I lost my gear s cradle. I need help as to how I can provide power to this watch. Maybe supplying power using the prongs and AA batteries may do the trick... But I would need the specs of the prongs which Samsung does not supply. Can anyone help me please?
You could buy a replica cradle from Aliexpress because they cost only 3$, but i have no idea about its quality.
Might damage the battery over time. Might not. You never know until you test the quality of it.
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Has anyone found a craddle that could charge a spare battery for the Mini S? Have found so many spare batteries with extra power but no chargers. Its really weird why nobody has thought of bringing out one? I am sure there is a lot of demand. Wonder what the issue could be? Any ideas anyone?
I'm trying to make a charger for my Blue Angel batteries - I find the cradle too big when travelling. I'm thinking of super-glueing electronics board with some solder onto crocodile clips and attaching a USB plug to the end of the wires to be used with a USB charger. I haven't figured out which strips on the battery are positive and negative yet.
Just bought this for (what I think) was a really good deal... then noticed after I bought it that the power cable is proprietary... (ugh)...
I was hoping to get some sort of battery pack for this in case it goes dead on a trip, anyone know of one that would work? OR even better, is there an adapter to charge the tablet S off of usb somehow?
... I'm hoping I didn't just get buyers remorse....
The AC adapter is two pieces. The cable with the prongs, then the little box with the cable that goes to the tablet. I bet you can find a cable that has a cigarette adapter instead of prongs. If thou find one, link me, I would be interested.
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Why don't you just get something like THIS and save yourself a lot of headache. Plus you can use it with all of your devices! I've had one for a few years now and it's a must have!
Won't 75w be too little? I think it will be less than 1 amp the charger requires. Maybe i m wrong in my calcs on this
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No, you're probably right. I don't think iPads can charge via car chargers either now that I think about it, but I've used to to power laptops and charge cell phones. I haven't tried mine yet with the tablet s but maybe I shall soon.
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anakinjay said:
Just bought this for (what I think) was a really good deal... then noticed after I bought it that the power cable is proprietary... (ugh)...
I was hoping to get some sort of battery pack for this in case it goes dead on a trip, anyone know of one that would work? OR even better, is there an adapter to charge the tablet S off of usb somehow?
... I'm hoping I didn't just get buyers remorse....
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The only thing I don't like so far is the crazy plug. Why does Sony have to be different than everyone else?
Gonna make a trip to Fry's Electronics and see what they have.
would this 150w one work? http://www.amazon.com/BESTEK-inverter-converter-blackberry-MRI1511U-4/dp/B003SGJIRO/ref=pd_vtp_e_2. I'm not sure about how the wattage works with car chargers so please let me know if the cars battery can only produce a certain max output.
puredreamz said:
would this 150w one work? http://www.amazon.com/BESTEK-inverter-converter-blackberry-MRI1511U-4/dp/B003SGJIRO/ref=pd_vtp_e_2. I'm not sure about how the wattage works with car chargers so please let me know if the cars battery can only produce a certain max output.
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I think wattage works as multiplication of voltage times amp. I don't have the charger here, but if you divide 150 watt by whatever voltage your converter produces you get the amps. I.e. Assuming 100-110v you get up to 1.5amp, or assuming 220v you get up to almost 700mAmp. I think sony charger requires 1amp but im not sure for what voltage they quote it. Hope it helps
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Hi all,
I'm posting this in case anyone else purchases this gear and thinks they can use it like the original battery that comes with the Note 3.
There is another post in this forum that talked about a 50% off code until June, so I bought this:
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EB-K800BUWESTA
Even with shipping/tax, it only came out to ~$31. I thought great deal.
It arrived and I noticed that you can't use it like you would the original Note 3 battery where I stuck a Qi-enabled sticker on it and could use it to wirelessly charge my spare battery when the main one runs down, figured I'd just buy another Qi-enabling sticker.
Thing showed up and it's NOT Qi-compatible. Meaning, it has no contacts on it that let me attach a Qi sticker. Not sure if it's by design that way but just thought I'd provide a heads up in case anyone else is looking to buy this.
sanjsrik said:
Hi all,
I'm posting this in case anyone else purchases this gear and thinks they can use it like the original battery that comes with the Note 3.
There is another post in this forum that talked about a 50% off code until June, so I bought this:
http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EB-K800BUWESTA
Even with shipping/tax, it only came out to ~$31. I thought great deal.
It arrived and I noticed that you can't use it like you would the original Note 3 battery where I stuck a Qi-enabled sticker on it and could use it to wirelessly charge my spare battery when the main one runs down, figured I'd just buy another Qi-enabling sticker.
Thing showed up and it's NOT Qi-compatible. Meaning, it has no contacts on it that let me attach a Qi sticker. Not sure if it's by design that way but just thought I'd provide a heads up in case anyone else is looking to buy this.
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There is two ways to do this,
1 modify the unit to support qi by adding a receiver inside.
2 use a USB receiver or a USB dongle.
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kms108 said:
There is two ways to do this,
1 modify the unit to support qi by adding a receiver inside.
2 use a USB receiver or a USB dongle.
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1. Are you planning on opening up the battery to do this? Sounds like a lot of work and possibly ruining the battery if you screw it up
2. If you use a USB receiver, aren't you then completely ignoring the point of having wireless charging? I don't think I understand #2 completely.
sanjsrik said:
1. Are you planning on opening up the battery to do this? Sounds like a lot of work and possibly ruining the battery if you screw it up
2. If you use a USB receiver, aren't you then completely ignoring the point of having wireless charging? I don't think I understand #2 completely.
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1 you can open the battery charger that come with the battery and put a qi receiver inside, the battery charger then can be placed on a home transmitter.
2 connect a USB qi receiver through the USB port on the battery charger.
If you actuall want just the battery with qi built in, it's only available for the S3, S4 and note 2, if it's not qi, but supports wireless charging, other batteries are available for older phones models.
for those who have it and used it for long time..
1) is it charging faster/slower/same than regularly charging? (with the same charger of course)
2) is it actually comfortable? after trying it, do you actually use it daily and enjoy or its a gimmick only and you went back to the regular cable?
3) is it causing any damages? bugs? weird stuffs?
I'm Z owner (it doesn't compatible with magnets) and I'm considering to upgrade to z2/3/3c with mainly reason of the magnetic charging..
Some experience sharing would really help me out here.. YouTube is only for unboxing and showing it but no real tips from experienced users..
Thanks.
Been using magnetic chargers for bout half a year. So far:
1) The charging time is pretty much the same. I've been using the cheap chinese ones and haven't noticed a significant increase in the time it takes.
2) If you're willing to buy an expensive cable, I suppose the magnet would be stronger, but in my one dollar case it disconnects pretty easily. So it's not really comfortable when you have to keep the phone on a flat surface while charging. But people use magnetic cables to prevent the wear and tear of the flaps, and so do I.
3) No bugs, it's just a charger. The only thing that can go wrong is having your battery fried if you plug the cable incorrectly
1) same speed which actually depends more on used charger than the cable type
2) for charging I use only magnetic cable or cradle. In fact I used USB cable for maybe 2 days only and will never return back
3) lockscreen rotates according to the gravity sensor, otherwise no difference or issue
It's worth the investment. Really helps to protect the flaps and save time opening them
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Thank you all!
Just make sure you never attach the cable inverted, otherwise it will fry not only the battery, but the whole motherboard. and also, make sure that nobody tries to charge it but you, as most people are careless and might attach it the wrong way. I have heard some dreadful stories about inverting the magnetic cable, this is a major design flaw from Sony, but again, all of those cables are fake and there is no genuine one from Sony, but only the dock, I don't know whether the phone can be put the wrong way in the dock as well. I have bought one for 9$ and working great, except the magnet isn't strong enough and it gets detached very easily. Good luck
Make sure u bought a high quality/expensive magnetic charger or u will regret, just like me. Ive using the local/cheap magnetic charger, and im really pissed off, the led charging keep blinking even if an ant pass through. This is what im using now, and i recommended for u too. http://www.amazon.com/Magnector-Improved-Performance-Magnetic-Charging/dp/B00Q3GK3YI
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...........this is a major design flaw from Sony, but again, all of those cables are fake and there is no genuine one from Sony, but only the dock, I don't know whether the phone can be put the wrong way in the dock as well.
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actually it's not!
If you take a really close look you see that one of the pin's has a bigger plastic encasing. So it "shouldn't" be possible to connect the magnetic charger the wrong way.
And about the Dock... who would try to put the phone into the dock with the display facing the wall? xD well okay... yeah... if it's dark and you're drunk... i can totally see me doing this....
BTT: i can reccomend this Magnector cables! i have one myself, after i bough 3 in China this is the first one working correctly, aka charging fast enough.
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actually it's not!
If you take a really close look you see that one of the pin's has a bigger plastic encasing. So it "shouldn't" be possible to connect the magnetic charger the wrong way.
And about the Dock... who would try to put the phone into the dock with the display facing the wall? xD well okay... yeah... if it's dark and you're drunk... i can totally see me doing this....
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Just google for Z ultra magnetic charger options and you will see how many motherboard got fried from inverted mag charger. I know that there are to pols one is a bit larger but still, the connector can enter the wrong way, at least some connector.
Hi, i bought the dk36 dock with magnetic charger on amazon, cheaper than the official sony shop, it charges in the same time. A friend told me that the magnetic cables are very bad, they are very cheap but can make the phone burn because of the low quality as you say.
manolilloi said:
Hi, i bought the dk36 dock with magnetic charger on amazon, cheaper than the official sony shop, it charges in the same time. A friend told me that the magnetic cables are very bad, they are very cheap but can make the phone burn because of the low quality as you say.
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Your friend doesn't know anything about electronics. Do you even know how the magnetic charging works? The only bad thing that can happen from chinese docks is slow charging. I have a DIY magnetic cable and it works great in terms of speed(it had a really weak magnet and a dock came with my Z2, so I don't use it anymore). Reverse polarity is unlikely to happen-most mag connectors are keyed. But anyways, be careful with the orientation.
Is anyone using the charging pins on the back of our wonderful phone?
The genuine Sonim XP8 Single Bay Drop-In Charger seems quite steep on the price, but if there are no alternatives... :crying:
I would like to hear experience of real users, of the genuine charger and alternatives available please.
After spending a minute poking with the USB-C charger (the rubber door being in the way doesn't help) I realized that I will be wanting to use the back charging connectors.
can someone at least tell me the charging time with that charger please?
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Is anyone using the charging pins on the back of our wonderful phone?
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AT&T has the GPSLockbox single tray charger with slot for a spare battery to charge for around $30. I use that and I prefer it. Just drop it in and let it charge. The dock uses a micro-USB charger and not USB-C