http://m.digitaltrends.com/mobile/wysips-solar-charging-screen-li-fi-impressions/#!BAmUp
What do you think?
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Not in UK
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Lol, true! Maybe we could have little rain and wind turbines built in
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Not in UK
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Lmao!!
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Would be no problem in Vegas!
Silly idea. Sorry.
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Great idea !! But most of the time the phone will be in your pocket. I would not dare to leave my phone out in the sun while in public place so some thief can snatch it.
True but i suppose just leaving it on a desk at work etc would still add charge to it.
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True but i suppose just leaving it on a desk at work etc would still add charge to it.
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Screen is pretty much biggest drain so even if it helps to slow it down whilst in use, its a good thing
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It's light photons, not heat that charge solar panels. The problem is the sheer inefiency of them, though this is getting better
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Got to love innovation!
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It's light photons, not heat that charge solar panels.
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Ha ha. I don't think ANYONE could think solar panels use heat.
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Ha ha. I don't think ANYONE could think solar panels use heat.
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Imagine how stupid the average person is. Well they're actually half as smart as that.
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They did say some tech was made where you can charge your phone with water
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I doubt anyone would want to leave their phone in direct sunlight for too long, mostly because of how hot it would get. Otherwise, if you're using it while you're outside it'll be able to lower the rate that the battery drains, so that would be a good thing. Otherwise, having it dedicated just for solar charging would not take off IMO
Absolutely useless with current technology.
A solar cell the size of a phone left out in the sun all day wouldn't even charge the phone's battery halfway.
We have awhile to go before solar cells are efficient enough to do this.
As a hiker and someone who's planning some long distance backpacking, I've been looking into purchasing one similar to what's shown in the OP's thread. There's one available on Amazon that's 10,000mAh, can charge itself in sunlight or be plugged into a wall or USB port on a computer. With a carabiner to attach the solar charger to something (belt loop, backpack, etc.) and a long enough cable, you can easily keep your phone out of direct sunlight while leaving the charger sit in the sun. In occasions such as these, I can see how useful they'd be. It's on my "wish list" so I can't speak for how well it works but it has good reviews.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FXWGRHU...lid=1CA2LMHOQC4HB&coliid=I2E2AG7ATMCABB&psc=1
Pretty impressive.
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i think there is not posible atm
I approve, always nice to have something supplementing your charged battery. I don't see it doing any harm, if it was built in to devices as standard just to give you that extra boost or the chance of emergency power.
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Not amazingly clever - the USB bit is the wrong way round so the screen faces away from you...
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Not amazingly clever - the USB bit is the wrong way round so the screen faces away from you...
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Yikes!
Lmao, fail!
Soo intuitive
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I guess either send it back or try a bit of surgery to see if it can be rotated.
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I guess either send it back or try a bit of surgery to see if it can be rotated.
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Yeah, its going back... I bought it for my mom cos she's disabled and struggles to hold things in her hands. I'll get another one elsewhere.
You'd think they'd check this out before production. Even on a cheap £15 stand.
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Lmao, fail!
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Wow this is like epic fail :laugh:
Sorry OP, personally I would pissed off and let someone at Google know
Got same thing here with one off of Amazon...
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Well i imagine its because the Nexus 7 has its Micro USB port the other way around Im assuming its a standardised production. Well, this is the case compared to my Desire, S2, Touchpad and now S3
lolwow. terrible.
I was thinking about getting this, glad I didn't now.
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Wow this is like epic fail :laugh:
Sorry OP, personally I would pissed off and let someone at Google know
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Why? Google had nothing to do with it.
I've emailed in to get it returned. The seller is stating that they sent the wrong one, but I've kind of lost my faith in it. Might get a folio case thing instead.
It is funny that they have turned the USB connector the different way up to other phones and tablets I've used. Maybe the manufacturer thought Asus would follow with the general rule and got caught out.
Upside down USB and really picky with chargers... What'll come up next?
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The one x also has a flipped USB port - still catches me out every time.
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Why would Google flip around the USB port? One of those little things that just drive you crazy...
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The Nexus' USB port is the same orientation as on my Sony ereader.
Nxxx said:
Why would Google flip around the USB port? One of those little things that just drive you crazy...
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I don't think this is really made by Google as they haven't announced docks yet
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PEBKAC. This is an emartbuy dock (you can see plenty on play.com's site). They only appear to carry these for phones. This one looks exactly like the one made for the Samsung Galaxy SIII.
oh man
wow *FacePalm* But thanks for the heads up. I'll know to steer away from this one I am looking in to an alarm clock dock that also streams music and charges the Nexus 7. Not available yet but signed up for info.
I just thought i would try this as im going on a bus trip at the weekend and my phone doesn't tend to have very good battery life but i just noticed if you have a USB OTG cable and plug your phone into it with it's standard USB cable you can charge your phone via USB with your Nexus 7
Probably a bit of pointless information but i thought i would just point it out incase anyone else was wondering this like i was
Interesting, but then you have to charge your nexus because you just drained its battery. You can also charge your phone using the nexus charger without any damage to your phone.
He said that he is on a bus trip! Kind of difficult to find a plug on a bus...
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Um no it isnt, I'm sure they have at least one dc power outlet/cigarette lighter.
brando56894 said:
Um no it isnt, I'm sure they have at least one dc power outlet/cigarette lighter.
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and what makes you think the bus driver will let him use the outlet? lol
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and what makes you think the bus driver will let him use the outlet? lol
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indeed.
a useful tip from the OP in case of emergencies !
Yeah I mean like I said. In emergencies its a useful tip. Will come in handy for anyone else on a bus trip haha
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This is good stuff... your phone is your main communication anyway (calls , texts , 3G/4G) .... you're on a long trip ... you got your Nexii with you but may not use it till you hit some reliable WiFi... why not use it as a booster battery till you get where you're going?? Handy little bit of info to have in a pinch for sure
That would be really cool if you could. The N7 has a 3900 MAH battery, right? If it does, it would be enough to charge a phone 2-3 times.
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That would be really cool if you could. The N7 has a 3900 MAH battery, right? If it does, it would be enough to charge a phone 2-3 times.
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nah its only about 3300 or something, still should be enough for around 2 charges.
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nah its only about 3300 or something, still should be enough for around 2 charges.
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I'm pretty sure the nexus 7 contains a 4325 mAh battery...where are you getting your information from?
akbar26 said:
nah its only about 3300 or something, still should be enough for around 2 charges.
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4325mAh battery.
akbar26 said:
nah its only about 3300 or something, still should be enough for around 2 charges.
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Oh. Thanks.
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Um no it isnt, I'm sure they have at least one dc power outlet/cigarette lighter.
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Where do you live?
Buses with lighter sockets?
Hard enough to find a train with power here in the UK.
Nice tip for those in desperate circumstances.
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Interesting, but then you have to charge your nexus because you just drained its battery. You can also charge your phone using the nexus charger without any damage to your phone.
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What?
Anyway, how do you calculate how man times you can charge your phone? 4000/2000=2 lol? Don't need to calculate there're still to many other stuff to think about.
Just trying it to say how many times you can charge.
But this is really useful info. Thank you!
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I have just been on the htc website and they claim a massive 26.2hours of talk time or 1574mins on gsm or 1061 mins on WCDMA, can the battery really be this good with 2300mah? what do you guys think.
http://www.officialhtcstore.com/uk/p_htc_microsite_specification.aspx#content
If you ask me then yes! I have 6 hours continous video playback on my phone with a 1500mah lithium polymer battery device.
Its a lithium polymer, so yes.
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Wait! LOL 26hours of talktime? Prolly only 12 to 14hours. 26hours is way too much for this phone.
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Wait! LOL 26hours of talktime? Prolly only 12 to 14hours. 26hours is way too much for this phone.
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Thats my point, it sounds very optimistic to get 26hours talk time out of it, im not too clued up on li-poly and li-lon batteries though so thats why i asked.
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Thats my point, it sounds very optimistic to get 26hours talk time out of it, im not too clued up on li-poly and li-lon batteries though so thats why i asked.
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Here's a comparison between the two.
I have an S4 phone with a li-ion. If I'm lucky, I can make it to the end of the day with power left over.
My friend has an S4 Pro with li-poly. He can go 4 days with the same kind of usage I do, and he isn't even at 50% yet.
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Here's a comparison between the two.
I have an S4 phone with a li-ion. If I'm lucky, I can make it to the end of the day with power left over.
My friend has an S4 Pro with li-poly. He can go 4 days with the same kind of usage I do, and he isn't even at 50% yet.
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How does he do that??
I've got a Nexus 4 with S4 Pro and Li-Po and only get 1-2 days...
Thanks very much for the info guys, I am really looking forward to the htc one.
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How does he do that??
I've got a Nexus 4 with S4 Pro and Li-Po and only get 1-2 days...
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Lol I'd love to know as well.
1-2 days even blows my mind.
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Here's a comparison between the two.
I have an S4 phone with a li-ion. If I'm lucky, I can make it to the end of the day with power left over.
My friend has an S4 Pro with li-poly. He can go 4 days with the same kind of usage I do, and he isn't even at 50% yet.
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He must either have secondary battery or have the mobile data turned off except when he uses internet. 4 days with only 50% juice is very unrealistic and unheard of.
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He must either have secondary battery or have the mobile data turned off except when he uses internet. 4 days with only 50% juice is very unrealistic and unheard of.
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Optimus G, so not possible. We both go into places with horrible signal (mostly buildings we drop to horrid 3G or roam in) and that eats at our batteries most.
I've had phones go 2 weeks with no usage, 3 days with light (only calling/texting) usage before.
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Does anyone know for sure if the moto x will support wireless charging. Google searching has given me mixed results.
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Does anyone know for sure if the moto x will support wireless charging. Google searching has given me mixed results.
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Don't think there was every any mention of it through the official website under specs.
Nope no wireless charging. Only one that does is the new Droids. (atleast the Maxx does)
Then I'll quietly hope the new nexus fits
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The Nexus 4 is Qi enabled as well – not that it helps the Moto X users.
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Nope no wireless charging. Only one that does is the new Droids. (atleast the Maxx does)
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Yep. This is due to the curved custom battery and back, whereas the droids have a flat back.
I had a nexus 4 for about 3 months and ended up selling it off. I'm a field tech and travel into a lot of fringe areas and I was really unimpressed with its signal reception.... Yes, I had the correct APN and I'm actually using a unlocked gnex right now and it has much better signal. My gnex does have qi charging since I modded it to support it.
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i think it will support qi
http://mobileandphone.com/motorola-moto-x-vs-droid-ultra/ They say that it does in fact have native qi charging.
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http://mobileandphone.com/motorola-moto-x-vs-droid-ultra/ They say that it does in fact have native qi charging.
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Clearly they have no idea at all. They don't even appear to have a phone, it is probably just someone's blog. They show zero proof that it does, also everything has pointed to it not having it unfortunately.
Didn't ifixit's teardown show inductive coils?
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Didn't ifixit's teardown show inductive coils?
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That was for NFC.
I looked at the ifixit too, def no coil heavy enough to be a receiver coil.
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So these are my results from 100% down to around 4% today. Just thought I'd stick them up for the people wondering about battery life!
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Pretty impressive. Purely stock?
Thanks for posting. Mind to keep it in of the already existing threads on battery life? Not being a jerk. It's just people like me are already following those threads and may miss your post.
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Yeah purely stock. I don't root or anything.
Oops sorry I didn't know there was a thread already. Sorry!
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so screen was on for 61% of the time and drained 40% of the 96% you used, not bad.
Only first charge it's gonna get lot better. 6 hour on screen time confirmed
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Why is the font so big? I hope you made it like that and that isn't the smallest it will go.
Yeah I have large font turned on
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This the the 'normal' font size.
You can make it smaller too if you wanted.
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Damn good for a 2300 mah battery. Definitely impressed.
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Very impressive. This is definitely the highest sot on xda so far. Thanks for sharing and keeping me an optimist. :laugh:
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Only first charge it's gonna get lot better. 6 hour on screen time confirmed
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For the first charge out of the box, should you charge the device on or off? Cheers
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So these are my results from 100% down to around 4% today. Just thought I'd stick them up for the people wondering about battery life!
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Jon, these are pretty sweet results, may i ask, how did you charge it the first time? Did you use it straight out of the box or charge it first?
Edit: or as above says xD
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For the first charge out of the box, should you charge the device on or off? Cheers
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Always charge it fully, never off!
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For the first time you might want to charge it for at least 6 to 8 hours
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Always charge it fully, never off!
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OK. Will do, cheers. But I'm getting contrasting responses from other threads saying it doesn't matter as the battery is Lithium-ion and that the old type batteries are the ones that really require to be fully charged before use.
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Very impressive. This is definitely the highest sot on xda so far. Thanks for sharing and keeping me an optimist. :laugh:
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You don't happen to be the ikenvape, are you? As in the ecig website?
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You don't happen to be the ikenvape, are you? As in the ecig website?
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Lol thats what I was thinking to.
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People really should stop spreading that full initial charge BS seriously, it's 2013!
Unless you buying an electric power drill with a nickel cadmium or nickel metal-hydride battery, there's NO reason to top it off before using it or to charge for 8 hours! You're not prolonging the life of your battery nor are you preventing a memory effect by fully charging it.
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Always charge it fully, never off!
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For the first time you might want to charge it for at least 6 to 8 hours
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OK. Will do, cheers. But I'm getting contrasting responses from other threads saying it doesn't matter as the battery is Lithium-ion and that the old type batteries are the ones that really require to be fully charged before use.
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Kawaisa said:
People really should stop spreading that full initial charge BS seriously, it's 2013!
Unless you buying a electric power drill with a nickel cadmium or nickel metal-hydride battery, there's NO reason to top it off before using it or to charge for 8 hours! You're not prolonging the life of your battery nor are you preventing a memory effect by fully charging it.
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Kawaisa is right!
The battery technology used in these now does NOT need special first charge procedure. Just charge it however you want, and enjoy the phone!