I would like to cut the htc usb cable and replace it with a standard micro usb piece. I am just not sure if the charging current of the htc is not to high for other devices like my galaxy s.
For the people who like to ask "why do you want,..."; I don´t like to carry thousands of cable with me and the standard micro usb chargers charge the flyer slowlyer than the original.
thanks for answers
standard usb chargers can only yield 5W, which is why HTC has provided a customized charger for the flyer / view.
you're out of luck. undesirable I know.
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standard usb chargers can only yield 5W, which is why HTC has provided a customized charger for the flyer / view.
you're out of luck. undesirable I know.
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does it mean I would grill other devices with the htc charger?
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does it mean I would grill other devices with the htc charger?
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You could always perform an experiment. Let us know what happens.
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Drives me nuts that they changed the connection. Finding the stupid ExtMicro or what ever they call it is hard. I ordered two last week and I won't get them until the end of this week. If anyone knows where to get them please let me knowing.... I think they come from the UK. You have to be really careful when buying cables, if it doesn't say ExtMicro USB it won't work. I almost bought one at buy.com that said it was for the flyer so I called them I the rep said that all the cables that say HTC flyer won't work unless it says ExtMicro USB. Good luck
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The HTC charger supplies 9 volts @ 1.2 amp. Which it clearly states on the label.
This may be too much for some USB devices.
USB chargers supply 5 volts usually at .5 amp.
The Flyer has two batteries inside and really needs the extra power.
The ExtMicro connector is HTC proprietary.
Ok, So will it hurt my Flyer to use a standard Micro USB? I know it's not the correct Voltage and Amperage but it does keep my tab charged while i'm at work.
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Ok, So will it hurt my Flyer to use a standard Micro USB? I know it's not the correct Voltage and Amperage but it does keep my tab charged while i'm at work.
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it won't hurt it.
won;t hurt, but s USB port will not supply enough juice to charge while you have the Flyer on. If you turn it off or off the screen it will charge it......... s l o w l y...
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Drives me nuts that they changed the connection. Finding the stupid ExtMicro or what ever they call it is hard.
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But the different connection has a deeper sense.
Using the original cable, the flyer is charged with 9V @ 1,2Amps, which is about 4-times faster then a standard microUSB can handle.
So changing the connector of the original carger will kill all "normal microUSB" devices.
Nevertheless, a standard microUSB-cable can be used too, but charging will take much longer. Even more, on heavy use, you will get the warning, that the drain of the battery is higher than the charging current.
I don't think the cable matters? I understand that the charger matters as it provides different amount of volt/amperage, but I thought the cable it self merely passes through whatever electricity is provided?
I use the same cable, the one that came with my Kindle to charge my Samsung Focus and the Evo View, and it seems to work just fine - i haven't tried watching a movie while charging, however.
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I don't think the cable matters? I understand that the charger matters as it provides different amount of volt/amperage, but I thought the cable it self merely passes through whatever electricity is provided?
I use the same cable, the one that came with my Kindle to charge my Samsung Focus and the Evo View, and it seems to work just fine - i haven't tried watching a movie while charging, however.
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Any regular micro USB will charge the view. It will charge, but it will not charge as fast as it would with the charger it comes with. I have tried charging my rezound with that charger, and it will not charge it, probably because of the huge output. So changing the tip to micro USB would probably work to charge the view, but trying to charge another device with it could probably fry it. There are quite a few places that sell the OEM charger like HTC pedia. Its a bit expensive but I would always recommend using the OEM charger.
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A standard USB charger will not charge the Flyer or View while operating. Its simply cannot provide the required supply of 9v @ 1.2 amp. that the Flyer need.
It will s l o w l y charge the Flyer while its off or asleep. And the special connector provides extra contacts to handle the additional current. It's HTC proprietary.
Charger
I had the same problem. I broke my gf's Flyer charger. I had a hard time finding a replacement. However, Sprint and ATT carry similar chargers for their HTC tablets, View and Jetstream, respectively, The ATT Jetstream charger is $30 plus tax and the Sprint View charger is $35 plus tax.
The ATT charger is shown as white on their website. The Sprint charger is shown as being black.
Hope this helps.
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Does anyone know of a source for usb cables that'll fit the flyer?
It's a standard micro USB. Check monoprice if you can wait.
Otherwise, grab one that is labeled as ok for kindle or nook.
It's not a micro usb, at least on mine its not.
http://www.htc.com/www/product/flyer/specification.html
Should be.
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It's not a micro ish. At least on mine its not.
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I use a generic micro-usb on mine at night also. Don't get the micro and mini usb connectors confused. The micro is thinner than the mini... Also try turning the cable connector upside down... I think its opposite of my HTC phone.
Standard cables certainly fit. It's sort of similar to how the G2 had the weird mini compatable connector. Some accessories will be slightly different.
It's because the proprietary cable is ~10 volts; twice that of USB. But it will take a slower charge over micro USB. That is, they have an ideal solution given there is no higher voltage standard.
The ac adapter that comes with the flyer will output 9v (per the labeling) but if you were to use the included 12 pin USB cable instead, it will only pull 5v max as it just has a single USB-a end (or whateverthe output rating is of the power source > USB adapter). The extra pins in the htc cable are for audio throughput and not required for charging.
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Just checking, so any charger with micro usb would do? For instance if i grab blackberry charger, then it should be fine regardless diff voltage and watts?
Sorry..not an electrical engineer.. thanks!
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Just checking, so any charger with micro usb would do? For instance if i grab blackberry charger, then it should be fine regardless diff voltage and watts?
Sorry..not an electrical engineer.. thanks!
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My charger from my HTC EVO works fine on the flyer, but it is noticeably slower.
I use the Motorola Rapid Rate micro USB car charger, which you can get from Amazon for less than $4. Seems to work pretty well.
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I use the Motorola Rapid Rate micro USB car charger, which you can get from Amazon for less than $4. Seems to work pretty well.
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will this charge the tablet while its powered on?
errm.. just to bust the 'myth' of this thread.. No.. HTC Flyer doesn't use propriety USB cables.. just us any micro USB cables..
So far I have successful use of cables from Nokia, SE (One from Xperia and the other from Liveview), Morphie iPhone charger, Mackal retractables, Jawbone ERA and some no brands..
They all sync and charge..
Anyone else charges their HTC Flyer in the car and, one takes a very long time and secondly if you are using the Flyer at the same time your charging it, it actually discharges. I am using a 2Amp car charger. I have never had a issue with other tablets I have.
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Are you using the actual custom tipped charger from HTC or a standard micro USB charger? Only the flyer specific plug charges at full speed.
I charge my evo view with the HTC included cable and it works just fine.
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Are you using the actual custom tipped charger from HTC or a standard micro USB charger? Only the flyer specific plug charges at full speed.
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That is wrong. The pin connections are exactly the same as a standard micro-USB but HTC have utilized a more robust housing for the connector as many on XDA and other forums have suffered broken sockets on other devices due to bad insertion of a tiny tip.. I try not to use anything else just for that reason but it's up to you....!
If you look carefully at the tip, it is longer and has a greater barrel contact area than a standard one giving a more secure connection.
I think a more likely reason for the OP's charging problem is that his 2amp power unit is not ACTUALLY delivering 2amps!
Some phone chargers, use a variable pulsed output for current regulation and the Flyer needs a continuous current.
Or it may just be faulty and not supplying enough!
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The pin connections are exactly the same as a standard micro-USB but HTC have utilized a more robust housing for the connector as many on XDA and other forums have suffered broken sockets on other devices due to bad insertion of a tiny tip..
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I thought it had more to do with the port on the Flyer having 12 pins (instead of the 5-pin standard for MicroUSB) in order to supply an HDMI output in addition to sync.charge. And also, so that people would not use the Flyer's 1.5 amp charger to charge an HTC or other smartphone (which normally use a 1 amp charger).
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I thought it had more to do with the port on the Flyer having 12 pins (instead of the 5-pin standard for MicroUSB) in order to supply an HDMI output in addition to sync.charge. And also, so that people would not use the Flyer's 1.5 amp charger to charge an HTC or other smartphone (which normally use a 1 amp charger).
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In part, that is true, but the extra connections are much further in for HDMI and the connector is longer.
The charger only reaches the standard USB pins.
Also, it does not matter if you put a higher amp charger on any modern unit, so long as the voltage stays the same, all required current is regulated by the internal charging circuitry and is OK.
Example, small 12 volt bulb on car battery only uses what current it needs... Car starter motor.... Not the perfect example but good enough.
Today I tested the same charger without having the Flyer on, and does charge it without any issues. The car charger is a Kingston 2Amp charger. I also have tried using the cable that came with the Flyer and still same results as using a microUSB cable. If Flyer is on it seems not to charge and sometimes actually drops one bar. I like using the Flyer on as I go on the road for GPS, but not liking that it will not charge. I never had this issue with the Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Maybe I can try another charger that has a higher output like maybe 9v?
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Today I tested the same charger without having the Flyer on, and does charge it without any issues. The car charger is a Kingston 2Amp charger. I also have tried using the cable that came with the Flyer and still same results as using a microUSB cable. If Flyer is on it seems not to charge and sometimes actually drops one bar. I like using the Flyer on as I go on the road for GPS, but not liking that it will not charge. I never had this issue with the Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Maybe I can try another charger that has a higher output like maybe 9v?
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Absolutely NOT!
The voltage HAS to be 5 volt or you will fry it...
If you have used the charger with the HTC USB cable then it proves it is not supplying 2Amp, this beastie needs that to power and charge simultaneously when fully active GPS, DATA and high screen brightness.
The only solution is to try to find a good charger.
I use the data sync cable with a cigarette to usb adapter.
For fast charging in a car, you must use HTCFlyerCarChargerCC C500(1.67Amp,9V). Else you only will be able to charge the Flyer when its idle.
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For fast charging in a car, you must use HTCFlyerCarChargerCC C500(1.67Amp,9V). Else you only will be able to charge the Flyer when its idle.
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Totally agree, the HTC dedicated chargers are 9 Volt but if you use any other micro-USB cable or charger it has to be 5 Volt.
They are redily available online, Mobilefun in UK have them, also Amazon.
Be aware, many are advertising standard car chargers for the Flyer, get the official one and save a load of grief.
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Totally agree, the HTC dedicated chargers are 9 Volt but if you use any other micro-USB cable or charger it has to be 5 Volt.
They are redily available online, Mobilefun in UK have them, also Amazon.
Be aware, many are advertising standard car chargers for the Flyer, get the official one and save a load of grief.
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Thanks, and I agree. I will have to get the official Flyer charger as I can only charge if the Flyer is turned off with other with other USB car chargers I have.
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Farsquidge said:
That is wrong. The pin connections are exactly the same as a standard micro-USB but HTC have utilized a more robust housing for the connector as many on XDA and other forums have suffered broken sockets on other devices due to bad insertion of a tiny tip.. I try not to use anything else just for that reason but it's up to you....!
If you look carefully at the tip, it is longer and has a greater barrel contact area than a standard one giving a more secure connection.
I think a more likely reason for the OP's charging problem is that his 2amp power unit is not ACTUALLY delivering 2amps!
Some phone chargers, use a variable pulsed output for current regulation and the Flyer needs a continuous current.
Or it may just be faulty and not supplying enough!
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Actually I think the different tip is because it uses a different voltage to charge it though the AC adaptor (for faster charging) and it's so you don't accidently plug a phone into it and blow the phone
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That is wrong. The pin connections are exactly the same as a standard micro-USB but HTC have utilized a more robust housing for the connector as many on XDA and other forums have suffered broken sockets on other devices due to bad insertion of a tiny tip.. I try not to use anything else just for that reason but it's up to you....!
If you look carefully at the tip, it is longer and has a greater barrel contact area than a standard one giving a more secure connection.
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No, actually he's correct in that the HTC charger will fast-charge it while micro USB will not. I don't know how the Flyer can tell the difference between the two, or what the circuitry is, but the HTC Flyer charge clearly reads an output of 9 volts, considerably higher than standard USB, at 5 volts.
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.
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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.
So my charger met with an untimely demise. I am unable to get my hands on a replacement one at the moment.
I am currently using my computer's USB port which as you will know doesn't give quite enough juice. I have seen a microusb charger with 5V and 2A. Will this do a job (and also not get rid of the message that i am drawing more juice than the battery is getting)?
I use the charger that came with my Evo 4g. It needs to sit overnight, but it charges to green.
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So my charger met with an untimely demise. I am unable to get my hands on a replacement one at the moment.
I am currently using my computer's USB port which as you will know doesn't give quite enough juice. I have seen a microusb charger with 5V and 2A. Will this do a job (and also not get rid of the message that i am drawing more juice than the battery is getting)?
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No.
The reason for the strange shape USB lead HTC have is that it gives 9V and 1.7A - 5V isn't going to cut it, it will charge but ever so slowly and if you try to charge whilst using it you'll probably find it doesn't, it just discharges more slowly.
If I were to take an old wall wart I have here that is 9V and 2A and wire a standard micro USB cable to it, would that work to charge my flyer quickly? In other words is the strange connector necessary or just the 9V and 2A?
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If I were to take an old wall wart I have here that is 9V and 2A and wire a standard micro USB cable to it, would that work to charge my flyer quickly? In other words is the strange connector necessary or just the 9V and 2A?
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NO, because the fast charge requires the special connector on the HTC power cord , a micro-usb will not allow the Flyer to draw the high current.
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NO, because the fast charge requires the special connector on the HTC power cord , a micro-usb will not allow the Flyer to draw the high current.
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so an adaptor with a usb slot and using the usb cable would work?
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so an adaptor with a usb slot and using the usb cable would work?
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If you're using the HTC-specific microUSB cable, the adaptor would have to provide the correct amount of power (9V and 1.7A). Most usb power adaptors do not provide the adequate amount. A little while back, I made the mistake of taking just my phone usb adaptor to charge everything on a trip out of the country for nearly two months. It worked great for everything except for my View. Even though I had the HTC-specific usb cable for the View, it was still like charging via a computer usb port. It would get the job done if I left it all day or all night, but it took forever to charge.
I really would try to track down an OEM charger. Even if you find a usb adaptor that puts out the right amount of power, it still might not provide the short amount of charging time that the OEM charger does. It should theoretically, but many users have had charging time woes when using anything but the OEM charger.
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NO, because the fast charge requires the special connector on the HTC power cord , a micro-usb will not allow the Flyer to draw the high current.
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No it doesn't. A member of my site took the OEM charger, wired a 90 degree micro USB port to it, charges at full speed.
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Volts and Amps - PowerFlask
From the posts on this subject it seems that the Powerflask 13000 mAh powerbank I bought today and which charges at 5.3 volt with a 1amp and 2.5 amp port won't properly charge my flyer?
Can I safely use the 2.5amp port or should I rather stick to the 1amp port.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Maffs,
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From the posts on this subject it seems that the Powerflask 13000 mAh powerbank I bought today and which charges at 5.3 volt with a 1amp and 2.5 amp port won't properly charge my flyer?
Can I safely use the 2.5amp port or should I rather stick to the 1amp port.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
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Folks on here have mentioned that the device (and other tablet/smartphone devices) will only draw the amount of current (amps) it needs. So using a charger with a higher amp rating is not a concern (in theory).
But I think others have debated this, and even made claims of higher volt/amp rated chargers damaging their devices (however anecdotal).
In any case, from the responses on this thread, it appears that any charger that doesn't have HTC's proprietary connector that they used for the Flyer, will charge the tablet very slowly. I just plugged my Flyer into a microUSB charger the other day (just got back from a trip, and my stock charger was still packed), and it charged extremely slowly. It was slower than I remembered it being. It was plugged in for maybe 4 hours, and only increased the charge by 10 or 15%.
PowerFlask Volts and Amps
Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.
I ran a quick test and connected the Flyer to the battery pack.
The flyer charged from 76% to 84% in 30 minutes . I realise that such a short charge isn't a proper test but it looks promising.
I used the 1amp port and will as you cautioned avoid the 2.5 amp port.
Maffs
Hi all,
When I use the charger that came with the HTC One my phone charges great, rapid.
But when I use any other charger that I have in my home/office it charges very slow. Even with a 2.1 amp charger!
The charger that comes with the phone has an output of 1 amp.
I've tried multiple other chargers (1 amp and 2.1 amp) and they all trickle charge.
Anyone else noticing this?
Thanks
Joe
I'm using old charges at home and in the office and it did seems slow but had not heard of rapid charge. Will the phone indicate this rapid charge mode? If not, is it real?
I'm getting slow charging even on the stock HTC charger. Not sure how I can enable this rapid charge cause 4+ hours from 0-1% to full is a bit ridiculous.
use orginal charger is best , maybe it has some relationship with your battery life
If anyone is coming from phones with smaller batteries, remember the larger the capacity the long it takes to charge.
I use the cable and charger from my Nexus 7 and it charges fast. Off my USB it is slow.
Real AC chargers have two pins shorted. You can hack a USB to micro USB cable and short the same two pins to enable AC charging with any adapter, wall, USB, or car. Should be pins 3+4, but don't hold me to that.
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flooty333 said:
Hi all,
When I use the charger that came with the HTC One my phone charges great, rapid.
But when I use any other charger that I have in my home/office it charges very slow. Even with a 2.1 amp charger!
The charger that comes with the phone has an output of 1 amp.
I've tried multiple other chargers (1 amp and 2.1 amp) and they all trickle charge.
Anyone else noticing this?
Thanks
Joe
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Try to change your phone
c5satellite2 said:
Real AC chargers have two pins shorted. You can hack a USB to micro USB cable and short the same two pins to enable AC charging with any adapter, wall, USB, or car. Should be pins 3+4, but don't hold me to that.
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i've done exactly this, and damned if the One still refuses to draw more than ~500 ma off of anything but the 2.1 A wallwart it came with (i don't have any others to try with). i'm about to dig out an old inverter to see if that will actually work. wish i'd paid more attention to my EE dad when i lived at home; i've gotten a serious crash course in this stuff while trying to get my One to charge in my car, when it's on.
edit: so i got my old inverter out, and spent about 15 minutes testing. i used the 2.0A adapter that came with my Nexus 7 to test, as well as the 3.1A Mediabridge adapter i got here. my phone was at about 45% when i started testing. unplugged, Battery Monitor Widget reported a drain of anywhere between 500ma and 650ma (running Ingress, wifi on). plugged in to the Mediabridge adapter showed, at best, a drain of 50ma. the Nexus adapter plugged in to my inverter charged at a fairly consistent ~120ma. i didn't touch my phone the entire time.
i left my Nexus 7 at work so i can't use it to repeat the test, but i will do so tomorrow. the cable i'm using is this one. i'm not crazy about having a ridiculous DC-AC inverter in my car for my phone, but if that's what i have to do so it can be used and not drain, then so be it. admittedly, i don't really understand these things enough to explain these variations, but i plan on learning ASAP. perhaps somebody else can shed some light on why the device charges different, and how it identifies an AC-USB adapter vs a DC-USB adapter.
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If anyone is coming from phones with smaller batteries, remember the larger the capacity the long it takes to charge.
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Math doesn't support what is happening though. Phone has a 2300mAh battery. The OEM charger outputs 1A (1000mAh)
At most, it should be around 3 hours for full charge, when in fact it is closer to 4-4.5 hours. It's the last 10% that is the issue, it will trickle charge to 100% rather than rapid charge.
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Math doesn't support what is happening though. Phone has a 2300mAh battery. The OEM charger outputs 1A (1000mAh)
At most, it should be around 3 hours for full charge, when in fact it is closer to 4-4.5 hours. It's the last 10% that is the issue, it will trickle charge to 100% rather than rapid charge.
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Yes, I think that's exactly what the HTC does... I read a pretty good article recently about Li-Ion batteries that talks about how trickle charging is the best for battery life, and it wouldn't surprise me if HTC got a little aggressive the way the this phone charges since we can't swap the battery ourselves.
I'm trying one last car charger, which matches the wattage of my Nexus 7's 5Vdc/2A AC adapter (which I've had the best luck with, when charging the phone while in use): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009TBF7IG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
If that doesn't work, I'm going to put a 300W inverter in my car with the AC adapters themselves and stop buying stinking DC adapters. This phone clearly pays very close attention to the wattage available from whatever it's plugged in to.
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I use the cable and charger from my Nexus 7 and it charges fast. Off my USB it is slow.
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Same here, 2a Nexus 7 brick with a long Logitech USB cable, much faster than stock (and longer)
Harbinger1080 said:
Yes, I think that's exactly what the HTC does... I read a pretty good article recently about Li-Ion batteries that talks about how trickle charging is the best for battery life, and it wouldn't surprise me if HTC got a little aggressive the way the this phone charges since we can't swap the battery ourselves.
I'm trying one last car charger, which matches the wattage of my Nexus 7's 5Vdc/2A AC adapter (which I've had the best luck with, when charging the phone while in use): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009TBF7IG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
If that doesn't work, I'm going to put a 300W inverter in my car with the AC adapters themselves and stop buying stinking DC adapters. This phone clearly pays very close attention to the wattage available from whatever it's plugged in to.
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I'm fortunate my car has a built in inverter that I use for charging my phone.
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I'm fortunate my car has a built in inverter that I use for charging my phone.
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My next car will too, because I can only imagine that power requirements for these devices is going to increase.
That said, I think I have a winner, and instead of retyping my posts, I'll just link to that thread instead: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41797839&postcount=6
Since the snap Dragon 600 has fast charging capabilities, why didn't HTC Include it in the kernel??? I've noticed my 2500 mAh note battery charges faster than my 2300 MAH HTC one
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