Upgraded to ICS today and now a portable battery charger I use is no longer functioning!!
Works on wife's Samsung Stratosphere just fine but not on my Maxx since the ICS update.
I turned off USB debugging which didn't help. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this. Going on extended trip with limited availability of electricity and need portable unit to work.
i'll need to charge up my ext btty and test... probably has something to do with mass storage mode.
I had same issue with charger I have in my car! But mine not only doesn't charge it actually drains the battery rather quickly I was at 30% the other day figured I plug it in for ride home from my friends house and was at 10% once I got home!
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My Car dock charger stopped working too. I have my older Moto charger that works though.
portable charger (VarioTek 'Mobile Power Pack') for GSM ICS leak works well
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I believe that there is an issue with charging performance in the Atrix car dock. I'm using the OEM Motorola ECOMOTO Rapid Rate vehicle power adapter (850 mAH) with dual USB ports. You can tell this USB charger is a good product just by the weight of the thing! A test charge in the Atrix car dock began at 7:45 AM and the phone's charge was 20%. At 9 AM 30% and 10:30 AM 40%. This is obviously nothing like the wall charger so it made me believe that the phone was powered by the charger while docked but only receiving a trickle charge. Connecting the phone directly to the USB car charger (without the car dock) using a stock USB to micro USB charging cable, at 8:00 AM the phone was at 20%, 8:20 AM 40%, 9:00 AM 70% and 10:00 AM 100%. What a contrast!! So it appears that there is an issue with charging performance while in the car dock. I've reported this to Motorola and hope that they can reproduce and address. How about the rest of you, what say you all?
Mine charges fine. I have the moto - 2usb port charger and it powers the phone in the dock just fine (mine is Y shaped and ships with the MotoBranded car dock, not AT&T).
Mine charges just like the wall charger - both put out 850mA. If I am running Nav in the car dock, and screen is on, it charges slower - but this is to be expected.
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If I am running Nav in the car dock, and screen is on, it charges slower - but this is to be expected.
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I find when driving around during the day with the screen always on, taking the occasional call and GPS/Navigation running most of the time (not sure, just love seeing my KM/H sitting up there helps keep my heavy right foot off the go pedal) that my battery slowly slinks up in % almost like it's not charging due to the load I have on it.
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I know its old thread and no one is interested anymore but I found out that Atrix is giving power back to the vehicle when connected to the car dock.
I have a Cigar lighter slot hub with an LED indicator. The LED remains glowing when I turn off my car and leave Atrix in the Car Dock. I found out that ACC are having power until Atrix battery is empty.
Even if I unplug the HUB from the car, LED remains glowing, but battery drain seems not that high than connected to the car.
Once I remove the Atrix and put it back, LED is not glowing again, so I think it has something to do with the Car Dock and the Atrix software. (not sure)
I'm trying to make a work around with relay...
Hi Guys and Girls,
I was using the Copilot Premium on the S2 in the Car yesterday and it was plugged into the car via a car adapter with usb port. The battery completely drained and the plugged in USB was charging the phone but you could not run the phone with the Sat nav on as it kept switching off.
Is there is a way of powering the phone within the car or is to do with me using the samsung USB cable as I noticed that it recognise the charging process as USB instead of AC? My Touch HD worked with Sat Nav and it was charging the phone as well. Is it something to do with my settings as I find this a strange issue.
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Hi Guys and Girls,
I was using the Copilot Premium on the S2 in the Car yesterday and it was plugged into the car via a car adapter with usb port. The battery completely drained and the plugged in USB was charging the phone but you could not run the phone with the Sat nav on as it kept switching off.
Is there is a way of powering the phone within the car or is to do with me using the samsung USB cable as I noticed that it recognise the charging process as USB instead of AC? My Touch HD worked with Sat Nav and it was charging the phone as well. Is it something to do with my settings as I find this a strange issue.
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Yes - it's to do with the charging process status. USB charging doesn't deliver enough power to maintain battry charge - especially when using power-hungry apps like Co-pilot.
I bought 2 car chargers recently - cheapos from dealextreme, one a Moto-branded one - and was lucky that both are seen as AC rather than USB when plugged in. I recently used Co-Pilot for about 4 hours and the phone charge was maintained.
I'd say your options are either to buy the official Samsung product or take pot luck with a cheapo alternative.
Same story: bought first Energizer charger, that was hit-and-miss. Then got an official Samsung one, no problems at all. Get the official one, it costs, but it's quality.
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I had a similar problem, tried two different adapters with 700mA and 2100mA DC output rating. 700mA seemed to work, but 2100mA was much better. I was able to stream tunes over my cellular Data to my car over bluetooth, while on the road using Google Nav, with the occasional calls.
Cheers!!!
P.S. I am using this www[dot]amazon[dot]com/gp/product/B00470C35E
Thank you for the response to my query. Much appreciated. Now I have to find a new adapter.
Has anyone noticed that phone does not charge while using GPS. The charging indicator is on but when I look at the stats it says discharging at -450 mAh. Is this the way it is and if so, is there a fix? 1 hr 42 m with 73% display on battery use and 43% charge remaining, but was plugged in the entire time while driving under an hour home. I am using the same Motorola high performance charger that every other phone is charged fully even when using GPS.
are you absolutely sure the charger is giving the full 1A?
What sensor app are you using to see the battery discharging?
Mine charges normally with gps on.
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I was curious so I tested this with "Battery Monitor" I have it plugged into my laptop currently which only gives +500mA. and not the +1A that you get from a wall/car/high power usb port.
the app is showing +257mA with GPS on and functioning normally.
So charging good here... Might be something with your motorola charger? It could have a sensor in it to detect 'trickle charging mode' that is improperly engaging when connected to the HTC causing the charger to put out a minimal 'sustain only' level of amperage.
good luck!
you need a charger putting out 1A ... most car chargers put out 500mA so find a good one off monoprice
Here's what I'm doing. I have a Belkin 2.1A(2100mAh) USB car charger dongle. The problem is, once i connect the USB cable to it the phone registers it as "Charging USB" and does notcharge anywhere near as fast(power-wise) as if the phone was registering it "Charging AC". I'm not keen on using a power inverter to get the full AC charge so instead i am going to go pick up a cheap micro USB cable, splice it open, then disconnect the data wires(green & white ones) & then tape it back up. By disconnecting the data wires, the phone will no longer think it's a USB connection and then charge via AC, getting the best charge possible.
that should work ^ if thats the problem
I've found that using the included USB cable with a Belkin dual port USB car charger allows the phone to charge as if it were plugged in to a wall. I'm guessing the included cable has a different layout than standard Micro USB cables.
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I've found that using the included USB cable with a Belkin dual port USB car charger allows the phone to charge as if it were plugged in to a wall. I'm guessing the included cable has a different layout than standard Micro USB cables.
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I'm guessing that I have the same belkin dual port (2.1amp and 1amp ports) and the best I've seen out of it is about 250mah charging. This is using the supplied usb/micro hdmi whatever cord for the phone.
I have seen discharge rates off the charger of 750mah which is the highest I've seen on any phone. I'm guessing if you are using the nav on your phone with the screen on, it will probably still be using battery while plugged in.
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I was curious so I tested this with "Battery Monitor" I have it plugged into my laptop currently which only gives +500mA. and not the +1A that you get from a wall/car/high power usb port.
the app is showing +257mA with GPS on and functioning normally.
So charging good here... Might be something with your motorola charger? It could have a sensor in it to detect 'trickle charging mode' that is improperly engaging when connected to the HTC causing the charger to put out a minimal 'sustain only' level of amperage.
good luck!
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Possible, but says AC charging in Battery Monitor widget. I will post a few pics.
Here are a few Pics. you can see a couple of things.
-Charger rated at 950 MA out. and no other phone I have owned lost a charge while driving including TBolt, Charge, Bionic.
-Shows as AC charging
- Spikes of good charging detected
Put on Normal power mode today on the way in. live wallpapers did not wrok, just flickered. 3G on vice 4G. Battery still went down, but above 90% on 40 minute drive in. Screen low but on. Bluetooth speaker.
Maybe it is the iBolt car mount. See review online. will try without dock this afternoon on my way home.
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Try playing pandora when the phone is 100 charged. After 45 minutes on the car mount (and yes it is plugged into a charger and all indicatros show it is charging) and the charge level is 84. Using the same charger but plugged into the phone, playing Pandora for 45 min starting charge level 68. Ending charge level is 100.
Yeah, something is telling that charger to not give you full juice
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ok, drove home off the window mount and just on charger, all same except full brightness on screen.40 minute drive. came up 7% battery vice down from 100 to 43%. nedd a few trials to confirm, but looks like window mount is throttleing juice.
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are you absolutely sure the charger is giving the full 1A?
What sensor app are you using to see the battery discharging?
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i have seen spurts up to 913 with GPS off and screen just turned on. Using battery monitor widget. Not on window mount, just charger.
I can confirm. The car dock will not charge your phone atleast not with the screen on and nothing else running but battery monitor widget.
I bought one and tested it extensively yesterday. I used a Verizon 1a charger and a generic 1a charger. With the dock and both chargerz the phone DIScharged(as in LOST battery power) at between 100ma and 200ma. Without the dock using the same chargers and changing nothing on the phone the phone charged at between 50a and 300ma.
I did the test several times to eliminate any random things the phone may have been doing in the background.
After doing that controlled test I played with it some more and no matter what I did I could not get a positive charge with the dock attached even in airplane mode with the screen backlight at minimum. Without the dock using the same chargers i ran Pandora and a police scanner both outputting through the phone speaker, gps, wifi, mobile all on, and screen on auto and still had a very small positive charge.
Moral of the story DO NOT BUY THIS DOCK unless you dont mind it just being a piece of plastic that holds your phone in place.
I wonder if there's a quick mod to it to get it working right. Like the soldering of the USB chargers I've seen.
Rezound
I just went ahead and bought an extra battery so I wouldn't have to charge in the car. Only takes 20 seconds to pop in a new battery.
Can charge both batts while I sleep at night.
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I was looking for a high current charger for my Android tablet and there was a review that talked about compatibility. Some of the high cap chargers appear to be designed for Apple products and the pin wiring is subtly different. So, on some non-Apple products, the charge is only recognized as a lower power, 500mah charger and the users reported that some devices would normally charge and others would not. Some of the dual port charges also split the power. The 2.1 amp port and the 1 amp port cannot be used at the same time, depending on what is plugged into them. This was also brand specific. I ordered the Amazon Basics 2.1 amp dual charger and will see how that works. I have noticed a difference in charge rates between my Motorola charger left over from the Blackberry and the Verizon OEM one. The VZW one is faster.
I do the same thing I have been doing since my Windows phone days.
I use the AC cord plugged into a 12v to AC adaptor(screen set to 100% bright and no timeout).
I drove 6 hours last week ruuning Google Maps/GPS & my battery was 100% charged when I got to my destination.
~John
I've noticed a recent problem with my razr that I've had for about a month. It now doesn't charge from my car charger, which is the Verizon branded one with two USB sockets.
The charger works for other phones and devices. It also doesn't charge while docked in a speaker I have with a micro USB dock. it does charge when plugged into the wall with stock or non-stock wall charger. I'm running a stock ROM, .748 update, and the big dx ics theme. First noticed the problem two days ago, before I had loaded that theme with boot strap. Reboot doesn't fix it.
Had anyone else experienced this or heard about it? Any ideas on fixing it?
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only issue i had with this is when the USB is already charging something and i go to charge the Razr. it would charge for a few mins then it would display 'disconnected' on the Razr and say that it's not charging..but then a few mins later it would start charging and do the whole 'disconnected' thing all over again
Hi There,
I have had a dual USB car charger in my car for 3 years now (its something like this), I charge everything that has a USB cable with that, so now I got my Amaze and it either charges very slowly or doesnt charge, in fact the phone says the "power is no enough to charge the phone" or something like that even though it shows its charging and the orange light glows. I think the charger is 500mAh and that may be the issue. At home I use a Blackberry charger 700mAh and its great charges everything fast.
I was hoping someone who has car charger experience could chime in! This phone needs a better battery, or needs all the spying apps wiped out that constantly drain the battery, seriously does google need to know my every move and what direction I am pee'ing at the gas station? Call me a conspiracy theorist but I think all information about all sensors (including mic and keyboard) are constantly sent to both Google, CIQ and HTC. At least with the G2 it was only being sent to Google, otherwise how the hell does the phone use up 1730mAh of battery when you barely use it??
Thanks!!
It's not Google that wants to know if you're peeing against the wind...its T-Mo...lol The charger I use works fine...its a USB Cig Lighter and I'm using my old Moto USB Chord. I also have a regular cig Lighter charger and it works fine too...
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Phones nowadays require a lot more power. This should do the trick
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-U...192129?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item4ab3077c41
Thanks for the heads up!
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Phones nowadays require a lot more power. This should do the trick
i bought this abut two weeks ago, it does the job pretty good. I used this for my little road trip to san marcos from san antonio, gps was on and brightness was about 50% if not a little bit more but was still abe to see it with the sun out. anyways it kept my phone charged, it may have shown 90% was left but i had reset the phone battery life was at 100% i would recommend this charger to anyone.
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u bought a car charger at walmart for my nexus1, now that i got the amaze i used that same charger but it seems like its not charging my amaze or maybe it just could'nt keep up.. like one time me and my girlfriend was on a trip, i was using the gps, battery was halfway so i plugged it in then after a while i had this battery is less than 20%.. so i ended up using my girlfriend's vibrant.. then my younger brother bought a MT4G which came with some extras including a car charger, so i tried his charger and my amaze is charging perfectly fine..
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I bought a car charger at walmart for my nexus1, now that i got the amaze i used that same charger but it seems like its not charging my amaze or maybe it just could'nt keep up.. like one time me and my girlfriend was on a trip, i was using the gps, battery was halfway so i plugged it in then after a while i had this battery is less than 20%...
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I have the same exact problem, I am glad you posted this now I will look for a My Touch 4G car charger. Does the charger look like this with the extra tip?
i dont think so.. the MT4G did'nt actually come with a car charger, it was like bundled with the phone.. so maybe a different charger would work..
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I remember reading somewhere that the car chargers today are 1 amp nowadays and I believe the amaze uses a charger that is 1 amp.
I bought a car charger from ebay, if this charger doesnt work im just gonna get a power inverter.
2 amp versions exist but are rare..that's what you're goona want (1500ma++)for fast charge.. also I noticed the HTC cable works better than just any micro sd
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I think i may have found a car charger that may do the job, i gave it a quick test run in my car for a few minutes. I had the brightness up all the way and gps on as well. Phone actually charged with all that on. Gonna do a full test tonight to see how it does.
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I think i may have found a car charger that may do the job, i gave it a quick test run in my car for a few minutes. I had the brightness up all the way and gps on as well. Phone actually charged with all that on. Gonna do a full test tonight to see how it does.
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So i have found the car charger that works. I had gps on and brightness on full and this charger was able to charge the phone with all that running. http://www.ebay.com/itm/280725878642?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
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total came out to 10.95 with free shipping. Got here in like three days. I highly recommend this charger.