Read a number of posts saying to charge the tablet for 8 hours before using,
but what about a dock / tablet combo.
Do you attach them together out of the box and charge both, or charge separate, etc ?
IMHO ...
Charge tablet full, might take 8 hours, might take less.
Play with said tablet, and in the meantime ...
Charge dock full, might take 8 hours, might take less.
Dock them and play some more.
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im not sure, but i charged mine together
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Hi, Bin looking at some of the mobile solar panels you can get for charging your phone on the go. Some seem quiet practical and strap onto backpacks etc.
Anyone have any experience with these? Do they work? How do they fare with our power hungry HD's?
I have Powermonkey eXplorer and it is so usefull! I had it with me on my trip to Bulgaria and for week I didnt have to use wall charger for my ipod nor Touch Diamond.
It requires lots of sun to charge from empty to full but it is very good if for example leaving on car hood (inside) to charge battery.
For straight solar panel -> phone or other device it is good for retaining or slowly charging device. When I was on beach I listened music almost all the time and it solar panel kept battery full always.
Remember, solar panel needs sun! Here Finland it is pretty useless except now that summer comes.
Bought mine from inkino.co.uk for 45£ and always keeping it with me when going little farther from wallchargers.
I have one as well. If your battery is near empty it will recharge to about 25% before draining completely, still enough to get you out of an emergency. You should know that it takes about 10 hours to charge using the solar cells but you can use a notebook USB port to charge it in about an hour. I would say definitely a useful device, I use it mostly if watching movies on my HD.
Thanks Guys, Are there any that will fully recharge the battery from dead?
I've seen some that come with a 1000mAh and you can get replacement batteries for bout £10.
Rekon its worth gettin one with a few batteries n charging each o them? I'm planning a trip where I'm not going to be able to charge the phone during the day, so charging a secondary battery would be useful.
If you dont mind messing with a soldering iron, you might want to try this out.
Not sure if it'll work on our baby, but it looks interesting and fun.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/800000/solar_powered_usb_charger_cheap_and_easy_to_make/
At least its cheap 8O)
Vey Nice! Maybe as a summer project just to see how well it works. Might try it out on my old wizard 1st
In the meantime! any1 else had any experience with the commercial ones? I'm worried they wont have enough clout to charge a touch HD
I've got the Power Monkey solar charger mentioned above but it only discharges my battery. I have never seen it recharge as it should. Probably not powerful enough.
How about the onion trick? Will be interested if that one works
Done It!
Hi, got an old garden solar panel given to me. Just hooked it up to a USB cable and voila!
Even managed to charge two phones at once!
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Hi,
Here is some information on free loader charger.
Free Loader charger absorbs the suns energy quickly and can store it as electrical charge for up to three months.
The Free Loader is 120mm long when fully extended, and 17mm thick, made of smooth aluminium. The solar panels slide out when you want to charge it, and can alternatively be charged via USB if the sun hasn’t got his hat on. Then you add on one of the various included adaptors, connect it up to your chosen device and voila- extra juice! It can run a phone for 44 hours, an iPod for 18 hours and a PSP for 2.5 hours. Apparently.
I've tried the Soldius1 and Solio units.
The Soldius1 is a foldable panel with no battery. That means it's a power source only in direct sunlight., so you'd have to carry them around or leave your HD where you leave the chargers.
Unfortunately, one of them wasn't strong enough to actually charge the HD. External power is detected, and the HD wil indicate that it's charging, but any power it thinks it has will appear to be drained in a couple of minutes, so it's just some voltage thing it measured rather than actual charge!
They're relatively cheap however, so i just bought two of them and made myself a cable that connects the two Soldius units in parallel, and this time it actually worked pretty well I put the HD nice and cool in the shade and put the two Soldius1 units in the sun with a USB extension cable, and they were able to charge the HD up to half its capacity in about 2 to 3 hours. Only thing is you'd have to get two of them and make your own cable like i did.
So even though this works, i didn't like the hassle with the working but poorly built cable, so i bought a Solio Classic as well. This is a collapsible charger that has three rotating blades that can form a flowerlike shape when unfolded. This one does have a battery pack, so if you charge it before you go it's even useful if you don't see a single ray of sun In addition, you can leave your Solio out in the sun while you run around with your HD and charge it overnight at the end of the day, since the Solio has been gathering its charge on its own.
It turns out that the Solio can charge the HD up to full capacity if the Solio was fully charged itself. However, i wasn't able to charge the Solio for more than half of its capacity during the day. I left it unattended, so there may have been shadows and clouds, and i only did this for two days (i drained its charge into the HD each time, so it started out empty both times). Then again, they weren't particularly sunny days, so you might get more out them.
In any case, if you live somewhere where there is a lot of sun you can do with the Soldius method if you don't mind fiddling with wires and cables. If you want a more compact unit and want the added advantage of having a backup battery pack, go with the Solio.
Hello!
My HD2 will arrive this few days, and the new version of Opera have support Flash(HD2 built-in Opera not support Flash). So can i upgrade my built-in Opera? but i've heard some cases when a user upgraded is Opera Browser, the new version's Opera will NO MUTLI-TOUCH? Should i upgrade or how to upgrade to keep Mutli-touch working?
Also, when my HD2 arrive, i should charge how long time(first charge)? 16 hours?
And i want to buy a cases, i've saw the Otter Commuter&Defender case, i want to buy commuter, is that good? Or sth. more better? I don't want my HD2 LCD broken by dropping down from my pocket/hand!
Last, i know i will lose warranty if i flash rom, but also WinMo6.5.3? Is there Offical 6.5.3ROM now?
Thanks.
Who can answer me???
There is a thread here on adding flash support to 9.7, I use the old version and Skyfire for flash browsing (I don't do much as the Youtube viewer is fine for my purposes)
I have an Otterbox Commuter and it is a great case very secure, the defender is a little bulky for my tastes have a look here for a fullreview.
Ok, thanks!
And how about first charging and Windows Mobile 6.5.3???
Thx.
no need for 16 hour first charge with lithium ion batteries, though i would suggest at least 20 minutes charging and then play with it plugged in, dont want to discharge it immediately.
The battery should come with a reasonable start charge, so yes charge it, but no need for untouched 16 hours.
Once it IS charged, keep it off charger for a good few hours, let it run down a good way, (over night is good) and the battery monitors can get callibrated.
afaik there is no official 6.5.3 rom out there.
if i'm wrong and there is one, pls let me know..i would like that
but that doesnt matter.
just install hspl and flash a costum one..warranty is void since hspl is installed, but you can uninstall it easily.
DN41
samsamuel said:
no need for 16 hour first charge with lithium ion batteries, though i would suggest at least 20 minutes charging and then play with it plugged in, dont want to discharge it immediately.
The battery should come with a reasonable start charge, so yes charge it, but no need for untouched 16 hours.
Once it IS charged, keep it off charger for a good few hours, let it run down a good way, (over night is good) and the battery monitors can get callibrated.
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So...
New HD2->Charge at least 20min then play it(plugged in charger)->HOW LONG???
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So...
New HD2->Charge at least 20min then play it(plugged in charger)->HOW LONG???
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lol, thats the point, it doesn't matter, the battery doesn't need priming. basically, so long as you don't unpack it and immediately run it flat then you will be fine. i only said give it 20 mins because i know we all wanna play immediately, so plug it in, go make a coffee and you will be ready to play.
OK, thanks!
My HD2 will arrive tomorrow!
HeHe!
Arrived!!!
CHARGING!!!
Hi i'm having problem with my device here. If i turn it off (i mean completely!! not deep sleep but turning off) after night (like 8hours) when i turn it on it is lost like 15% of battery!!! My phone with android loses only 1% per night when being in deep sleep and this player 15% when it's turned off!! What may be the problem? Is android gets wrong data or it's battery ****? But it charges long so maybe battery is not bad. Bad batteries in most cases charges very quick and discharges quick.
I'm using newest stock rom.
Kinda sounds like your battery is whack.
I had an old ipod that did a similar thing, until it totally died - It would take hours to charge and report full, but then it would die 5 minutes later, regardless of time on or off.
If it's a newer unit, I would look into an RMA, you might get a brand new unit for just waiting a couple weeks, or at the very least, a used working one.
If it is not covered by any warranty, I say good luck, there aren't many sources to get Archos parts for replacement, you may be better off getting a new one, or waiting for the G9 series to drop.
Good way to find out whats really going on is to charge the battery full, then run a video loop to see how long it takes to fully discharge - according to the Archos website, you should get roundabouts 5-6 hours of playback.
Start there, then adjust the plan accordingly
wokker666 said:
Kinda sounds like your battery is whack.
I had an old ipod that did a similar thing, until it totally died - It would take hours to charge and report full, but then it would die 5 minutes later, regardless of time on or off.
If it's a newer unit, I would look into an RMA, you might get a brand new unit for just waiting a couple weeks, or at the very least, a used working one.
If it is not covered by any warranty, I say good luck, there aren't many sources to get Archos parts for replacement, you may be better off getting a new one, or waiting for the G9 series to drop.
Good way to find out whats really going on is to charge the battery full, then run a video loop to see how long it takes to fully discharge - according to the Archos website, you should get roundabouts 5-6 hours of playback.
Start there, then adjust the plan accordingly
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i have bought it from ebay... usa and i live in europe. seller said it's new but box was ****ed up and so no... player looks like new.. anyway ebay did me a "favor" said return it and i'll get my 80$ back but it cost a lot to send it. But sad i think that battery is **** too.. i think video playback would go like 3hours.not more.. I won't buy new just because new series come i don't do that i buy things and use them like 4-5 years. Sad.. but it's good that i paid 80$ not 149$ Thanks.
Moved to proper forum.
can some1 help?
i have the same problem.
When i go to sleep my battery has %100 , and when i wake up after 5-6 hours,it just has 50-60% without doing anything.
So my shiny new TS arrived last week unexpectedly (Came home from work, wife hands me parcel saying "this arrived for you", I go "wtf, what could that be?" open and go "wow, wasn't expecting that")
Played with it for a few mins and put it aside as I needed to go swimming, very, very disappointed I couldn't take it with me.
First day usage left the battery quite drained, but that's expected. I then charged it up on Friday and pretty much left it till Tuesday when there was 87% battery left, cycled to work (~30 mins ride) tracking using sportstracklive (If you want a GPX then PM me as i don't want to make it public to the world) 70-odd percent left. Spent a bit of time showing it off to friends and colleagues, charged it up (it wasn't that low but I wasn't taking any chances) then rode home again. Still at 97% after the ride, wow. Rode in Wednesday, home again Wednesday and in again today, still at 66%.
Seriously impressed with the battery life on stock ROM. (that's assuming the percentage isn't a complete lie, which is a big assumption).
Question now is:
1. Do I play with cyrilp's SWapp link or continue to test the battery with current minimal usage to establish a "control" for battery drain. (PS sorry cyrilp for the FC reports, it doesn't seem happy on my Ascend P2)
2. Do I apply loki's ROM now or later...?
All in, I forgive Omate a *little* but they're seriously in my bad books for lack of waterproofing, looks like I can't use it on this years London Triathlon after all
I've been happy with battery life as well. Sometimes the OS seems to report the battery wrong or something for me..I'll turn it off, then on and it will drain like 20 or 30 percent in a couple mins or something. But when I plug it in to charge it (when powered off) the charging meter tells me exactly what I would have thought it should have been, instead of 20 or 30 percent lower. Strange yes.
When I manage to get the back off this thing (those screws are in TIGHT) I'll try my other battery to see if this persists.
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I've been happy with battery life as well. Sometimes the OS seems to report the battery wrong or something for me..I'll turn it off, then on and it will drain like 20 or 30 percent in a couple mins or something. But when I plug it in to charge it (when powered off) the charging meter tells me exactly what I would have thought it should have been, instead of 20 or 30 percent lower. Strange yes.
When I manage to get the back off this thing (those screws are in TIGHT) I'll try my other battery to see if this persists.
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I bought this screw driver to open the back as I was having trouble with the supplied one (which is crap and will most likely damage the heads of the screws). http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231202852753?var=530421615605&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Works perfectly was able to open those tight screws with relative ease. Worth it considering how easily damaged the screw heads are. Magnetic too. :good:
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I bought this screw driver to open the back as I was having trouble with the supplied one (which is crap and will most likely damage the heads of the screws). http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231202852753?var=530421615605&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Works perfectly was able to open those tight screws with relative ease. Worth it considering how easily damaged the screw heads are. Magnetic too. :good:
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Good to know. That one doesn't ship outside Europe, but it's good to know it's just that screw driver. I'll try a different screw driver, thanks.
Ok so this is a quick review of a desktop usb charger that I've been using for the past week.
The device is the Choetech Multi Port Desktop Charger.
So I figure I would get to point first then going further into details
THE BOTTOM LINE:
This device is not for everyone, but if it is for you, you'll love it with a personal rating of 4.5/5.0
Pros
The device is light weight and easy to travel with.
The device have a total of 6 charging ports 2 of which support Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 .
The device have a real nice matte finish.
and my favorite, the device ports are all real nice and snug, so there is no chance of accidental unplugging.
Cons
Unfortunately, the only major con I found with it was the price.
**As an after thought** It would have been nice if the auto detect tech work on all 6 ports not just standard ports. (If my understanding if correct)
Performance?
The device have a total of 6 ports with an output of 5V/9V/12V with the 12V being reserved for only the 2 quick charge port. The 4 standard ports on the device boast Choetech "Auto Detect" Technology meaning that it can automatically detect the max voltage for your device and output accordingly.
But if you're buying this device for it's QC technology you're probably more interested in the how well it perform compared to other quick chargers?
For my testing I used my Nexus 6 with CleanRom, and the stock usb cable that came with the phone, I also compared the Choetech device against the stock adapter that came with my Nexus 6.
To ensure a fair and relatively accurate results I followed the following procedures for both chargers 3 times to ensure no unusual data.
I drained my phone completely until it auto shut off, charged the device for exactly 30 seconds to ensure enough power to turn the device on.
I then place my phone in airplane mode and cleared all recently used apps.
I used the Playstore app Battery Monitor Widget in order to take a min by min reading of the charging process.
Finally I charged the device for exactly 10 mins (I went with 10 mins because the purpose of Qualcomm QC technology is to get as much juice in the least amount of time)
Results?
Unfortunately, the stock charge narrowly beat out the Choetech by an average of 1% for a ten minute charge(Choetecht charged 13% in 10 mins the stock 14% all three times the test was conducted), however Choetech beat the stock charger with an average of 2-3 degree Celsius less battery temp during that 10 min charge times (I think this is a bit more important considering the narrow gap in percentage charge considering the fact that battery temp have a direct effect on the lifespan of batteries.) Also if you care both the Choetech and stock charger took just under 2hrs 15min for a complete charge.
Usefulness?
This is why this device is not for everyone. Choetech market the device as a replacement phone charger, which if you intend to use it solely for that purpose and you only have 1 phone in your possession, there is no justification for purchasing this device.
However, if you're like me and you have several a bunch of peripherals like that doesn't require a data connection then this is perfect for you. Another example where I've personally used it in the past week was when I had guest over instead of everyone trying to find an outlet to plug there phones up I just plug this device in a central location that everyone could easily access... My wife have the S6 Edge and now we both can use QC tech at the same time without her annoying unplugging my phone , and finally I had a FTX with my Army Reserve Unit this week as well, and if you every had to sleep in a tent with 20 other people then you know how scarce an outlet is to charge your phone... but with this 6 people were able to charge up at any giving time.
Conclusion
So there you have my complete review of the Choetech Desktop Charger. Decided for yourself if its something for or not. Also keep in mind that your miles may vary as no 2 device is the same even if they were constructed the same.
If you like a video review to accompany this writing review just let me know
Bought two of these. It's just okay
Once the Nexus 6 reaches ~70% the Quick Charge port refuses to charge my Nexus 6 anymore. If I move it to one of the other 4 ports it will keep charging.
metaphz said:
Bought two of these. It's just okay
Once the Nexus 6 reaches ~70% the Quick Charge port refuses to charge my Nexus 6 anymore. If I move it to one of the other 4 ports it will keep charging.
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Sorry but can't say I experience the same issue. I was able to fully charge my Nexus 6 with the qc ports. My wife is also able to fully charge her S6E as well, but like i said "your miles may vary"
omg your yellow font is killing my eyes.
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omg your yellow font is killing my eyes.
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lol better?
Love this.. I have 2. 1 on my desk and one in my suit case for travel. It saves space and plugs and charged all my. Devices quickly. Was excited to try it again given the 1st time I purchased one, the device short circuited and never worked again. Since I liked the idea of what the product represented, I bought it again.
Fyi....there is a deal currently...http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...rt-usb-charger-for-17-after-a-7-off-coupon/#1
Meh.