't know what the specifications are on the optimal amperage...
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Be careful with those 2 A chargers. I have seen a lot of threads with fried Ones because of chargers lately
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Fried what specifically? phone or battery?
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Fried what specifically? phone or battery?
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Motherboard
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Using a higher amp charger cannot damage the battery. The phone will only pull as many amps from the charger as it needs (probably 1.5 amps max).
Source: basic physics.
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Using a higher amp charger cannot damage the battery. The phone will only pull as many amps from the charger as it needs (probably 1.5 amps max).
Source: basic physics.
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I am saying motherboard. I don't know about physics, but I know from reading the troubleshooting thread that many people have now expensive bricks because of those chargers
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I am saying motherboard. I don't know about physics, but I know from reading the troubleshooting thread that many people have now expensive bricks because of those chargers
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could you possibly link to those threads? I have the dual charger 1&2.1. My results are opposite of op my 1a doesn't charge phone but the 2.1 gains charge while driving even while watching movie! id like to read up if it may be problematic! thx
Htc one battery originally is charged by 5V and 1A charger; Can 5v. and 1.3 A damage the phone?
One thing that nobody here has mentioned is the possibility that your charger might have been wired wrong and the side that charges faster is actually the 2.1mah connection instead of 1mah.
With all of the chargers from everywhere in the world that we get them from and they are supplied from, anything can happen that We don't expect.
Maybe you might want to get it tested with an OHM Meter to verify which connector is the Higher and which is the Lower.
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One thing that nobody here has mentioned is the possibility that your charger might have been wired wrong and the side that charges faster is actually the 2.1mah connection instead of 1mah.
With all of the chargers from everywhere in the world that we get them from and they are supplied from, anything can happen that We don't expect.
Maybe you might want to get it tested with an OHM Meter to verify which connector is the Higher and which is the Lower.
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The only thing that is different (as far as the phone is concerned) is whether it sees an AC style charger or DC style. No matter what, the phone will only pull what the charging circuit "says" to pull.
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For some chargers, sometimes the 2 Amp port appears to be using the Apple protocol for USB power, so that port will only provide 0.5 Amps to most other devices. And when the1 Amp port somewhat over delivers, and can source 2 Amps if nothing else is connected and 1.5 Amps if the 2 Amp port is sourcing 0.5 Amps for a non-Apple device. Thus some chargers can support one high power non-Apple device (in the 1 Amp port) and one lower power device (in the 2 Amp port). FYI I use this charger bought on Amazon---Avantek. Worked really well, versatile and low profile.
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I am saying motherboard. I don't know about physics, but I know from reading the troubleshooting thread that many people have now expensive bricks because of those chargers
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Maybe a myth?
Anyone know of one available for the M8? From what I understand the M8 currently has the feature disabled however according to the qualcomm site they recently launched the 2.0 charger.
Hi, Qualcomm announced the availability of its 2.0 charger in Europe this summer. No specific date.
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I thought mine charges pretty fast from the charger i got out of the box. when i plug it into my in car charger i get a message about not being able to fast charge with this charger, so is the charger that comes woth the phone not already fast charge?
I've bought this one BlackBerry Playbook internationaler Hocheffizienz-Reiselader (5V, 2A) von Blackberry http://www.amazon.de/dp/B004XKG7NM/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_A68Rtb1NG67TT
OK it's not a quick charger 2.0 but it charges the phone from 13% to full in 1h 30m!
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I thought mine charges pretty fast from the charger i got out of the box. when i plug it into my in car charger i get a message about not being able to fast charge with this charger, so is the charger that comes woth the phone not already fast charge?
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If I remember correctly the HTC one m8 shipped with a quickcharge 1.0 adapter. They are supposed to release a 2.0 later this year.
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How much of an improvement is 2.0 supposed to bring?
I think I heard a full charge in 45min
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I've bought this one BlackBerry Playbook internationaler Hocheffizienz-Reiselader (5V, 2A) von Blackberry http://www.amazon.de/dp/B004XKG7NM/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_A68Rtb1NG67TT
OK it's not a quick charger 2.0 but it charges the phone from 13% to full in 1h 30m!
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I bought one of those BlackBerry chargers and it's scary fast. I didn't know a phone could charge that quickly. I am genuinely a little afraid of it, that it'll ruin the battery. Phone doesn't get exceptionally warm charging with it, but why all this fuss about Quick Charge 2.0 if this $5 BlackBerry charger can charge in equal or less time? Surely there must be something dangerous about it.
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I bought one of those BlackBerry chargers and it's scary fast. I didn't know a phone could charge that quickly. I am genuinely a little afraid of it, that it'll ruin the battery. Phone doesn't get exceptionally warm charging with it, but why all this fuss about Quick Charge 2.0 if this $5 BlackBerry charger can charge in equal or less time? Surely there must be something dangerous about it.
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I think the temperature difference between the original charger and the blackberry is about 2-3 degrees. For example when I charge the phone the battery temperature is 37-39 degrees.
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I think the temperature difference between the original charger and the blackberry is about 2-3 degrees. For example when I charge the phone the battery temperature is 37-39 degrees.
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Thanks for the info, but if it's as minimal as you say, which presumably shouldn't harm the battery (people set their thermostats to wider differences than that) then what's the big deal about Quick Charge 2.0? Just give everyone power supplies like the Motorola one. Is there some other factor which could harm the battery that temperature alone wouldn't indicate?
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I've bought this one BlackBerry Playbook internationaler Hocheffizienz-Reiselader (5V, 2A) von Blackberry http://www.amazon.de/dp/B004XKG7NM/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_A68Rtb1NG67TT
OK it's not a quick charger 2.0 but it charges the phone from 13% to full in 1h 30m!
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I've been using my blackberry playbook charger and it does the job in just over an hour. Never seen a phone charge so fast! No overheating either.
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Looks like a standard 5V 2A charger. Have you measured it against another 2A charger to see if it's quicker? Trying to work out what's different.
By the way, the difference between this and QuickCharge 2.0 is 4 volts. Quick Charge 2.0 will deliver 9v 2a. So technically should be quicker then this PlayBook charger.
I believe the HTC bundled charger is actually a Quick Charge 1.0 compatible (1.5A) charger. Quick Charge 2.0 however is disabled at present. So apparently we won't be able to make use of any Quick Charge 2.0 chargers until a software update is sent out by HTC, as there is a chip integrated in to the wall charger which works in tandem with the Qualcomm Snapdragon chip in the M8 for the feature to work.
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I think I heard a full charge in 45min
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Hehe, you wish!! Official statement from Qualcomm is: "3300mAh battery 0-60% in 30min" but after that is slowing down to protect battery from overheating... So I would say 0-100% in 1hr.. Still damn fast! 9V can make the difference...
Source: http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/blog/2014/06/04/quick-charge-20-has-arrived
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I'd rather the future phones have qi charging. HTC could still do metal but perhaps a plastic inlay to accommodate a coil.
sent from my sm-9005.
Any word on a proper QuickCharge 2.0 charger available yet?
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Any word on a proper QuickCharge 2.0 charger available yet?
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Nothing outside of Japan yet
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Hehe, you wish!! Official statement from Qualcomm is: "3300mAh battery 0-60% in 30min" but after that is slowing down to protect battery from overheating... So I would say 0-100% in 1hr.. Still damn fast! 9V can make the difference...
Source: http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/blog/2014/06/04/quick-charge-20-has-arrived
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I'm still wondering about the heat issue. It gets really hot now with the QC 1.0 charger and that's only 7.5W. And I'm guessing the QC 2.0 will be at least 13.5W, so how will they manage the heat issue? We'll have to wait and see..
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I'm still wondering about the heat issue. It gets really hot now with the QC 1.0 charger and that's only 7.5W. And I'm guessing the QC 2.0 will be at least 13.5W, so how will they manage the heat issue? We'll have to wait and see..
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Difficult to define "really hot", I mean I wouldn't consider under normal charging conditions that mine gets "hot". It will warm up if I use say the internet whilst charging. But I'd never consider it to get really hot.
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Difficult to define "really hot", I mean I wouldn't consider under normal charging conditions that mine gets "hot". It will warm up if I use say the internet whilst charging. But I'd never consider it to get really hot.
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Well, need to have a thermometer handy Also depends on the ambient temperature of the room and the surface upon which it is placed. Also depends on which stage of charging it is in. During the 0% to 50/60% charging stage, it can be quite hot to the touch. As in uncomfortable to hold. But then it cools down as the rate of charging slows down until it reaches 100%. During the 60-100% it is hardly noticeable that it's charging.
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Well, need to have a thermometer handy Also depends on the ambient temperature of the room and the surface upon which it is placed. Also depends on which stage of charging it is in. During the 0% to 50/60% charging stage, it can be quite hot to the touch. As in uncomfortable to hold. But then it cools down as the rate of charging slows down until it reaches 100%. During the 60-100% it is hardly noticeable that it's charging.
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Fresh out of infrared temperature guns here
Just my own observations, that at any point during charging, I've never noticed it becoming 'really hot'. Granted, ambient temperature plays a part, as whilst charging in vehicle with satnav running it'll get quite hot. But under normal charging conditions, it should not be getting really hot.
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