Just picked up an unlocked Cingular/ATT 8525, but it only came with the USB synch cord. I know I can charge it with that, but I also have a wall charger and a car charger from my Razor V3 that seems to fit the factory specs in V&A. Would it be safe to use these with the Hermes or should I bite the bullet and get new chargers?
Any USB Charger should do it. All will be 5v at 500mA+.
As the above poster says other chargers at 500mA will work. BUT if you do some searches you will realise that the Hermes charger is 1000mAand in a few circumstances this is a better rating. So if you get the chance to pick up an official one then I suggest you do. There have been problems reported with using under powered non official chargers. For toppping up now and then it's not a problem though.
Mike
They'll work fine. Even if it's 500mA, it will just charge a little slower than the 1000mA OEM charger.
had an imate jam fried by a motorola charger... haven't been game enough to put my jasjam on again... cheers....
i would be very hesitant in using non genuine chargers. there are problems with them in regards to properly charging the unit. do a search and see for yourself on the forum
I used to use a Moto Razr charger with my wiza and my hermes. The only downfall is that if your battery completely dies it cant jump start it to begin the charge.
Is it fine to use a htc touch charger for my jasjam? So any genuine HTC charger that has a mini-USB connection should be fine?
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Is it fine to use a htc touch charger for my jasjam? So any genuine HTC charger that has a mini-USB connection should be fine?
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Yes, I use my friends HTC S710 (Vox) charger all the time and it's fine both for my phone and Moto S9's headphones.
Wam7 said:
Yes, I use my friends HTC S710 (Vox) charger all the time and it's fine both for my phone and Moto S9's headphones.
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Ok thanks for that.
Would this USB charger be fine? http://www.zazz.com.au/ (there's 1.5 hours left on it) The DC output specs for the ac adapter are 400mA. Would this have a negative effect on the JasJam?
USB Adaptor Bundle
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USB AC Adaptor:
* Powers most USB devices
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* INPUT: 100-250V.AC 60/50Hz,
* DC 400mA
* OUTPUT: 5V
* Can Be Used Overseas with Appropriate Country Adapter
* Dimensions: 60x40x30mm
Provided:
* USB to DC converter (2-pin Aussie Insulated standard)
* USB to Cigarette Lighter converter (y'know, for the car)
* MaxiUSB to MiniUSB cable
Warranty: 12 Months from Zazz on all
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Original keeps you spending more for what you have already paid alot
CRCinAU said:
Any USB Charger should do it. All will be 5v at 500mA+.
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How sensitive is the phone to voltage fluctuations? Just noticed that my old 8125 charger is 5.5V and I also have a Motorola portable charger rated at 5 +/- 0.25V
I got a generic little car charger that works fine... It was "Lazer" brand from china...
Maybe, if you're in Australia you might be able to find it.
Cheers....
yeah, i'm using "Capdase" miniUSB charger [5V 1A]. it charges my hermes [from 10%] to full for ~2h30m
i have been using a motorola a1200 since i picked up this device used and it didnt come with anything
it just takes longer for the device to recognize its charging and it takes longer to fill up the battery
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I bought a cigarette car adapter 12v with MiniUSb plug at the end (says for Motorola V3), but thought I could use it on my Hermes. It seems to charge (maybe a little slower charging that the one I had been using, which got destroyed), and is of good quality compared to my cheap ebay one that I had. It has smart charge protection in it. Someone had told me that any cigarette car charger meant for blackberrys, Motorolas etc that had a MiniUSb plug at the end could be used for the Hermes. Are they wrong?, Should I be worried about it hurting my device? The one I bought is through Cellgear.com,,sorry, the specs on the charger don't appear on the site.
If it is charging a little more slowly, then you are probably ok. Really, if we were all going by the book, we would check the charge rates and voltage outputs against the specs laid out by HTC.
One problem you may face is the the refusing to charge unless the device is switched off syndrome. This can happen with chargers not designed for the Hermes due to differences (it is thought) in the earthing connections. So although it may deliver a charge on the appropriate pins it can sometimes not allow the charging circuit to kick in due to the earth connection difference.
Just something to be aware of if it happens.
Mike
v3 usb charger
sure it will charge your phone, in fact I've found any mini usb will do the job, HOW-EVER if the phone is soft reset then the charger is pluged in it will charge ok, BUT once you "use" the phone it tends to stop charging..thats cause the real chargers are wired a little different.
my other half has a V3, my BT gps uses mini usb as does my BT headset, so I just use whatever is around and put up with the problem.
hope this helps
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I've been using the following devices to charge my 8525.
My HTC supplied 8525 Charger.
My Motorola V3 Razr Charger
My Motorola V3 Razr Car Charger
My Nextel Blackberry Charger
My Nextel Blackberry Car Charger
Mini USB to PC (linux, win2k, winxp, vista, etc..)
Mini USB to laptop
Mini USB to CABLE BOX (DVR and Non-DVR)
Mini USB to Nintendo Wii
Mini USB to Playstation 2
Mini USB to Playstation 3
Mini USB to HP C6100 Series printer
All of them charge the phone with no issues.
I've found that Blackberry chargers work a bit better than Motorola chargers. I think the Moto chargers provide less amperage than the Blackberry ones. This means it may charge, but more slowly. If your battery is completely dead, the Moto charger may not be able to allow you to boot the Hermes. I think the Blackberry charger will.
The other thing is that cheap chargers, especially car chargers are pretty...cheap. I finally bought a name-brand charger and it's a lot more stable and better built that the generics. If you're gentle with your stuff it may not be a problem, but things sometime get thrown around in my car.
Hi, I have noticed that the output of the power charger for the TD2 is 5v and 1amp.
I use the HTC phones a lot in my car, and my old Orbit2 (Polaris) car socket-USB charger is 5v and 2amp.
Will using the old car charger harm the device?
Many thanks
BigKuri said:
Hi, I have noticed that the output of the power charger for the TD2 is 5v and 1amp.
I use the HTC phones a lot in my car, and my old Orbit2 (Polaris) car socket-USB charger is 5v and 2amp.
Will using the old car charger harm the device?
Many thanks
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I would doubt it, as the original HTC wall-charger for the Polaris is also 5v and 1amp.
Chainfire said:
I would doubt it, as the original HTC wall-charger for the Polaris is also 5v and 1amp.
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Ah - didn't have one to hand. Would make sense then.
I blew up a Polaris last year with wrong charger 5v-4a. Still worked, but the LEDs would no longer light up, and it would only charge on trickle from computer usb cable... Once bitten twice shy and all that.
Thanks for the info.
Well I wouldn't advise using anything but 5v/1a or 5v/0.5a, but if you used 2a on your Polaris I would guess your Topaz would react the same
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Well I wouldn't advise using anything but 5v/1a or 5v/0.5a, but if you used 2a on your Polaris I would guess your Topaz would react the same
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Yes - seeing the standard wall charger for the Polaris was 5v-1a it should be ok as the 5v-2a car charger I have for the Polaris was OEM - in the box that the phone came with. (fingers crossed!)
Ahha! Solved. On the HTC accessory site they have a photo of the car charger cable in which you can just read 5v-2a
http://i.expansys.com/i/b/b179154.jpg
yup, the original htc diamond2 car charger is 5v at 2amps. been using it a lot and no problem with my unit. i also noticed the diffference in the voltage and asked if there will be any problem, they said no problem.
Don't mean to hijack the thread, but would that mean I could also use the TD2 power charger with my ipod too (using my ipod's usb cable obviously)? From what I can tell, the Apple branded usb charger for the ipod is 5v at 1a.
hi,
I've got a couple of micro usb car chargers I bought to charge my old samsungs.... but they dont charge my X10.
I've shorted pins 2 and 3 on one of them( d+ and d-) as per this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696760&page=2
but it's still not charging my x10, if anything the battery is being drained quicker when plugged in to the car charger
the label states the output on the charger i have shorted is 4.2- 10v @ 600mA, 750mA max
is there something I am missing?
edit: I've read some of the charging threads and discovered the li-poly battery protection circuit is stopping my cheap chargers from working, so it looks like I need to buy genuine sony (Sony an300), I wonder if this is deliberate on sony's part? I thought the whole point of standardising phone chargers to micro usb - is so that they don't go to waste every time you buy a new phone?
I found that using the original micro USB cable (Or a good quality one) and one of these -> Car USB Outlet works better than buying an adapter with the cable already attached.
Such was the case with my X1 and X2 as well.
These newer gen ones are around 700mA instead of 500mA.
Here's another version -> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Black-USB-Car...bleAudio_MP3PlayerCarKits&hash=item3eff8f9886
Hi
I have one of these from Blue unplugged. go to blueunplugged dot com. in the quickcode type 139166. It is a 'Santok STK Car Charger With 1A USB Port'
I worked on my old X1 and with a micro usb cable it works on my X10 too.
I previously had a different device. It got very hot when I was on the phone and using satnav. This one is great. Its not missed a beat.
I think this is the cable, Quickcode 138344. Please check before purchasing though!
sorry can't post URLs.
regards
Sinet2020
I use my Motorola car charger and it works fine when my phone has some juice left in the battery. the first time I tried to use it the battery was completely flat and the charger would not work well, though
mtechfan said:
I found that using the original micro USB cable (Or a good quality one) and one of these -> USB Outlet works better than buying an adapter with the cable already attached.
Such was the case with my X1 and X2 as well.
These newer gen ones are around 700mA instead of 500mA.
Here's another version ->
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I bought that one, and it doesn't work with my X10. I have tried other USB devices, and the charger works.
After contacting the vendor (e-cell) they are going to send me another unit, free of charges. But I am not sure if it will work, either.
mtechfan said:
These newer gen ones are around 700mA instead of 500mA.
Here's another version -> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Black-USB-Car...bleAudio_MP3PlayerCarKits&hash=item3eff8f9886
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I bought one the other week to try, it doesn't work with the standard SE cable.
The light on the actual plug comes on but nothing indicates it being plugged in on the phone itself.
I've found no 3rd party in-car chargers work with the X10 and after reading all the problems people had here, I just went and bought an official Sony Ericsson one of eBay for £15. Works perfectly
I think you have to have one that has an output of exactly 700 mAp.
I've tested with higher and lower amperage and nothing worked.
I grabbed an SE AN300 off Play.com and it works with no issue. Looks like I made a trouble-free choice.
Hi just wanted to check if its safe to charge my flyer with a usb connected to a wall socket.
When I bought my HTC desire s I got one usb cable along with a wall unit. So I use the cable to charge + sync.
I travel a lot n it would be convinient to carry one wall socket and 2 cables one for desire s n one for flyer.
But is it safe to charge the flyer from a usb which connects to the wall unit ...since they gave a seperate wall charger in the box.
Please help
Its very safe, but most likely the charging will be much slower especially if the Flyer is on. I would recommend you power down the Flyer when charging but this method. The special charger that comes with the Flyer provides a higher voltage and current than a standard USB charger and cable so it charges faster.
santoshrane said:
I travel a lot n it would be convinient to carry one wall socket and 2 cables one for desire s n one for flyer.
Please help
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Yeah you can...if the Desire is mini-USB then you could even just carry the one cable too - a normal mini-USB cable will fit in the Flyer socket (sort of upside down to how you would expect it to fit).
But the difference is 9v/1.67a Vs 5v/1a (or even 0.8a depending on the USB charger you are using) so charging would be a lot slower. On the road, if you only have one charger then you can't charge your phone and tab at the same time...if you're like me and don't like leaving stuff out in a hotel room when you leave for dinner, then you might find that it is so slow you can't get phone and flyer charged overnight!
If you travel by car, you can get 5v/2a chargers, and even twin 5v/4a chargers (2a per socket) which would turbo your charging - but I don't know what circuit protection HTC uses and I guess there is always a chance of goosing your battery...
Technically charging with lower current is better for battery, it more " deep" and " real"
But you have to wait up to 12 hours to make it full charge *_*. if you keep the screen on and charge with 5v 1A, the battery still drop *_*
9*1.67 ~ 3 * (5*1) . it mean it only take around 3+ hours if you using wallcharger, same as normal handphone.
So it just up to you But sure that it safe.
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Yeah you can...if the Desire is mini-USB then you could even just carry the one cable too - a normal mini-USB cable will fit in the Flyer socket (sort of upside down to how you would expect it to fit).
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You mean Micro USB. Mini USB will not fit the Flyer (nor the Desire, I believe.).
Thank you guys ...yes the charging on the usb is very slow. Takes lot of time.
Like when I land I would go for dinner to aocal pub n would want it to have enough charge to catch a movie before I wind down ...usb wouldn't be the best choice.
I guess ill have to carry 2 chargers. Hopefully one day I find a 9 v wall unit to make life comfortable.
Right now I'm using a wall unit that came with my dv cam which is 5v.
will the included USB cable that comes with the Note be able to charge the phone in my car if i plug it into lets say my iPhone auto adapter which has a usb port on it?
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will the included USB cable that comes with the Note be able to charge the phone in my car if i plug it into lets say my iPhone auto adapter which has a usb port on it?
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You will be charged at much slower rate (limited to 500ma max), or not at all if your phone battery is almost dead. iPhone chargers are designed for iPhone only. You will need a Samsung auto charger (some other non-iPhone smartphone chargers may work too, just not iPhone chargers).
I just bought a cheap 5$ car charger USB adapter for the note will it work?
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I just bought a cheap 5$ car charger USB adapter for the note will it work?
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It will definitely work. The question with those cheap ones is, how long will it last. I usually try to find an OEM branded one like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250973439590#ht_2859wt_1000
Typically, chargers with USB port on it will only do slow charge. In order to support fast charge, you will need short out the data pins to allow phone to draw more than 500ma. Typically auto-chargers that comes with microUSB plug directly, such as the Samsung auto charger, will do so, asume your charger is rated to output more than 500ma.
ARTAQaf said:
will the included USB cable that comes with the Note be able to charge the phone in my car if i plug it into lets say my iPhone auto adapter which has a usb port on it?
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It will be able to charge it. Keep in mind IF your iPhone USB charger max current output (5V 1000mA) is LESS than the Note's charger output, it will take longer to fully charge - but it will charge and will NOT damage the phone.
If you're looking to buy a new usb charger, look for one with the highest mA output rating since whatever device you plug into it will only draw what it needs. ie, my iPad charger is rated @ 2A/2000mA so it covers every device I own (all rated for different current inputs from 500mA up to 2000mA) and that's the only usb charger I take when I travel since I just have to switch out cables to charge other devices. On the other hand, if I only had a lower current rating usb charger, my iPad (requires 2000mA) would be out of luck.
Current output info can be found on the respective charger of your favorite device.
Hope that helps.
it does help, thanx Rand! i cancelled my Amazon order...wish i saw this post sooner.
I have this works great with anything up to 2.1amps...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Belkin+...&ref=06&loc=01&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=1232905
I just bought this
Man I wish I saw this an hour ago I just bought this you think it's ok?http://www.ebay.com/itm/280818054928?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649:confused:
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Man I wish I saw this an hour ago I just bought this you think it's ok?http://www.ebay.com/itm/280818054928?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649:confused:
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Looks like that charger is rated @ 700mA. It'll charge the note about 30% slower than the wall charger.
This is my car charger
http://www.proclipusa.com/brodit-de...ord-for-fixed-installation--513303-18842.aspx
poop i couldn't cancel my amazon order. well i 'm sure i'll still use it.