I left my charger (both parts) at my house 90 mile away and I'm at my parents house for the weekend and my TF is at 15%. I've looked at the threads on here on how to make a new charger but you already need to have the cable.
My father is an electrician and I was wondering if any of you guys know if it would be possible to buy an ipad charger or something and cut it open and splice a few wires in or whatever needs to be done.
If there is one by your parent's house, Office Depot sells the cable and charger for $30.
Sweet thanks for the tip!
Edit: I thought there was one closer but the closest one is 25 miles away.
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i was readin gon the forum that its not a good idea to use the usb charger as it does not fully charge the phone.
now, i was looking on eBay for a charger and they have crazy deals like $.99 for a wall charger & car charger w. $3 shipping.. ($4, NOT BAD!!!) but, they seem to be the mini-usb tipped ones which would indicate slow-trickle charging right?
i am looking for something that i can have in my car and possibly office to charge my phone quickly and "the right way"...
please let me know what good experiences you have...
btw, i am also trying to keep it on the thrifty side.. so i cant throw around $30 per item....
thanks,
.milkman
This is what I had ordered for my 8525...
http://www.elitextreme.com/usbsyandchcr.html
although, this is what they sent me instead...
http://www.elitextreme.com/ci85usbsyand.html
Not what I wanted because of the large footprint this style leaves... but it still works the same and gets the job done quickly.
both come with wall chargers for the unit (and also a USB cable so you could plug it in to the computer if you choose that way instead)
do there exist any battery chargers that are not cradles? I don't need a cradle. But I need to be able to charge my spare battery when I'm travelling. I'm not going to carry my cradle while flying around. But I don't see any battery chargers for sale, I mean ones like we use for our camera batteries. What's the deal?
also, are there any standards in batteries within HTC? or does each model use a different type of battery
Found this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Touch-Cruis...ryZ15037QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Looks ok. $10 delivered, folds, world AC.
speakerphone said:
Found this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Touch-Cruis...ryZ15037QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Looks ok. $10 delivered, folds, world AC.
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thanks for the link... for $10 US Dollars, its worth trying out...
i received the charger and - so far - it appears to be working very well. one plus is that it has a USB cord that allows you to use your laptop or a cigarette lighter adapter to charge your battery. it also has the built-in prongs to plug into the wall. certainly a good investment (so far)...
What? I thot the USB cord was to use it as a USB charger for the actual PDA? Ur saying it can charge the battery from a laptop too? Sounds good. Now if only my TC would actually get delivered to me...
speakerphone said:
What? I thot the USB cord was to use it as a USB charger for the actual PDA? Ur saying it can charge the battery from a laptop too? Sounds good. Now if only my TC would actually get delivered to me...
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yes, the charger came with a USB-to-USB cable so that i can use the charger from my laptop or any device that supports a USB connection.
I use this one...
http://www.boxwave.com/products/versachargerpro/index.htm
It has a car charger, wall socket charger, airplane charger all in one!
it has modules for american and european plug outlets as well
It's a little expensive but well worth it, cause it basically takes 3 different pieces and combines them into one
I'm waiting for that one to arrive as well, actually my TC is so delayed and we get it until next month...
But I thought the battery charger was also capable of being used as a charger.
anyway, as for the aeroplane charger I've never been on an airline that has a charging socket. Maybe you need to be in business class?
Yeah, only a select few airlines have the chargers in the seats...but either way it's good to have something like that when it's available...BTW, how much did you pay for the spare battery?
I also bought that Battery Adapter PRO thing from boxwave...it looks pretty cool, it uses AA batteries in a box to recharge your phone, and it says it can sustain 5 charge cycles from one set of batteries. Looks kinda cool. I hope to receive that, and the cradle I bought from them tomorrow.
Not enough power to charge direct to the phone.
cortezzi said:
thanks for the link... for $10 US Dollars, its worth trying out...
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I have tried to use the USB charge direct to the TC, but It cannot provide enough power to charge direct the Phone:
USB Travels Charger:
Input: AC 110-240v 50/60Hz
Output: DC 4.2V 350mA (Charge the second battery)
Output: USB 5.0V 800mA** (I tried to use this to charge my TC)
HTC original wall charger:
Input: AC 100-240v 50/60Hz
Output: miniUSB 5V 1000mA**
However, If you only want to get power from notebook or car to charge the second batter, it's OK.
Actually 800mA is OK to top up, but only if your batt has say 15%+ left.
My battery is on order, HTC official one for 29 pounds.
I wonder about the ebay ones for US$5, but I've been burnt on a camera batt once, brand new off ebay, canon packaging $20 vs $40 in store, max charge was like 20%...
Tho now I think of it 30P is a lot...
ebay has become the cesspool of the internet
a place where scammers and theives / con artists unite and try to screw people over 24/7
i will never ever buy anything off ebay ever again :|
ESP not a battery...itll prolly work for like 2 months and then die..IF that lol
surgex0 said:
ebay has become the cesspool of the internet
a place where scammers and theives / con artists unite and try to screw people over 24/7
i will never ever buy anything off ebay ever again :|
ESP not a battery...itll prolly work for like 2 months and then die..IF that lol
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Agreed...10 years ago ebay was an ok place to buy stuff. Now its truely buyer be ware. I never buy electronics from ebay, what a junk yard. Buy straight from the vendor, you get what you pay for...
Does anyone use Inductive chargers for their HTC devices? I use one on my Wii remotes and its great. A special case would be required along with the battery but this would be a really neat feature to have as I always place my phone on the same counter when i'm not using it.
I had the powermat for the evo 4g and LOVED IT... Till the battery cover broke 3 months in...
I'm hoping they make a kit for the 3D so I can just pick up the new battery cover and use my existing mat to charge, But if the new ones are as durable as the Evo 4G was, STAY WELL AWAY FROM THEIR PRODUCTS...
Sorry, meant to post this in the Accessories section.
I had a power mat and broke the connector, too. I cant recommend it based on my phone use style....I needed to be able to charge my phone at work which meant either pulling that stupid connector out all the time or buying another charger. I-stupidly-picked buy another charger...money poorly wasted. And if you need to charge it on the road or road trip, you either have to pit the original cover on, or take the mat with you.
Then there's the morning I woke up to my phone practically on fire because the charger got it crazy hot...and that was the end of that.
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I had a power mat and broke the connector, too. I cant recommend it based on my phone use style....I needed to be able to charge my phone at work which meant either pulling that stupid connector out all the time or buying another charger. I-stupidly-picked buy another charger...money poorly wasted. And if you need to charge it on the road or road trip, you either have to pit the original cover on, or take the mat with you.
Then there's the morning I woke up to my phone practically on fire because the charger got it crazy hot...and that was the end of that.
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My connector had broken as well...but it still worked when I plugged the connector into the battery door/phone. I just had to be really careful not to lose the connector.
Hopefully if they release a kit for the 3D, it won't be as easy to break.
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I had a power mat and broke the connector, too. I cant recommend it based on my phone use style....I needed to be able to charge my phone at work which meant either pulling that stupid connector out all the time or buying another charger. I-stupidly-picked buy another charger...money poorly wasted. And if you need to charge it on the road or road trip, you either have to pit the original cover on, or take the mat with you.
Then there's the morning I woke up to my phone practically on fire because the charger got it crazy hot...and that was the end of that.
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Energizer has a nice looking one but currently is only supports Apple and BB.
http://www.energizer.com/inductive/default.aspx
My USB cable seems to have died (won't charge via power outlet or even have the charging light when plugged into computer). Asus is RMAing it, but it's going to be 3+ weeks before I get it back. Is there anywhere that I can get a replacement cable separate from the cable/charger pack that costs $30 bucks. Or maybe a charger kit for like $15? Or maybe somewhere that has a 30 day return policy?
3 weeks to a month doesn't seem like a good deal. I sold my netbook for this, and I really need one of them.
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My USB cable seems to have died (won't charge via power outlet or even have the charging light when plugged into computer). Asus is RMAing it, but it's going to be 3+ weeks before I get it back. Is there anywhere that I can get a replacement cable separate from the cable/charger pack that costs $30 bucks. Or maybe a charger kit for like $15? Or maybe somewhere that has a 30 day return policy?
3 weeks to a month doesn't seem like a good deal. I sold my netbook for this, and I really need one of them.
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Yes, here.
I hope you order crazy fast, because they will be out of stock quick.
Good luck.
Thanks Bob for the tip. I got one ordered before mine became a problem.
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After 2 months, my charging cable died. Where should I look to buy a new one?
eBay. $15-19.
3ft is not OEM, 5ft is actual Asus OEM.
Dont know where you live, but I got an extra one so I have one for home and one for office from MicroCenter.
Like $5 for an OEM Samsung charger and cable on Amazon
Edit: wrong forum sorry.
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Got mine at Office Depot. $29.95
Office depot is where I got mine as well. They do not differentiate between the original tranformer and the Prime charger since they are the same thing. It's just called an eee pad charger or something like that.
got mine at microcenter. $30 my tracking cable plug that goes into the tablet almost burned everything inside. The plastic was even melted from the plug, thanx got that it did not damage anything only the cable itself.