Had my transformer charging for a br and noticed the wall charger is a lil too hot.....anyone else halves this?
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Same here n i mean hot
bossei said:
Same here n i mean hot
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Hot as hell...
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Same here. I am afraid to leave it plugged in for too long. I am sure my fear is unfounded but it get hot enough to make me nervous.
bluejay2345 said:
Same here. I am afraid to leave it plugged in for too long. I am sure my fear is unfounded but it get hot enough to make me nervous.
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When the tablet is 100% charged, it doesn't get as hot anymore. When nothing is plugged in, its cool as a gem. I wouldn't worry about it. Laptop chargers run about as hot as this.
Side effect of pushing current?
HEAT
Yeah, it will get a little warm, maybe even a bit too warm to hold in your hand for more than a few seconds. If you need to unplug it to stow it or take it along, unplug your TF from it and let it sit for a couple minutes.
tony1208 said:
Had my transformer charging for a br and noticed the wall charger is a lil too hot.....anyone else halves this?
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Same, the charger feels dodgy to me.
Think we can use an apple charger like this for the Transformer cable?
edit (cant post link but its the apple usb charger that is larger and more rounded versus the tiny box like one for phones).
the apple one says output of 5.1V 2.1A
the asus one says output 5.15V 2.12A (I think, text is ludicrously small)
Loving the device by the way, but yeah the powerpack does not inspire confidence at all.
Someone mentioned in another thread that part of the reason for the charger getting so hot is because some people have been plugging it in the wrong way. The adapter should be plugged in with the "S" in "ASUS" lining up with the wider prong on the outlet
chargers get hot. Plain and simple.
My laptop charger feels like it'll burn straight through the carpet.
The things people complain about... lol
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husker91 said:
chargers get hot. Plain and simple.
My laptop charger feels like it'll burn straight through the carpet.
The things people complain about... lol
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True, but someone's TF charger has already melted see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13894929&postcount=15. No charger should get so hot that it melts.
I don't have this problem. The manual shows a diff kind of charger than I got in the box though. I just got my tf today. Manual shows a charger consisting of a power plug piece, another piece which plugs into power piece, and USB cable that plugs into that. I have just a power piece which has a USB port on it, plug in and go. Charging from first time charge on both dock and tablet for 5 hours or so right now, tablet is charged full just dock still charging, adapter is barely warm.
The charge light on my dock is still red though, thought it would have changed to at least orange by now. The tablet has been at 100 for say 2 hours, and removed from dock for about an hour.
Update, it is getting hot after being plugged in for around 6 hours, not so hot that i'm worried. What's more worrisome is that the docks charge light is still red after all that time.
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jeffervesce said:
I don't have this problem. The manual shows a diff kind of charger than I got in the box though. I just got my tf today. Manual shows a charger consisting of a power plug piece, another piece which plugs into power piece, and USB cable that plugs into that. I have just a power piece which has a USB port on it, plug in and go. Charging from first time charge on both dock and tablet for 5 hours or so right now, tablet is charged full just dock still charging, adapter is barely warm.
The charge light on my dock is still red though, thought it would have changed to at least orange by now. The tablet has been at 100 for say 2 hours, and removed from dock for about an hour.
Update, it is getting hot after being plugged in for around 6 hours, not so hot that i'm worried. What's more worrisome is that the docks charge light is still red after all that time.
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The power plug is already attached to the PSU. Similar to how Apple laptop power bricks allow you to put on a different power plug.
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True, but someone's TF charger has already melted see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13894929&postcount=15. No charger should get so hot that it melts.
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True, and unless yours is melting, it's not too hot.
Anybody actually got a temperature reading?
gonna see if I can charge the thing at work and use our IR temperature reader to get a reading
Using an IR ThermoGun I get 58.1 degrees C or 137 degrees F
Thats after an hour currently charging Tab and dock together
Mine is warm when it is charging but not hot. As soon.as the charging completes it shut down and is ambient temp.
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jerrykur said:
Mine is warm when it is charging but not hot. As soon.as the charging completes it shut down and is ambient temp.
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I left mine plugged in overnight and it wasn't hot at all in the morning so +1 to this statement.
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jeffervesce said:
I left mine plugged in overnight and it wasn't hot at all in the morning so +1 to this statement.
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Thats because it had finished charging, it only gets hot while charging
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Thats because it had finished charging, it only gets hot while charging
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That is indeed what I was agreeing to in my post yes.. I mentioned in a previous post as well that it got hot while actively charging, but not excessively so, and nowhere near the point that something would melt.
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I bought a car charger on Amazon. Yesterday I plugged my skyrocket into it and something weird happened. Somehow the charger acted as a jig and put my phone into download mode. Scared the piss out if me. Fortunately I was able to reboot with no harm done.
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Nice lol. To bad it wasnt a usb cable lol then youd be on to something
I had a charger make my touch screen not respond. Plugged my girlfriends inspire into it and it did the samething.
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AT least you guys don't have to by jig. now just go out and start playing with ur beast because all the soft brick will be fixed using those chargers. haha
OEM chargers > *
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I had a charger scare, too
In a sleepy state, I plugged my Skyrocket in to my nearby charger. When I woke up, I realized it wasn't my charger, but my daughter's Kindle Fire charger (still microUSB). I read the output: 5V, 1.8A. That's significantly more than the Skyrocket's wall charger. But my Skyrocket seems none the worse for it.
Haha this happens to me too...anytime i am plugged in to a power source and try power in to cwm it goes into dload mode
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so literally a few minutes ago i plugged in my charger into the wall and smoke came out of the microusb(the one i got with the phone) side and then from smoking went to burning, i just wanted to know if anyone else has had this problem.
Can you tell if the end that started smoking was damaged? Is there a chance two wires crossed causing a short circuit? I have personally not heard of that problem on any phone, but have seen it on miscellaneous equipment throughout my life due to short circuit.
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yea
the tip of the microusb is burned and some on the back there is a black burn spots.
USB cables they supply with phones are usually crap. Thanks for the reminder,unplugged mine and replaced it with a good one I got from Monoprice. I'd keep an eye on it though if you use another cable to be sure the charger didn't cause it.
The voltage in your plug might be too high... it could have been a faulty cable
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yea im going to replace the cable and the charger just to be safe.
My device isn't charging for some reason, the cable seems fine but I keep getting a blinking light after using it? Help?
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I had this same problem. It seems on the new kernel it won't charge on anything less than the factory charger and cable. This initially didn't work for me either so I detached the powerpoint bit from the rest of the charger and reattached it firmly and it started charging again. I saw a suggestion on another forum to put the charger in a air tight bag and chuck it in the freezer for 30 minutes, I didn't need to do this and can't understand why it would work but worth a go if nothing else works.
Suddenly I'm having charging problems. It's not the cord going bad. It's actually the part that plugs in. If I wiggle it one direction it loses connection.. It also won't fast charge anymore. The other day I'd plug it in and it would say dock connected instead of charging... There's a possibility water or condensation got into the charging port on my phone but I'm not sure. Any ideas on how to fix?
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