Does anyone know of a portable/emergency charger that would be suitable for use with a TC?
I've seen a few available but none of them seem to be specifically for HTC devices...
Here's a few to give you an idea of what I'm thinking of:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/travelpower/9b80/
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/travelpower/917b/
Thanks.
Check this one out.
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=171891
turcomora said:
Check this one out.
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=171891
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Nice find!
Yeah, wasn't aware that there was an official device on the way. Thanks
Frustratingly, no dimensions are specified (only the weight). Has anyone found this info anywhere?
- Julian
JulianL said:
Frustratingly, no dimensions are specified (only the weight). Has anyone found this info anywhere?
- Julian
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Judging by the picture (and using the mini usb port as refernce) I'd say its about the same size as the TC.
Not really as small as I'd like, but definately pretty portable
I picked up one of these at Hong Kong airport. I had tried it briefly but thought it didn't work (that was nearly a year ago with a different phone). I tried it this morning with the TC and it works great. I had 2x2600mA NiMH batteries, and my phone was at about 80% charge. The batteries are at indeterminant charge (charged several weeks ago, so partially discharged). I plugged the first one in and took the charge to around 90%. The second battery got it up to 100 % while using the GPS and still has charge. So it looks like it would give me enough power to make calls with one battery and if I take 4 along, I am thinking it could use GPS all day from a flat phone (with some battery swapping). The phone still gained charge while using the GPS.
I imaging that all of the ones that use AA would be similar, so the one above should do the trick. The problem with the one I have is the battery can be pushed slightly and lose the connection (which is presumably why I thought it didn't work initially).
Edit Did a better test. A single 2600 mA AA battery gives about 25% charge.
joan
I'm using the Philips rechargeable battery. It's not too big, not too heavy, it fits in my pockets and can give you up to 30 hrs of additional autonomy.
I use it frequently when riding my motorbike while using the Polaris gps. Up to 10 hours without problem, and I could still partly recharge my phone after.
Otherwhise, it can give up to two full charges, maybe 2 and a half.
Here are the specs (in french sorry).
http://www.consumer.philips.com/con...R/_retailStoreStatus_true/Power2Go+SCE4420-10
Model is SCE4420. It's boxed with many plugs to charge other items.
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These are quite good:
http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00304&dept_id=015&cat_id=035
http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00314&dept_id=015&cat_id=035
And these are a littlebit simpler:
http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00528&dept_id=015&cat_id=035
http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00527&dept_id=015&cat_id=035
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I am having trouble, the charging LED never turns green for me. It was plugged in overnight. I installed an app called "Battery Monitor Widget" and left it plugged in. The highest it reaches is 3801mAh out of 3840mAh. It was at this state for 2 hours, saying 99% charged. The tech specs say this is a 4000mAh phone, is that rounded from the 3840 the app tells me? or is something terribly wrong with my battery? Anyone else experiencing this?
also, if anyone can recommend a battery monitor app, I would appreciate it. I downloaded the first one I came across that gave actual numbers instead of a bar.
it finally made it to 3840mAh and turned green. It has been plugged in since my first post. Can anyone verify that their phones battery capacity is 3840mAh?
Yes, mine is the same.
I use juice defender ultimate, set cpu and juice plotter.
Works great for me.
I just installed the free JuiceDefender app and it appears to need root to work:
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Thank you both. Ever since I left it plugged in for basically two days, it has been charging and turning green in what I consider a reasonable amount of time. I still think I have an underlying problem and expect to have a shortened batter life, but I also think I will upgrade to the next 7" from HTC before it causes frustration.
frh1: your added picture made me even more excited to own the flyer.
I think you're good. These batteries have to go through some charge cycles before the calibrated correctly. Some batteries will never see 100% after a few uses. Both of my Sammy 10.1's would say they were at 100 then as soon as you unplugged them they were down to 98. I thought there was something wrong with my view because it was taking a while to charge. My first view charged very quickly. I guess I didn't notice on the first one because i was playing with it so much, but after a few full drains and then charges it started charging faster. That's one of the things I like about the view, it charges fast.
Just wondering on what people have found, and I guess because of different outlets I'm looking for answers based in the US.
- Tablet itself?
- Dock itself?
- Tablet docked in the dock, both completely empty?
Who cares, unless u used it 24 hrs....
U got 18 hrs of used total, just keep them together and charged while sleeping.
I find that charging via dock using the power strip in my office to take a rather long time while under full load (maybe 3-4 hours). Charging just the tablet via the electrical outlet by my bed or the power strip my PC is hooked into, is generally quite fast.
I also find that the dock charging the tablet when on battery power is rather slow, so I think it's by design. Namely to focus on extending the battery life of the tablet rather than refilling it the way the TF101 dock did. It works pretty good in practice and a full charge of both matches a days work a lot nicer from a wear leveling perspective than the TF101 does.
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Who cares, unless u used it 24 hrs....
U got 18 hrs of used total, just keep them together and charged while sleeping.
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You're right. Thanks for the useful and well thought out answer.
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I find that charging via dock using the power strip in my office to take a rather long time while under full load (maybe 3-4 hours). Charging just the tablet via the electrical outlet by my bed or the power strip my PC is hooked into, is generally quite fast.
I also find that the dock charging the tablet when on battery power is rather slow, so I think it's by design. Namely to focus on extending the battery life of the tablet rather than refilling it the way the TF101 dock did. It works pretty good in practice and a full charge of both matches a days work a lot nicer from a wear leveling perspective than the TF101 does.
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Thanks. This is right in line with what I've experienced. I had a Samsung GT10.1 before this, and that one took an inordinate amount of time to charge.
That being said, I was wondering if anyone had specific numbers?
Hi eveyone,
I bought this battery from ebay. Got it charged it and put it in my phone.
Now there is an exclamation mark over the battery icon and my phone wont turn the screen off automatically.
What could be causing this?
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Hi eveyone,
I bought this battery from ebay. Got it charged it and put it in my phone.
Now there is an exclamation mark over the battery icon and my phone wont turn the screen off automatically.
What could be causing this?
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Anker are good batteries, but have very cheap plastic dividing the 4 contacts for the battery.. when one plastic tab broke off and covered one of the contacts, it showed that icon in the screenshot. My assumption was that it kept the phone from reading battery info.. likely you got a battery that is cheap and doesn't have the ability to give the system info.
Return the battery, or maybe toss it.. and buy yourself the ankers that have been posted about over and over all over these forums. You can get 2 1900mah ankers with external charger for $29.99 shipped- then you'd have a spare.
Have you tried a reboot? If that doesn't fix it then let the battery drain completely and recharge while inside the phone.
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Anker are good batteries, but have very cheap plastic dividing the 4 contacts for the battery.. when one plastic tab broke off and covered one of the contacts, it showed that icon in the screenshot. My assumption was that it kept the phone from reading battery info.. likely you got a battery that is cheap and doesn't have the ability to give the system info.
Return the battery, or maybe toss it.. and buy yourself the ankers that have been posted about over and over all over these forums. You can get 2 1900mah ankers with external charger for $29.99 shipped- then you'd have a spare.
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Thanks I wanted a 2400mah battery that's why I tried this. The seller said he will send me another one.
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Have you tried a reboot? If that doesn't fix it then let the battery drain completely and recharge while inside the phone.
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I will try draining it. I didn't try it in the phone.
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Does anyone know if these numbers are correct? They look really low to me. After coming from the nexus 6 and it's quick charge capability. I've noticed this is taking waaaay longer. Where are these numbers supposed to be? Of course this is with the lg V10 quick charger that came with it.
I'm grateful for any assistance anyone has. Thank you
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I'm pretty sure quick charge variates the closer you get to 100%.
Its odd...I feel the same way and I came from nexus 6 lol
Hell, I feel plugging it to my laptop is faster...might just be my charger.
Ditto -- seems very slow.
280 seems crazy low. 740 isn't too bad although it's much lower than the charger can output. Mine isn't much higher now, either...
940. For some reason the screenshot won't attach.
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Mine charges insanely fast 14% to full in just over an hour last night. My proximity sensor on the other hand is driving me freaking batty. (off topic sorry).
I got my LG V10 yesterday and it ran very warm and would not charge quickly at all, even with the fast charger and screen very dimmed. It was actually losing charge even when connected to a decent charging source, and barely held its ground with the LG fast charger. I poked around and one thing consistently was reported that I had not checked - LG's email app and Exchange privileges as a big source of battery drain. I use the Gmail app, so I had not even put my email address into the LG Email app (and I don't use Exchange). On a lark, I put my Gmail address into the LG email app. It was like night and day. Once the LG app had downloaded the emails, everything cooled way down and charge rate went way up. My battery app showed that the temp of the battery fell from the low 40's down to 35 - 36 C, so I'm guessing the CPU activity had also fallen off dramatically. The battery app also showed charging current going from 100 to up over 900 to 1100. I was also able to consistently raise my screen brightness back up quite a bit.
Hi all,
My father's Note 3 Pro stopped working yesterday. He left it while charging and in the morning the smartphone was dead.
It shortening the chargers/PC Usb ports- (found pic on google)
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If I try to charge it the wire gets hot really fast, tried all different chargers/wires(only got high quality chargers/wires).
The charging port is clean.
I have taken off the back cover and all seemed OK- it never got wet!
If I disconnect the battery- still shortening
If i disconnect MB flat wire - not shortening.
SO the MB is fried?
If I can't fix it I will send it back to china to use the warranty.
Thanks in ahead!.
there's a high chance that it fried your motherboard. the cable gets hot because the positive potential of the cable meets the negative one, together they generate heat.
Yes, that what I thought. Now I am waiting to the store in china to reply me How/where to send this device, hope they gonna fix/replace it.
So no I can see how smartphones cause fire and burn damage, it's crazy that all good for almost 6 month and suddenly it can get hot and cause fire.
Xperia-Ray said:
Hi all,
My father's Note 3 Pro stopped working yesterday. He left it while charging and in the morning the smartphone was dead.
It shortening the chargers/PC Usb ports- (found pic on google)
If I try to charge it the wire gets hot really fast, tried all different chargers/wires(only got high quality chargers/wires).
The charging port is clean.
I have taken off the back cover and all seemed OK- it never got wet!
If I disconnect the battery- still shortening
If i disconnect MB flat wire - not shortening.
SO the MB is fried?
If I can't fix it I will send it back to china to use the warranty.
Thanks in ahead!.
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I was facing same issue.
I went to service center. They changed my charging port of device. Now everything is fine.