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RND 2nd battery charger and dock

Just got this from Amazon and I love it! Has a cradle to charge (or sync, but I only use it to charge) and space to charge my second battery. I use a 3500mAh battery in addition to my stock battery when I travel. This charges both and works great. Has some nice features (little light that tells you when it is charging and when it is done, came with 2 USB cables.)
For under $16, you can't beat it.

koop1955 said:
Just got this from Amazon and I love it! Has a cradle to charge (or sync, but I only use it to charge) and space to charge my second battery. I use a 3500mAh battery in addition to my stock battery when I travel. This charges both and works great. Has some nice features (little light that tells you when it is charging and when it is done, came with 2 USB cables.)
For under $16, you can't beat it.
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Great Find!
I have been using that type of charger and dock for a while. Only thing is you cannot fit a extended battery 3500mAh because it will not fit into the cradle. You can always dock phone with regular size and charge the extended battery.
I found this one at newegg.com
Black For Samsung Epic 4g Twin Desktop Chargerr Cradle
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ccessories-_-Accessory+Geeks-_-9SIA08901G1258
Peace m8 =)

Probably this one.... I just amazoned it... http://www.amazon.com/RND-Power-Sol...1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1328164686&sr=1-1-catcorr
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Sorry for the slow response; was installing Cyanogen last night. But Comando156 is spot on, that is the one.

Just a quick note for anyone looking to use this to sync their phone with their PC. That works just great as well. The more that I play with this, the more I like it.

Thanks, but how does it charge in that position ? That new technology idea ? Like the mats ?
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA07R0851376

The RND Power charger, the one from Amazon not the Newegg one, charges my 3500mAh battery just fine while also charging my phone (if I have my stock battery in, of course.)
Link for the charger: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004H42FOY/ref=oh_o04_s00_i00_details
Link for the battery I use: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Epic-Extended-Battery-Cover/dp/B004MB66B0

[Q] What chager comes with HTC Sensation?

Hi,
I bought HTC Sensation as a second-hand (used) phone, and I got a charger which has written "Made in China" on it.
Although it does look like the same as I see in unboxing videos, i have some confusions. So, I tried to charge my phone with it and left it overnight. The battery was half charged in that long time and was losing charge percentage if used heavily while charging.
Since then, I did some attempts and notices following results:
>I used my brother's Sony Xperia Arc's charger on my phone and the results (charging speed) are better now.
>I also used Samsung's USB cable to charge via pc and it is also giving good results.
>When I used HTC's (so called) usb cable which I am using for charger to 'connect and charge' via laptop, it shows same result as when connected to charger.
>It was written Charging (USB) when charging via HTC charger and Charging (AC) when charging via Sony's charger.
>I can also see a noticeable difference that HTC's (again, so called) charger has output of 200mA and Sony's original charger has output of 850mA.
I understand that this makes a big difference.
Now, I want to ask that does HTC really give chargers of 200mA?
Finally, coming back to the title, how can I recognize if my charger is fake or not? Any indications etc.?
(I am trying to attach some pictures of it).
Aaaaaand, one more question!
Does battery always drop down by 10-15% or even 30% if I use camera for less than 10 minutes or is 'my' battery having problems?

Ur charger is original but I think the adaptar has problems as I do hve the same charger with 200mah it's f9 my phones gets charged
N Ya HTC is renowned in worest battery n update sectors
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U on stock Rom?
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shrex said:
Ur charger is original but I think the adaptar has problems as I do hve the same charger with 200mah it's f9 my phones gets charged
N Ya HTC is renowned in worest battery n update sectors
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U on stock Rom?
hit thanks if I hve hlped you
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adapter problems? i don't get it. (I'm a noob :-/ )
yes I am on stock ROM.
I want to buy a new charger but should I buy an htc charger with 200mah if I am given this option or should I look for a higher power, like 850mah?
And, can you tell me what is your average battery life? And what is your average charging time in hours?
Btw I have hit the thanks button, I feel like it's my duty to hit thanks whenever someone helps me
Thanks a lot for your reply.

If u want to buy the charger I'll prefer u buy an HTC original charger even its 200mah
My bettery life 3g 5 to 6 hrs n 2g is around 8 or might one hour up n down ....
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N I hve to charge full night for full battery but it gets charged very fast bfore it reaches 80%
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shrex said:
If u want to buy the charger I'll prefer u buy an HTC original charger even its 200mah
My bettery life 3g 5 to 6 hrs n 2g is around 8 or might one hour up n down ....
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N I hve to charge full night for full battery but it gets charged very fast bfore it reaches 80%
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Thanks for your reply, it's really helpful.
and yes mine also charges very fast till 80% (with Sony charger)
Do you use it continuously and heavily with very short breaks for 8 hours or does it just sleep on standby?
If I leave mine on standby, it drops only zero to 5% charge in whole night. If I use it for like 6 hours while installing apps and browsing via opera mini, it drops down from 100% to 30%, sometimes even lesser.

I bought many adapters from Ebay, and all were fakes, If you would put original and fake charger together you would see little differences like little bit moved logo. Also it depends on cable, do not you longer than 1,5m. I have 2,5m cable and it is behaves as you written, it is too long distance for it, I do not really undarstand it but it does not charge it normaly. Normaly you should buy 1A charger. I bought 0,5A external charger and it has same results as you mentioned. 850mAh should be allright but I thing that best you can do if you are going to use more USB charging ports - buy on Ebay 4 USB PORT charger witch gives really good result and best thing that you can charger 4 things at same time on your cables. I am using it all time. That was best investment in chargers. Price about 7€

All is well HTC phones behave the same way
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Beloch said:
I bought many adapters from Ebay, and all were fakes, If you would put original and fake charger together you would see little differences like little bit moved logo. Also it depends on cable, do not you longer than 1,5m. I have 2,5m cable and it is behaves as you written, it is too long distance for it, I do not really undarstand it but it does not charge it normaly. Normaly you should buy 1A charger. I bought 0,5A external charger and it has same results as you mentioned. 850mAh should be allright but I thing that best you can do if you are going to use more USB charging ports - buy on Ebay 4 USB PORT charger witch gives really good result and best thing that you can charger 4 things at same time on your cables. I am using it all time. That was best investment in chargers. Price about 7€
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Thanks a lot for your input. I will buy htc charger because sensation users have told me that the charger is fine and that the problem is with mine only. I don't think that length of cable can be the problem because my SE's charger is a bit longer than htc's and it charges faster. My old Nokia's charger length was also very long and it also used to charge quickly, actually it still does (on other nokias). I will buy from market.
Normaly you should buy 1A charger
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what's 1A ? I have only heard that mAh determines the speed of charger. Is Ampere and mAh similar?

usman farhat said:
Thanks a lot for your input. I will buy htc charger because sensation users have told me that the charger is fine and that the problem is with mine only. I don't think that length of cable can be the problem because my SE's charger is a bit longer than htc's and it charges faster. My old Nokia's charger length was also very long and it also used to charge quickly, actually it still does (on other nokias). I will buy from market.
what's 1A ? I have only heard that mAh determines the speed of charger. Is Ampere and mAh similar?
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1A is 1000mAh. My charger is a 1A 5v output. 200mAh sounds a little low. Even a USB port is 500mAh.

usman farhat said:
Thanks for your reply, it's really helpful.
and yes mine also charges very fast till 80% (with Sony charger)
Do you use it continuously and heavily with very short breaks for 8 hours or does it just sleep on standby?
If I leave mine on standby, it drops only zero to 5% charge in whole night. If I use it for like 6 hours while installing apps and browsing via opera mini, it drops down from 100% to 30%, sometimes even lesser.
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Don't worry if the battery takes more time to charge aboove 80%, it is due to the electrolyte in the battery....the material used has that characteristic....and it is used widely...it cannot be helped as of now....

ferrao_malchom said:
Don't worry if the battery takes more time to charge aboove 80%, it is due to the electrolyte in the battery....the material used has that characteristic....and it is used widely...it cannot be helped as of now....
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yes I know this, if i have 80% charge, I already have enough to fulfil my most requirements..
Hope they invent batteries with more capacity soon
3484jacks said:
1A is 1000mAh. My charger is a 1A 5v output. 200mAh sounds a little low. Even a USB port is 500mAh.
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Thanks, I will be looking for 850-1000mAh

Hi mate.. Don't worry about original HTC charger.. Numbers on it are lil bit confusing but it outputs 1000mA(1A) so its powerfull enough to charge any phone out there if not broken or st..

Hello,
your charger seems ok, when you carefully look on sticker, there are input and output characteristics. For input you have 240V and 200mA (current is irrelevant for input, it is lower because of high voltage on input) and for output 5V and 1A (you should look at this value of current) which is normal for original chargers. If you have battery fully charged in 2h than you dont need to buy another one. Charging is always faster on the beginning because of higher voltage difference and on the and it slows and probably change charging type so dont worry, it is ok.
mAh is value for capacity (battery capacity based on current usage), mA is for current value (current usage, charging current etc.), very big difference...
mAh (milliampere-hour) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere-hour
mA (milliampere) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere
Regards

Thanks for your replies.. The charger whose images I had posted is still sleeping in my drawer because it charged very VERY slowly (yes, it's in caps). I thought that it was original and had some problem in that specific set. So, I bought a same new charger of 1A and I mistakenly connected in on a wall socket which was slightly loose. After some minutes, it started making noises of continuous sparks within it. So I disconnected and tried on another socket without the mobile connected this time. So the charger again produced a big spark which affected the voltage of whole house for a second, thank God it did not touch me. It now rests in garbage. Now I bought same charger again thinking that the loose socket part was my fault, but the same thing happened again when I connected it on another SLIGHTLY loose socket, where all chargers of home normally go. And I got the same results. So then I realized that I am not going to get an original one. Finally I bought a kyocera charger, for 1.5$ (converted amount) which is still working by the grace of God.

Nexus 5 USB cable

Hi guys,
I received my Nexus 5 today at work, then cycled home and took the phone with me without any accessories.
Come bed time I tried to plug in all micro-usb I had from previous phones/tablets/hdd but none of them really slips into the micro-usb slot. It appears to be bloody tight and obviously I don't want to force it. I'll try tomorrow with the original cable.
Has any of you experienced a similar problem?
Regards,
Marco

marcopro79 said:
Hi guys,
I received my Nexus 5 today at work, then cycled home and took the phone with me without any accessories.
Come bed time I tried to plug in all micro-usb I had from previous phones/tablets/hdd but none of them really slips into the micro-usb slot. It appears to be bloody tight and obviously I don't want to force it. I'll try tomorrow with the original cable.
Has any of you experienced a similar problem?
Regards,
Marco
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Nope - my old micro-USB cables connect fairly well. Though I did notice that older chargers charge the N5 really slow (even chargers that charged my previous Galaxy S4 quickly).
The N5's OEM charger and the S4's OEM charger can charge my phone up very quickly (about 2 hours to get fully charged from 30% or less)

Similar yes... but mine is the other way around. My N5 cable is really tight, where as all my others slide right in
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jj14 said:
Nope - my old micro-USB cables connect fairly well. Though I did notice that older chargers charge the N5 really slow (even chargers that charged my previous Galaxy S4 quickly).
The N5's OEM charger and the S4's OEM charger can charge my phone up very quickly (about 2 hours to get fully charged from 30% or less)
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I notice that too with the charging. I read everywhere on how the device charges so quickly, where as mine was taking ages. When I use the supplied kit, nice and fast

dannstarr said:
Similar yes... but mine is the other way around. My N5 cable is really tight, where as all my others slide right in
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I notice that too with the charging. I read everywhere on how the device charges so quickly, where as mine was taking ages. When I use the supplied kit, nice and fast
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take a look at the rating on the chargers you have. I have 3-4 that are 1amp, 2 that are pathetic at 0.5amp... and the Nex5 one it 1.2amp...

longer cable that is adaptive charging capable

Has anyone found an aftermarket cable that is 10 feet and can do adaptive charging for the note 4?

This one is a great sturdy cable, has a very snug connection to phone, and works with Adaptive charging: http://goo.gl/9i9AJd

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This one is a great sturdy cable, has a very snug connection to phone, and works with Adaptive charging: http://goo.gl/9i9AJd
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Just tested the three 10ft cables I have and they all work, as well as every other cable I tried. Its the adapter that does the charging. Two 10ft came from a convenience store, and one from Big Lots. also the short cables that came with various backup batteries work. Now if i could find a fast charge capable backup battery.
EDIT: After actually leaving one of the 10ft cables hooked to my phone, It does not fast charge it. The popup comes up, but after almost an hour the battery has only risen like 5%. I will actually have to thoroughly test the other cords over the next few days. But still, the adapter does the charging, I guess the resistance of the wire comes into play, cause the stock cable is way thicker than any other cable i have except for 2 short ones.
Is that one linked thick too, if it really does work with fast charging, I will buy it, but it looks just like the ones I have.
EDIT 2:unplugged it and plugged the other one in and the phone has risen 25% in 30 min, so I am at a loss.

jonrobertd said:
Just tested the three 10ft cables I have and they all work, as well as every other cable I tried. Its the adapter that does the charging. Two 10ft came from a convenience store, and one from Big Lots. also the short cables that came with various backup batteries work. Now if i could find a fast charge capable backup battery.
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Correct. It's the adapter that enables the fast charging when used with a phone that supports it. Any decent cable should work with it.

Yeah, and I have found out not all cables are made equal, the resistance on one cable was higher than the other of the same brand, the higher resistance one does not fast charge it even though it pops up.

Longer cables will almost always yield slower charge times. I have yet to find a cable that puts through as much power as stock cable. Anyone know where to get those?

TeamHackura said:
Longer cables will almost always yield slower charge times. I have yet to find a cable that puts through as much power as stock cable. Anyone know where to get those?
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Package of 3:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Charging-Cables-Galaxy-Universal/dp/B00PJAEBMO/ref=sr_1_3?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1420550746&sr=1-3&keywords=samsung+note+4+charger+cable

It is not only the length of the cable but the thickness of the cable. You also need to be aware which most of you are that some cables are for charging only. The charging only cables will not for for 'fast charge' from my experience

I use this 15' cable every day to charge, fast charging works great.
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=103&cp_id=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5460&seq=1&format=2

sparksd said:
Package of 3:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Charg...&sr=1-3&keywords=samsung+note+4+charger+cable
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I was eyeing that set but for now just bought one of these. Should receive today.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00GP0GUC6
FWIW I bought a bunch of top tier cables from MonoPrice and the tip doesn't fit in my case (bodyglove).
Nearly all 8 of them have broken at the tip also.
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Hockey37 said:
I use this 15' cable every day to charge, fast charging works great.
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=103&cp_id=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5460&seq=1&format=2
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That's the same cables I bought. I just bought shorter lengths. The tip has fallen out of all of them after several months.

TeamHackura said:
I was eyeing that set but for now just bought one of these. Should receive today.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00GP0GUC6
FWIW I bought a bunch of top tier cables from MonoPrice and the tip doesn't fit in my case (bodyglove).
Nearly all 8 of them have broken at the tip also.
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That's the same cables I bought. I just bought shorter lengths. The tip has fallen out of all of them after several months.
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UPDATE:
received cable and it doesn't work at all. Tried on note 4 and 8 on Anker charger and pc. Anyone try that 3 pack?
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sparksd said:
Package of 3:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Charg...&sr=1-3&keywords=samsung+note+4+charger+cable
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Have you tried these?

TeamHackura said:
UPDATE:
received cable and it doesn't work at all. Tried on note 4 and 8 on Anker charger and pc. Anyone try that 3 pack?
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Have you tried these?
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No - I came across those when looking for another OEM charger.

sparksd said:
No - I came across those when looking for another OEM charger.
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Thanks bud. Might buy those to see. Berry disappointed that this cable wouldn't work for ****

USB vs magnetic charging

I read a few Amazon reviews on USB->magnetic charging converters where users report faster charging. Is it true that Sony's magnetic charging port works faster than USB AC ?

There are fast charge mag cables out there not sure if all are faster amazon has a good selection

zombiej79 said:
There are fast charge mag cables out there not sure if all are faster amazon has a good selection
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Could you point out to anything specific? I saw a lot of negative reviews on some of them stating how the magnetic ports on the phone were getting ripped right off.

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00JEM...SY200_QL40&dpPl=1&dpID=41Eo+jsc2tL&ref=plSrch
This one seems to have more positive reviews then others. I think those people who had issues got defective handsets possibly. Personnaly I have never had a issue with any Sony device this z3 is my 5th device and all still work great no issues

zombiej79 said:
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B00JEM...SY200_QL40&dpPl=1&dpID=41Eo+jsc2tL&ref=plSrch
This one seems to have more positive reviews then others. I think those people who had issues got defective handsets possibly. Personnaly I have never had a issue with any Sony device this z3 is my 5th device and all still work great no issues
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This is exactly the one with the issue I mentioned and it happened to someone with my exact same phone, the D6616.

I think if your gonna have the issue it won't matter which magnetic cable you get.they are all pretty much the same all you can do is pick one up and try it just remember when you disconnect don't pull straight out kind of bend it off
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Think that's the issue people pull them off.if you bend it off your not pulling o the magnetic point as much

What about time for charging the phone with magnetic charge? Faster or same average speed?
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