I'm thinking about getting a new battery for this SX66 I just got off Ebay. It does fine for the most part, but it won't charge off of the car charger or USB sync if the battery gets below 80% or so. It's getting a bit annoying trying to keep the charge that high all the time, or having to charge it up to 80% before I can plug it into the car or a PC (I don't have a cradle, just a sync cable, and wall charger).
Can anyone suggest a nice battery that won't blow the phone up? I have the phone in a Krusell case that wraps over the keyboard, so the battery can't be any thicker on the bottom half, but it can be a little bit thicker on the top half if needed.
Also, are there any chargers around that would allow me to have one battery in the phone, and the second battery on the charger?
Thanks!
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I had a BIG problem with a third party battery charger (RIMAX).
It is a Car charger and a wall mount charger, with USB plug and cable, but IT WORKS ONLY WHEN THE WIZARD IS ON! If the battery goes down for some reason and the phone couldn't turn on, you're lost! :evil:
So, the lesson learned is: before travelling without your original charger check if the one you have could charge the wizard also when is OFF and not only in stand-by mode!
I also have a strange issue with a third party car charger - after plugging in the car charger I have to switch the universal off then on again to make it charge...very wierd!
I've also got one of those, though would prefere one with a bit of cable in the middle to reduce stress on the connector.
Have you checked the amp output on the chargers. They're probably putting out 0.5 amps (USB spec). If you look at the wall charger that came with the wizard, it puts out 1.0 amps. That's why when your battery is completely dead, the 0.5 amp charger can't put enough juice into it to get the battery up to a high enough level.
Actually, according to the USB spec, a device is not supposed to consume more than 100mA without being recognized by the USB host. That is, the USB host is only going to give your phone 100mA until the phone says, "hey, i'd like 500mA, please!"
Sometimes manufacturers may shortcut this and just allow the port 500mA at all times, but a standards-conforming one won't.
This MAY be part of the reason why we have problems charging a completely dead Wizard -- it's only going to get 100mA until the device has enough juice to wake up and request more.
This MAY be part of the reason why we have problems charging a completely dead Wizard -- it's only going to get 100mA until the device has enough juice to wake up and request more.
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Ah! - That's the problem I had yesterday - had left my Vario on with TomTom draining away the battery and forgotten about it on Saturday night, had just spent the day moving house and everything was in chaos and had no idea where the charger was.
So when I realised it was dead on Sunday whilst out in the car, I plugged it into the car charger that came with my GPS unit, which I have used to charge the phone many times before - but it would not charge, no light, nothing!
When I got home all I could find was the mains charger for the GPS and a USB cable - tried both and none would put any charge into the phone.
By this stage I was shi**ing myself that the phone, which I got mainly for GPS for travelling around Germany in June, was DEAD - with 3 weeks to go!
of course later in the day, once I had eventually found the proper charger, it took a slight pause after being plugged in and then the little orange light of joy came on and brought me salvation!!!!!
I suspected it might have been something like the previous poster said but not being very technical I really didn't know!!
Thanks.
I've had the same frustrating experience. When the battery is very low or dead the only charger that will work is the original adapter, not the car charger or cradle or pass thru my laptop. As I result I have to carry the original adapter whenever I travel and I often wake up with a dead Wizard if I dont realize how low the battery is when I park it in the cradle.
Very frustrating. I dont understand why Boxwave doesnt use a beefier adapter connected to the cradle.
I've had the same frustrating experience. When the battery is very low or dead the only charger that will work is the original adapter, not the car charger or cradle or pass thru my laptop. As I result I have to carry the original adapter whenever I travel and I often wake up with a dead Wizard if I dont realize how low the battery is when I park it in the cradle.
Very frustrating. I dont understand why Boxwave doesnt use a beefier adapter connected to the cradle.
I've had the same frustrating experience. When the battery is very low or dead the only charger that will work is the original adapter, not the car charger or cradle or pass thru my laptop. As I result I have to carry the original adapter whenever I travel and I often wake up with a dead Wizard if I dont realize how low the battery is when I park it in the cradle.
Very frustrating. I dont understand why Boxwave doesnt use a beefier adapter connected to the cradle.
so i think i have the most weird droid razr out there. in order for me to charge my droid razr i have to take two wires wrap them around the battery terminals and connect the to a special made charger ( usb or wall charger with a hot and ground wire sticking out). the phone does not say it is charging when i do so but after connected for awhile the phone holds charge just like a regular charger. also when i try pluging a regular charger into the phone to charge it it says its charged a 100% but the phone will not keep charge and eventually cut off. if the phone dies it will only come on witht the special method. if using a regular charger the phone displays and battery with a question mark inside it. i figured that it has something to do with the two connecters on the board that touch the battery connector. not the battery terminals but the two prongs inbetween the terminals. i have not found a actual fix for this problem and the phone is such a good phone its worth doing this to get it to work. if anybody has any ideas on how to permanently fix this so i can go back to using the regular charger i would like to here it but until then the challenge is still unaccepted let me know what you think
I've just started using my S3 in my car connected to a car charger and have started noticing it gives the phone a super charge which means that I still have about 80% battery after about 6 hours use, this compared to around 50% battery if I was just to use my normal charger.
However my normal charger has a splitter cable on it which also charges my spare battery which is in a Samsung desk stand (sold as a Extra battery kit). It got me thinking can chargers give a different level of charge to a battery, even though they still 100% charge it?
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I've just started using my S3 in my car connected to a car charger and have started noticing it gives the phone a super charge which means that I still have about 80% battery after about 6 hours use, this compared to around 50% battery if I was just to use my normal charger.
However my normal charger has a splitter cable on it which also charges my spare battery which is in a Samsung desk stand (sold as a Extra battery kit). It got me thinking can chargers give a different level of charge to a battery, even though they still 100% charge it?
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Yes, several custom kernels have settings to adjust mains and usb charging currents
so, isn't it clear that questions go in the questions section?
I wasn't to sure if the post was going to include a question before I posted it, but if its a problem delete it or whatever I'm not really bothered.
I recently purchased one of the qi/nfc charging stickers from Amazon and installed it myself. The nfc works perfectly and the qi charging indicates that it's connecting to the charging station. The problem is not only does the phone not actually charge the battery, it seems to cause the battery to discharge at a faster rate than normal.
Example: Battery is at 78% charge. If I leave the phone just sitting on my desk in a half hour it will lose 1% and be at 77%. If I put it on the qi charger, I've tried two different charging pads both of which charge my qi enabled S4 just fine, after the same half hour it will have dropped 4%. So somehow being on the qi charger is making the battery lose power faster than if I just left it sitting on my desk.
I've run this experiment several times to make sure it's not some errant process in the background. I've looked at the contact plates on the qi sticker and they had pressure indents from the where phones charging pins are making contact. I imagine that indicates the pad is making good contact with the sticker so I'm not sure what else could be going on here.
My first thought is the contacts may be reversed. Since you don't give any information on your phone it is hard to say. The phone I purchased (855) had QI as part of the back as does the Quick circle case I bought for it, and both work quite well with all 4 QI chargers I have. You also have not given any information on the "sticker", where you bought it , who makes it, what the model is, how you installed it.....
Not really any way anyone can help with this except to say try a charging back from LG for this phone. Frequently the problems and stress incurred from buying aftermarket phone parts outweighs the cost of the OEM part.
My H850 frequently stops accepting charge, and then allows the battery to discharge to empty even with the charger connected. When I put it on the charger at the end of the day I hear the charging tone and it starts to charge, but in the morning the charge level is lower than when I connected it, and occasionally the battery is completely empty.
I've checked the charger and battery contacts and can't see any sign of lint or other debris. The charger and cable both work fine with a tablet, so I assume they're fine.
Any ideas??
Your battery has gone bad. Purchasing a new one on Amazon or ebay is your best option.
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My H850 frequently stops accepting charge, and then allows the battery to discharge to empty even with the charger connected. When I put it on the charger at the end of the day I hear the charging tone and it starts to charge, but in the morning the charge level is lower than when I connected it, and occasionally the battery is completely empty.
I've checked the charger and battery contacts and can't see any sign of lint or other debris. The charger and cable both work fine with a tablet, so I assume they're fine.
Any ideas??
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Sounds like a possible bad usb port on the charging chin. Or battery does it break connections if jiggled around?
I have the same problem with my spare battery (which I bought a few months ago as part of the LG kit). Interestingly I have a Qualcomm 3.0 certified Anker charger on my desktop which seems to keep it charged fine overnight, so maybe it's just a problem with non-certified chargers (although it was working fine until a couple of weeks ago).
The USB battery connection seems OK - if I jiggle it around I don't lose the charging connection. But then when it's charging overnight it's always sitting still on a flat surface, and I check that it's charging as soon as I lay it down.