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Desktop Charger w/ extra battery chargin?

Anyone know if there is a desktop charger w/ extra battery slot yet for the SGS4?
Kinda like this one:

seanvree said:
Anyone know if there is a desktop charger w/ extra battery slot yet for the SGS4?
Kinda like this one:
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This is close, a desk stand and second charger combined... but it doesn't charge your phone, you'd need to use a separate cable for that:
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/genuine-...a-battery-kit-ef-k600bewegww-white-p38385.htm

VelocityGrill said:
This is close, a desk stand and second charger combined... but it doesn't charge your phone, you'd need to use a separate cable for that:
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/genuine-...a-battery-kit-ef-k600bewegww-white-p38385.htm
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Yeah, I appreciate it. Looking for a desktop "cradle" style.
Thanks,

seanvree said:
Yeah, I appreciate it. Looking for a desktop "cradle" style.
Thanks,
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This one is to be released May 9th (?!?) http://www.amazon.ca/EZOPower-Smart...1367025234&sr=8-27&keywords=galaxy+s4+battery

mickliq said:
This one is to be released May 9th (?!?) http://www.amazon.ca/EZOPower-Smart...1367025234&sr=8-27&keywords=galaxy+s4+battery
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the only thing i don't like about these third party docks is they don't typically always charge the battery to full capacity and recharge at a slower rate.
the description say:
"The battery charging slot is design to charge Samsung Galaxy S4 battery up to 85-90% full only. This it to prevent the battery from over charging and damaging the Samsung Galaxy S3 battery"
maybe they should put a chip that stops charging when full (like the OEM samsung docks do)..

Rapid Charger Recommendation?

Can anyone recommend a rapid wall (not car) charger? I got the one directly from Verizon but I'm hoping there's a good one that'd work for this phone that I could get from Amazon for cheaper.
Any recommendations?

Seijin said:
Can anyone recommend a rapid wall (not car) charger? I got the one directly from Verizon but I'm hoping there's a good one that'd work for this phone that I could get from Amazon for cheaper.
Any recommendations?
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The standard one it probably the fastest, and the charging current is limited by the phone, and not the charger. Even the standard charger at 2A, the phones does not charger using the full 2A.

kms108 said:
The standard one it probably the fastest, and the charging current is limited by the phone, and not the charger. Even the standard charger at 2A, the phones does not charger using the full 2A.
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I don't know about that - I see a huge difference using the rapid charger. With it, I can charge my near dead S5 in like an hour and a half to a full charge.

I get around that figure with the supplied charger.

I get the same results with the stock charger.. Why is there need for a "rapid charger" when the one that came in the box works just fine?

[Q] Looking For Battery Case w/ Quick Charge 2.0

I am looking for a battery case (yes case, I don't want any external battery pack) that has decent protection and supports QC 2.0 when charging the phone thru whatever pass through micro usb port there is on the case. I don't really care how fast the battery in the case charges, I just want to make sure that I won't be shafting my quick charging capability by putting on such a case.

Did you find one? I came across this, FYI:
"A 5 Volt battery (which all of them are) isn't going to give you a quick charge, so none of them are. You need 9 Volts to quick charge using Samsung's method. Give iit time and companies like Anker will probably come out with special packs for Samsung."
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...-not-qualcomm-quickcharge-2-0-compatible.html

I need one too

Incipio's Offgrid supports Quickcharge 2.0 passthrough. http://www.incipio.com/cases/samsun...-extended-battery-case-samsung-galaxy-s6.html
So does this one: http://www.amazon.com/PowerSuit®-Ex...pebp=1437159482332&perid=1639MSQ5SW0SPDAQVBRA

@RedXXII - that is freaking AWESOME! I battery case that 1) allows Adaptive Fast Charging pass-through, 2) allows NFC comms, and 3) PROVIDES FOR USE OF STORAGE CARD!! GENIUS!
I didn't see where the second one allowed pass-through, but I'm knackered so I may have missed.
The Incipio Offgrid is $70 on eBay. If it'll allow Qi charging too, I'll buy it in a heartbeat! Thanks for sharing that info!
[EDIT: the lone commenter at the bottom of Incipio's page explicitly states it will not work with wireless charging. Since it allows for NFC, I wonder if the other wireless charging has more "battery case punch through" abilities.]

@bwb8771: I actually have two Samsung Wireless chargers coming tonight. Since I still have my Incipio OffGrid, I will check and let you know. I also had a Powersuit battery case that allowed QC passthrough but unfortunately, it did not hold up well in a drop test.

@RedXXII - I'd love to hear what you find!

@bwb8771: Unfortunately, it does not work through the case. I have two of the Samsung Official Wireless chargers. Sorry.

MUCH appreciated!

RedXXII said:
Incipio's Offgrid supports Quickcharge 2.0 passthrough. http://www.incipio.com/cases/samsun...-extended-battery-case-samsung-galaxy-s6.html
So does this one: http://www.amazon.com/PowerSuit®-Ex...pebp=1437159482332&perid=1639MSQ5SW0SPDAQVBRA
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FYI the incipeio offgrid is not really a fast charger the output is 5 volts at 1 ma i'm not real happy nice battery case but its just a standard case except that you can add a sdcard

cyberone3 said:
FYI the incipeio offgrid is not really a fast charger the output is 5 volts at 1 ma i'm not real happy nice battery case but its just a standard case except that you can add a sdcard
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For my long flight to Europe I'll be buying the Aukey Quick Charge 2.0 10400mAh Portable External Battery Fast Charger (/URL]), so the OffGrid battery will be nice.
Having the SD card will let me store enough music that I won't go through Spotify withdrawals

bwb8771 said:
For my long flight to Europe I'll be buying the Aukey Quick Charge 2.0 10400mAh Portable External Battery Fast Charger (/URL]), so the OffGrid battery will be nice.
Having the SD card will let me store enough music that I won't go through Spotify withdrawals
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not saying its not nice its just not a true quickcharge battery case output max is 1 ma and i am only getting 433ma same when I wireless charging so its miss leading saying quick charge.
okay update i am a little bit happier when its connected to samsung oem quickcharge it only charges at 433 ma but when disconnected and running on battery case it jumps to almost 2 ma which is wierd since max output is only 1ma but phone is charging fast so not too bad

I think you might be mis-understanding what Incipio is relating. They are only indicating that their case will ALLOW (not provide) quick charging through their hardware.
That is to say, if you connect the proper 15-watt AND proper micro USB cable, the quick charging of the phone will occur with the case in place.
Would you agree, @RedXXII ?

bwb8771 said:
I think you might be mis-understanding what Incipio is relating. They are only indicating that their case will ALLOW (not provide) quick charging through their hardware.
That is to say, if you connect the proper 15-watt AND proper micro USB cable, the quick charging of the phone will occur with the case in place.
Would you agree, @RedXXII ?
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nope quick charge does not work "pass-through" when you have the case on as stated in the the message I left earlier it will charge the phone at .5ma ig if case connected to charger but, if you have the adapter unplugged from the case it charges the phone at 1ma or more the battery case even charges slower when connected to the phone.
but again i bought the case and it charge as fast as my non quick-charge adapter when not plugged in the only thing is that the phone and the battery case both charges slow when battery case is on phone
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cyberone3 said:
nope quick charge does not work "pass-through" when you have the case on as stated in the the message I left earlier it will charge the phone at .5ma ig if case connected to charger but, if you have the adapter unplugged from the case it charges the phone at 1ma or more the battery case even charges slower when connected to the phone.
but again i bought the case and it charge as fast as my non quick-charge adapter when not plugged in the only thing is that the phone and the battery case both charges slow when battery case is on phone
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update
The cord that works fine without the case for fast charging doesn't work right with case on (think case doesn't see it as a fast charge device) so i decided what the hell switched the cable to the one in the box and now its charging fast. so use the cable provided with the case for fast charging to work it seems

Mine worked with any cable I used. It is dependant on the brick that you plug the cable into. Do you have any pictures of the case? I'm trying to figure out if I have a defective one. Mine will not close at the top. There is a noticeable gap.
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RedXXII said:
Mine worked with any cable I used. It is dependant on the brick that you plug the cable into. Do you have any pictures of the case? I'm trying to figure out if I have a defective one. Mine will not close at the top. There is a noticeable gap.
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the top does close but not 100 tight there is a line gap compared to the bottom and side
i'm using the Samsung brick. also did you get a full charge out of it? I left it on the phone charging overnight
let the phone drop down to 15% then started charging. it started charging to about 75% then battery case ran out of juice

[Q] In-car Fast Adaptive Charger.

Hi, guys and gals..
Does anyone know if ifs possibly let to get a car charger capable of fast charging my S6?
UK Sellers Only.

PaulN543 said:
Hi, guys and gals..
Does anyone know if ifs possibly let to get a car charger capable of fast charging my S6?
UK Sellers Only.
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On amazon there are some 2.1A.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=fast charger in car

Looking for a 9v 1.67A if possible like the stock Samsung wall charger

PaulN543 said:
Looking for a 9v 1.67A if possible like the stock Samsung wall charger
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Mind if I ask, as i'm not really into this.
Does it 'damage' anything, if using 2.1A, as I already have such a charger?

Faspaiso said:
Mind if I ask, as i'm not really into this.
Does it 'damage' anything, if using 2.1A, as I already have such a charger?
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I have a Maxboost car charger that I bought from Amazon (US). And it has two USB ports. One 2.0 amps and the second is 2.4 amps. I've used both on my iPhone 6 and Note 4 without any issues.
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Faspaiso said:
Mind if I ask, as i'm not really into this.
Does it 'damage' anything, if using 2.1A, as I already have such a charger?
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It's not like the charger "pushes" current into your phone, but rather how much current the charger is able to provide if a device tries to "pull" that amount of energy from the charger. A charger rated at wrong(to high) voltage will on the other hand damage your device.

paalkr said:
It's not like the charger "pushes" current into your phone, but rather how much current the charger is able to provide if a device tries to "pull" that amount of energy from the charger. A charger rated at wrong(to high) voltage will on the other hand damage your device.
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So shortly, Amp doesn't matter, but Voltage do?
Voltage should be 5, right?

Choetech makes a 4 port CLA. Works great on my GS6.
I can't post links yet but if you are Jedi material you can figure it out.
Xxw.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00SOJA43W/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1431275858&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&keywords=choetech+quick+charge&dpPl=1&dpID=41enbLJ8nNL&ref=plSrch

I bought one of these from Amazon it supports the Qualcomm fast charging
Quick Charge 2.0 iVoler Adaptive Fast Turbo Rapid Car Charger
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00V68OHAO

Qi charging

What Qi-charging options are there for the xperia Z5?
Any chance that Sony will release something similar to WCR14, or are we stuck with fitting generic receivers between the phone and a case?

As I know, z5 doesnt support wirelless charging out of the box

Proday said:
As I know, z5 doesnt support wirelless charging out of the box
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Yeah, exactly, no support for wireless charging. However, Sony has released cases with built-in wireless charging for earlier models of the Z-line
and I was wondering if anyone knew if they are going to release a similar solution for the Z5 Compact.
At the moment it seems as though the only viable option is to install a qi-receiver bought on ebay or a similar site and pair it with a case.
Not so bad i guess, since it probably is a hell of a lot cheaper and you get to choose whichever case you want.
Awaiting my Z5C now and will update when I have installed a qi solution.

That is impossible becouse that cases before have connection over magnetic charger and z5c dont have it.

Okay, bummer..
I thought they might solve the problem of the missing magnetic port by using the micro-usb connection..

Just wanted to confirm, I purchased a Qi Wireless Receiver that connects over USB - no dice. They don't have the "teeth" that microusb ports have and due to the water proofing the port doesn't turn on.

jonshipman said:
Just wanted to confirm, I purchased a Qi Wireless Receiver that connects over USB - no dice. They don't have the "teeth" that microusb ports have and due to the water proofing the port doesn't turn on.
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Really?
Shucks.. I just ordered one of those..

Tried various adapters and it doesn't draw enough power to charge. It just vibrates and turns the screen on but doesn't say charging.

Maybe you should try "detect the usb device" option

moazzam.munir said:
Maybe you should try "detect the usb device" option
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This.
I will be ordering up a high amp one soon to hopefully help me get my phone through the day. I'll report in if it does or doesn't work.

I am using this one
http://www.amazon.de/Universal-Qi-Wireless-Ladegerät-Micro-USB-Android-Handy-Schnittstelle/dp/B00OH12LA0/ref=sr_1_2?s=ce-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1456411436&sr=1-2&keywords=qi+receiver+1000ma#productDetails
in combination with this case
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B016D8ZACK?ref_=pe_1365651_54849071
looks perfect and my phone gets from empty to 100% in about 6 hours.

Thorstenk said:
I am using this one
http://www.amazon.de/Universal-Qi-Wireless-Ladegerät-Micro-USB-Android-Handy-Schnittstelle/dp/B00OH12LA0/ref=sr_1_2?s=ce-de&ie=UTF8&qid=1456411436&sr=1-2&keywords=qi+receiver+1000ma#productDetails
in combination with this case
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B016D8ZACK?ref_=pe_1365651_54849071
looks perfect and my phone gets from empty to 100% in about 6 hours.
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Looks nice! what kind of amperage are you able charge with tst receiver?
I'm going to be ordering this one:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00YGV76LK/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A11ID9O6IRX38
Review show that it's pretty close to 1amp in most cases.
And using this so every time its in my pocket I'll have this in there charging it..
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B018T...X236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=qi+power+bank

Ampere shows 200-600 mAh (depending of the position)
Its working really good and its cheap, don't get why not all the companies install it in their phones ...

jonshipman said:
Just wanted to confirm, I purchased a Qi Wireless Receiver that connects over USB - no dice. They don't have the "teeth" that microusb ports have and due to the water proofing the port doesn't turn on.
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Just wanted to post to say that this is wrong. What it needs to work is a connector has the data pins to be connected so that it shows that it's capable of outputting higher than 500mA. I'm using the Zoer receiver that has that and it works fine. Amperage is between 260mA to 770mA depending on the qi charger that I use.

no, not really. This qi definitely works.
nvrd said:
Really?
Shucks.. I just ordered one of those..
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You just need one with 4 pins instead of the cheaper 2 pin ones. I have one which definitely works. Unfortunately, xdadevelopers doesn't let new users post links for some reason, so I can't help anybody with the link to the one I use. I spent a lot of time working out what to use and finally went into a 'retail store' to test the one I ordered before ordering my own z5 compact. If anybody wants the link to the ebay item, just email at [email protected]. Make sure you choose the 'A type' for the z5 compact. Works a treat. There is a lot of confusion about qi on the z5. Some people are saying that it is because of its waterproof attributes, you can't do it. Not so. This works perfectly and once on, can be used with any QI standard charging mat.

Guy, anyone tried with the quickcharge wireless pad yet? By the way, do we need to have quick charge supported receiver coils in order to use the quick charge charging pad?

qiang85 said:
Guy, anyone tried with the quickcharge wireless pad yet? By the way, do we need to have quick charge supported receiver coils in order to use the quick charge charging pad?
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I've never seen a quick charger receiver? I gave up on this in favor of quick charging at lunch

For those that have gone down this route a couple of questions please:
1) How has the QI receiver lasted if the phone is submerged? Did it just need rinsing in clean water and drying out or was it screwed?
2) Is there a maximum thickness to the case which I should worry about?
3) What sort of time does it take to charge up?
4) If I'm playing music or video will it charge quicker than I'm draining the battery?
Thanks!

I just got this one:
ASIN=B01E15W2ZA
and it works good with my Xperiy Z5 Compact. It charges with about 600...700 mA, something les than with a normal charger, but absolutely enough for my purpose - modt of the time I just want to recharge over nitght. It goes up to 100 %.
The included power bank feature can also be used via Qi, but probably smarter it to use it with a cable to not waste Your capacity as heat.
By the way: Even NFC works through the receiver!
But still I folded the receiver cable twice to position the receiver on the lower edge of the beackside of the phone. This way I avoid the risk, that NFC sensitivity gets reduced and I can line up the phone better on the charger, because it must lay quite exact on the cross.

i have qi charger for 5c and it works. i order plate fro qi and qi charger from ebay. just this qi sticker must set under some case. another way it is possible to broke it.