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issues with TF700

I have the infinity since three days now. I have the 64Gb version that came with the keyboard dock, it appeared the be a prime dock also.
Now after a couple of days it seems to have a few issues. First of all, automatic brightness is very buggy. Either it's way too dark, or way too bright. Also, moving from dark room to brighter room doesn't change brightness. I have to set it manually all the time.
Second and more important, i have trouble with the charging. when both tablet and dock are fully charged, and i use the tablet seperate for a while, the moment i plug it back into the dock it starts to charge through the docks battery. However it doesn't charge untill 100 percent, it stops charging at far example 78 percent, while i still have 30 percent remaining in the dock. No matter how much i take it out of the dock en plug it back in it wont charge anymore. Untill i restart the tablet and then it charges again.
Also when both tablet and dock are fully charged and i keep them docked, it starts using the tablets battery and not the dock's like it should be. So my dockremains at 100 percent while my tablet depletes.... very strange. I also have my old TF101 so i know how it should work.
Any body also having this strange behavior?

Will the charging is normal for safety measures it happend on my tf300 and prime as well, and believe it or not I returned them both and ordered an infinity
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glenner05 said:
I have the infinity since three days now. I have the 64Gb version that came with the keyboard dock, it appeared the be a prime dock also.
Now after a couple of days it seems to have a few issues. First of all, automatic brightness is very buggy. Either it's way too dark, or way too bright. Also, moving from dark room to brighter room doesn't change brightness. I have to set it manually all the time.
Second and more important, i have trouble with the charging. when both tablet and dock are fully charged, and i use the tablet seperate for a while, the moment i plug it back into the dock it starts to charge through the docks battery. However it doesn't charge untill 100 percent, it stops charging at far example 78 percent, while i still have 30 percent remaining in the dock. No matter how much i take it out of the dock en plug it back in it wont charge anymore. Untill i restart the tablet and then it charges again.
Also when both tablet and dock are fully charged and i keep them docked, it starts using the tablets battery and not the dock's like it should be. So my dockremains at 100 percent while my tablet depletes.... very strange. I also have my old TF101 so i know how it should work.
Any body also having this strange behavior?
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Same problems for me. I contacted Asus tech support regarding auto brightness today, they said it's the same with all Infinity tablets and no solution yet. Regarding charging bugs - I just noticed them today.
Also it's extremely annoying that while downloading something bigger tablet becomes almost totally unusable and unresponsive - I think that's I/O problem someone already mentioned in other threads.

ray3andrei said:
Will the charging is normal for safety measures it happend on my tf300 and prime as well, and believe it or not I returned them both and ordered an infinity
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so you think it's normal that my tablet depletes while it's in it's fully charged dock? what do you mean by safety measures? maybe it's because the new battery's need a few charging cycles?
i just restarted it, and now it does charge. i will let it fully charge through my dock and will see if it continues to use keyboard battery when it's full. the dock is supposed to keep the tablet as full as possible untill empty, then tablets battery should be used...

giedriusc said:
Same problems for me. I contacted Asus tech support regarding auto brightness today, they said it's the same with all Infinity tablets and no solution yet. Regarding charging bugs - I just noticed them today.
Also it's extremely annoying that while downloading something bigger tablet becomes almost totally unusable and unresponsive - I think that's I/O problem someone already mentioned in other threads.
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as for the io problems, i've had them too. But now i rooted my infinity and used another io scheduler and now it's much better and responsive. you should check out these threads, requires root ofcourse:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706588
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1714253
its originally for prime but it works also for infinity
edit: it just happened again, at 87% tablet stopped charging, with 73% remaining in the dock. and now tablet slowly depleting. They were docked all the time. only when connected to wall charger, they both charge to 100%

Hi @all,
can someone confirm the following?
I get the feeling that the tf700 has some kind of secondary auto-brightness!
I've turned off the auto-brightness and set it to ~50%, IPS+ off.
When I switch from a browser with a blank page to the homescreen, I can see that the brightness gets adjusted a little in very small steps.
You can see it with the default wallpaper (the one with the tree on the hill)
Switching back to that blank page shows these adjustments too!
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dskw said:
Hi @all,
can someone confirm the following?
I get the feeling that the tf700 has some kind of secondary auto-brightness!
I've turned off the auto-brightness and set it to ~50%, IPS+ off.
When I switch from a browser with a blank page to the homescreen, I can see that the brightness gets adjusted a little in very small steps.
You can see it with the default wallpaper (the one with the tree on the hill)
Switching back to that blank page shows these adjustments too!
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sounds like dynamic contrast to me. some lcd tv do that also. more backlight when a lot of whites in the screen, less backlight when there is more darker colors to be shown...

glenner05 said:
sounds like dynamic contrast to me. some lcd tv do that also. more backlight when a lot of whites in the screen, less backlight when there is more darker colors to be shown...
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+1, it's dynamic contrast, I can see it too on my Infinity with auto-brightness off.

My TF700 has these small adaptations in brightness as well. I do think they help visibility a bit.

glenner05 said:
so you think it's normal that my tablet depletes while it's in it's fully charged dock? what do you mean by safety measures? maybe it's because the new battery's need a few charging cycles?
i just restarted it, and now it does charge. i will let it fully charge through my dock and will see if it continues to use keyboard battery when it's full. the dock is supposed to keep the tablet as full as possible untill empty, then tablets battery should be used...
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Well I just got mine and still doesn't charge fully from the dock but I'm fine with that
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With regards to the dock, its designed to alternate. So it'll deplete a bit from the tablet, and then from the dock, and then from the tablet and so on until the dock is out. At least, that's how the Prime and TF300 were set up.

Just got mine. Feels like auto brightness is working like it should.
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Jotokun said:
With regards to the dock, its designed to alternate. So it'll deplete a bit from the tablet, and then from the dock, and then from the tablet and so on until the dock is out. At least, that's how the Prime and TF300 were set up.
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On my TF700, the dock is depleted first (I'm currently down to 15% (dock) and 72% (main). I have indeed heard before that previously the design was to let them deplete more or less evenly, but I'd wager they have changed that behavior to enable the tablet to be decoupled and have the best sht at having a full (or at least mostly charged) battery. I think that's a logical setup and I think I prefer it this way. With the risk of carrying this slightly off-topic: how were your experiences with the previous setup?

Suddenly i also got the screen brightness problem. Was doing fine the first two days.
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MartyHulskemper said:
On my TF700, the dock is depleted first (I'm currently down to 15% (dock) and 72% (main). I have indeed heard before that previously the design was to let them deplete more or less evenly, but I'd wager they have changed that behavior to enable the tablet to be decoupled and have the best sht at having a full (or at least mostly charged) battery. I think that's a logical setup and I think I prefer it this way. With the risk of carrying this slightly off-topic: how were your experiences with the previous setup?
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you're talking about previous setup. The TF700 is brand new? Which firmware do you have on your tablet. Mine is alternating, but i would much prefer the other way, which depletes the dock first. I'm running 9.4.5.21 and dock firmware 0207.

I don't own any other Asus tablets, so I have no idea what "the norm" is, but IMHO it makes much more sense to use the dock as the primary source of power (similar to plugging it into an A/C adaptor) first, and only switch to the tablet's battery when the dock's is depleted. This way if you use the tablet+dock for four hours and then take the tablet out of the dock to use independantly, it will still have a full charge.
The only thing I can think of as to a reason why it would try to use both simultaneously (albeit alternating), is if the tablet wasn't able to power the dock and the dock itself needed power for both itself and any accessories plugged into USB ports, etc. If that's the case, then if your dock ran out of juice, your tablet wouldn't be able to use it anymore, making the battery life only ~4-5 hours before you had to remove it.

MartyHulskemper said:
On my TF700, the dock is depleted first (I'm currently down to 15% (dock) and 72% (main). I have indeed heard before that previously the design was to let them deplete more or less evenly, but I'd wager they have changed that behavior to enable the tablet to be decoupled and have the best sht at having a full (or at least mostly charged) battery. I think that's a logical setup and I think I prefer it this way. With the risk of carrying this slightly off-topic: how were your experiences with the previous setup?
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I've never actually owned a Prime or TF300, I just remember reading that in a review for the Prime. Sorry about the confusion. Having it fully drain the dock and then the tablet does sound like a better solution.

Jotokun said:
I've never actually owned a Prime or TF300, I just remember reading that in a review for the Prime. Sorry about the confusion. Having it fully drain the dock and then the tablet does sound like a better solution.
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And so it works on the original transformer, first dock, then tablet, much better method. I still dont understand why they changed it for the other tablets...
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glenner05 said:
And so it works on the original transformer, first dock, then tablet, much better method. I still dont understand why they changed it for the other tablets...
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Well just wait for someone to figure out how to fix that. I'm sure it's just a little software that can be changed on the tablet or dock.

glenner05 said:
you're talking about previous setup. The TF700 is brand new? Which firmware do you have on your tablet. Mine is alternating, but i would much prefer the other way, which depletes the dock first. I'm running 9.4.5.21 and dock firmware 0207.
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I have the same firmware versions as you but it depletes my dock battery before tablet. Currently dock 43%, Tablet 80%. As I type this it changed to dock 43%, tablet 78% so I guess it doesn't exclusively deplete the dock first which makes sense too.
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Keyboard dock battery not draining before tablet dock

I am running stock JB on my TF300. I have noticed that when I have the tablet in the keyboard dock, it doesn't always use the keyboard dock's battery first, as my previous TF101 did. It is supposed to pull power from the keyboard dock battery, then from the tablet once the dock battery is dead. Anyone else seeing this? It does seem like it will work correctly if I reboot the tablet while in the dock.
Subject should read "Keyboard dock battery not draining before tablet BATTERY"

The dock charges the tablet. I'm not sure how it was on the TF101 but i think the dock of the TF300 charges the tablet when it goes beneath 80% or so
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KindaUndisputed said:
The dock charges the tablet. I'm not sure how it was on the TF101 but i think the dock of the TF300 charges the tablet when it goes beneath 80% or so
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Yup, I know. I am docked and the dock battery is at 91% and the tablet battery is at 70% and dropping. The dock battery is not dropping; only the tablet battery. Therein lies my problem.

I think I have the same problem. Did you manage to fix it?

I'm noticing this, too. I recently rooted and put Hydro (JB) on my 300, and that's when I started noticing it. That's not to say that it wasn't doing it before, rather it's very likely I just didn't notice because I was too distracted by the lagginess of stock. But my tablet will keep dropping and the keyboard stays roughly the same. I think sometimes after a while it'll switch, almost as if it runs off the tablet most of the time but occasionally switches, but I'm not sure yet.

I think I had this issue before but I don't use my dock that much so I didn't make any note of it. I'm on the ICS bootloader running a custom JB ROM (Baked Blackbean) and I don't have this issue, at least not that I can recall.
I think the settings vary depending on which ROM you're running. i.e. one based on stock versus one based on CM.

So I'm on my tablet right now with the dock connected and the tablet battery is charging, but the lock screen shows it as discharging, so that's kinda odd. Anyone know what's causing all this?
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opethfan89 said:
So I'm on my tablet right now with the dock connected and the tablet battery is charging, but the lock screen shows it as discharging, so that's kinda odd. Anyone know what's causing all this?
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Did you manage to find out what was happening? i recently had this problem and was thinking it was a problem with the dock. It wouldnt pull any power from the dock (94% on dock and 70% on tablet) but once it hit 69% it just kicked in and now i see the blue >> indicating that the dock is charging the tablet.
i know this thread is a bit old, but i was panicking for a couple of hours while i was searching for information. hope it helps.

Wireless chargers?

Was just wondering what chargers are you guys using? Im gonna be getting my nexus 4 right after christmas. (Stupid backorder)

I'm using the LG one and it works great. The beep really isn't nearly as loud as everyone exaggerated.... but if it bothers you I hear removing it is really easy and there's instructions in one of the threads on how to do it.

LG one with the beeper taken out.
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Is there a list of what chargers work with reviews/prices?

Ngo93 said:
I'm using the LG one and it works great. The beep really isn't nearly as loud as everyone exaggerated.... but if it bothers you I hear removing it is really easy and there's instructions in one of the threads on how to do it.
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Someone in another thread mentioned that it charges to 100%, then it disconnects until the battery hits 90% or so before it starts charging again. They mentioned they leave it on the charger overnight, and in the morning it'll say it's been on battery for 3 hours and at a 90% charge.
Does it do this to you? Or do you find it charged up to 100%?

krhainos said:
Someone in another thread mentioned that it charges to 100%, then it disconnects until the battery hits 90% or so before it starts charging again. They mentioned they leave it on the charger overnight, and in the morning it'll say it's been on battery for 3 hours and at a 90% charge.
Does it do this to you? Or do you find it charged up to 100%?
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The other day I did wake up to my phone at 96% and it said it had been off for 5 hours. But today I woke up to it at 100%. I wouldn't doubt that it stops charging at 100% and then recharges back up at 96%, though I don't believe it drops as low as 90%. I've read many things in the past about people saying phones do stop charging at 96% because it's healthier for battery life and that the last 4% are cosmetic. Don't hold me to that though =P
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My N4 is on backorder for about 4 weeks. I hope google announces that wireless charging orb by then.

I bought both the LG and the Energizer single-position. Haven't had the problems that other people have mentioned with the LG unit beeping more than once (when I first put the phone down and it starts charging), even when left on overnight and after the battery is full.
The Energizer is bigger all around than the LG and is much more sensitive about getting the phone in the right spot - and since it doesn't beep, you have to just watch for the blue LED (which is bright as heck in the dark; I put a piece of tint over it).
Ended up taking the Energizer to work, and I've got an LG next to the bed and another in my home office. As far as actually charging, both models work fine and I've not done any testing on speed, etc.

Is this what you guys are using?
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/OEM-VERIZON-...ccessories&hash=item2578538a87#ht_4148wt_1247

Yes, the LG WCP-700. Looks like the prices have gone up to $50 from the $35 I paid just a week ago.
http://www.amazon.com/LG-WCP-700-Portable-Office-Charging/dp/B005DMBSVA

we cant get anything here in australia... everything is US based i search atleast once a week for a wireless charger lol

joshndroid said:
we cant get anything here in australia... everything is US based i search atleast once a week for a wireless charger lol
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i bought the LG WCP-700 from ebay.com.au posted from the US. Should arrive this week. I'll post back here if i have to mod it to work with Aussie power supply.

I'm using a Energizer single charger. Love that it doesn't make a single sound. Quiet as a mouse.
So far it's charging well. :thumbup:
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billbradford said:
I bought both the LG and the Energizer single-position. Haven't had the problems that other people have mentioned with the LG unit beeping more than once (when I first put the phone down and it starts charging), even when left on overnight and after the battery is full.
The Energizer is bigger all around than the LG and is much more sensitive about getting the phone in the right spot - and since it doesn't beep, you have to just watch for the blue LED (which is bright as heck in the dark; I put a piece of tint over it).
Ended up taking the Energizer to work, and I've got an LG next to the bed and another in my home office. As far as actually charging, both models work fine and I've not done any testing on speed, etc.
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Interesting. I have the Energizer one, and I don't think it's picky at all in regards to placement
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Panasonic tm101 In white when it gets here...
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bass++ said:
Panasonic tm101 In white when it gets here...
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where did you order that from?

[Q] how long is the battery supposed to last on the keyboard?

i did a search on google and got a bunch of people asking the same thing and some members on here went on a rant about something different, did i search on this forum and still no dice, so according to the intro video im a dumbass and should ask the android gods for help.
i bought a tf201 dock for my infinity, other threads say its the same shizz so i bought one and have been using it for over a week. at first i noticed that the battery would drain completely over night, i went into the settings and ticked the mobile dock saver on and off as others pointed out. im still having issues where i will watch maybe a movie off the sd card, browse online for an hour or two, and when i get home the dock is drained but the tablet is at half charge. i have used the tablet alone and it holds its charge all day, so is there any other tips or tricks i can use to find my culprit? also im used to iOS so my android-fu isnt so strong. if anything im considering exchanging it at bestbuy for a tf700 dock which ive heard is the same thang.

I just bought what was supposed to be the TF700 mobile dock from bestbuy but I think I got the TF201 one. Anyway, I've had it for 2 days now, first night it got totally drained but i suspected that it was because I forgot to turn off the wifi during sleep thing but now today, I connected it again and it has been drained from 100% to 15% in 3 hours!?
Worth to know though is that m tablet has been charted from ˜15% to 50% for this, but even so, charging m tablet for 35%, should that really suck that much battery power? That would mean that I used 50% of total battery in 3 hours, is that even possible?
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It should add 4 to 5 hours to your battery life I think.

kotidoti said:
I just bought what was supposed to be the TF700 mobile dock from bestbuy but I think I got the TF201 one. Anyway, I've had it for 2 days now, first night it got totally drained but i suspected that it was because I forgot to turn off the wifi during sleep thing but now today, I connected it again and it has been drained from 100% to 15% in 3 hours!?
Worth to know though is that m tablet has been charted from ˜15% to 50% for this, but even so, charging m tablet for 35%, should that really suck that much battery power? That would mean that I used 50% of total battery in 3 hours, is that even possible?
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yeah the docks are identical according to these guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1810592&highlight=keyboard+battery+life
ive also been reading that theres an actual tf700 dock that does have the battery shifted but i have seen no proof. anyways i guess il just go exchange my dock at bestbuy.
oh and if someone can tell me which app i can use to have my tablet+keyboard stay charged while its closed that would be great, cause if i close the lid and wait for an hour the tablet goes down about 7% and the keyboard switches on to charge it, so its constantly using juice to do something but what? i dont know....

I suggest you read all the other various Battery-related threads as opposed to making yet another one. I have made enough suggestions regarding this in those.
For starts, these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1805636
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2078512
Also, the dock starts charging your tablet when the tablet gets below 70%. There is no way around this.
The TF700 has a smaller battery with less charge. Again, there is a thread about this. Several, actually.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1920675
My tablet+TF201 dock has been on without charging from the electricity net for literally 3 weeks, and my tablet is at 85%, and my dock at 71%. It's not the tab itself, it's something you're doing or not doing.

Standard Qi Wireless Charger (China made)

Hi guys,
I'm relatively new to this forum and I was wondering if anyone here have had any experienced with a standard generic Qi charger from China. I'd recently purchased one online and have been using it for over 2 days now without any problems.
My intention was to actually try this product first before I get a charger from reputable brands such as Energizer or even the Nexus Orb. Is there any difference between these charging pad or should I just stick to the one I have now?
Thanks
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it would be helpful if you can mention the brand name or post a pic, if you still cant provide url. i'm recently ordering fasttech wireless charger too, still waiting to be delivered.

As long as it is charging the device, and it doesn't feel like it is getting too hot, then I would stay with what you got.
I think the benefit of the orb is that it holds it at an angle so you can see it while sitting, but that is just a small benefit that normally doesn't matter.

K0WAWA said:
it would be helpful if you can mention the brand name or post a pic, if you still cant provide url. i'm recently ordering fasttech wireless charger too, still waiting to be delivered.
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I'll try to post the picture once I'm able to do it. I did also tried to post the URL from the website I got it from but was unable too do it yet due to I'm a new member.
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LudoGris said:
As long as it is charging the device, and it doesn't feel like it is getting too hot, then I would stay with what you got.
I think the benefit of the orb is that it holds it at an angle so you can see it while sitting, but that is just a small benefit that normally doesn't matter.
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Thanks for the suggestion. So far, my phone is charging well and the device is not getting extremely hot. However, I've only been using it for 2 days and will report back after a week
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I'm finally able to post URL and pictures. Here's the URL (and picture) from where I got the wireless charger - http://m.mudah.my/view?q=Qi+charger&cg=0&ca=8_1_s&e=0&female_subcat=&o=1&ad_id=20049590
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shahrulghani said:
I'm finally able to post URL and pictures. Here's the URL (and picture) from where I got the wireless charger - http://m.mudah.my/view?q=Qi+charger&cg=0&ca=8_1_s&e=0&female_subcat=&o=1&ad_id=20049590
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Those look like the fasttech chargers being sold. It should work fine as others have reported.

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Those look like the fasttech chargers being sold. It should work fine as others have reported.
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yea, but it's sold for way more expensive. here's the thread that discusses about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2074862
anyway, if i were you i will stick with it. if i want it to charge my phone while it's sitting in an angle, i will make my own dock...

I bought this one for 44 EUR from a Chinese Ebay store. Don`t get one of these. Mine worked flawless for 2 weeks till one day it refused to make a connection with my N4. I think its made from real low quality components... Waste of money.
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pyto said:
I bought this one for 44 EUR from a Chinese Ebay store. Don`t get one of these. Mine worked flawless for 2 weeks till one day it refused to make a connection with my N4. I think its made from real low quality components... Waste of money.
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Ouch! I've already bought it. Will see how it behaves in the next two weeks to come. Thanks for the feedback.
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Just got a fasttech charger, figured Id give it a shot. Makes me appreciate the orb more and makes me feel better about spending twice as much on the orb. The orb uses micro USB (aka universal), secures the phone and doesnt have the obnoxious blue LED on it. Also, the fasttech seems finicky about charging, you have to get it just right. The orb doesnt seem to care.

Something weird happened to my charging pad last night. Apparently, I wanted to gauge how long will it take for the pad to charge my Nexus 4 to 100% from 10%. So after making sure that my battery was at 10%, I left it on the charger and went to bed.
However earlier this morning, I find that my battery was only at 84% charged (after nearly 5 hours of charging). A quick look at the battery stats shows that it charged normally from 10% to 80% and then dropped down to 70% (on battery and pad did not charged, I reckoned). After that, it was charging again to 84% and stayed flat at that percentage till morning. Weird right?
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was your phone vibrated sometime during the night that caused it to move?

I don't think so because I set JuiceDefender to switch my device to Airplane mode at night. It's really weird...
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