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Author Topic: Can any car charger keep up?  (Read 6598 times)
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« on: January 10, 2011, 07:56:09 AM »

Hello,

I ran into something troubling with my Mesmerize (i500) while in the car.  Screen on 100% bright, GPS enabled and in use with Navigator, and streaming Last.fm.  The battery was still losing charge, even though the notification area indicates it's charging.  It may be relevant that the battery was maybe 20% when I first jumped in the car.  It held out quite awhile, far longer than if I wouldn't have had it charging.

Anyway, is this just the nature of the beast?  Is using all the power hungry features while charging simply infeasible?  Should I buy the official Samsung car charger?  I'm working under the assumption that anything with a USB port will charge the same.  Right now I'm using a car charger meant for an ipod.

I'd gladly pay the ridiculous $30 premium for the Samsung charger if it'd allow me to use all the bells and whistles while charging.  Any help you can provide would be much appreciated.  Thanks!

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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2011, 08:32:41 AM »

Anyway, after much googling, and only catching one-off comments regarding this...  As I suspected, most car chargers/usb chargers simply can't keep up with the phone while in use.

The issue is due to the amount of Amps the charger puts out.  My current charger, meant for an iPod, only outputs 500 mAh or .5 A (Amps).  The wall charger that came with the phone puts out .7 A.  (I'm assuming the wall charger would keep up with all the goodies turned on.)

I wasn't able to discern the output of the official Samsung car charger.  However, I did find a charger that puts out more than .5 A... Significantly more.  For like six bucks... 

The Motorola rapid rate vehicle charger seems to fit the bill.  I imagine .95 mAh will do the job nicely.  From what I understand, it is compatible with many phones, and only outputs what the phone "requests".

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S5Q9CA

I've yet to receive it, and it's hideous.  (Who really needs a coiled cord for anything, ever?  Other than stressing the charging port and being overall unwieldy.) I plan to use my current charger unless I'm in a fix, and keep this one hidden away.  I'll post again if I find anything significantly negative about the charger.

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« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2011, 05:17:01 AM »

Nokia's DC-10 1200-1500 mAh.

Not surprising as I own a Nokia N900 and the Wall charger is rated at 3000 mAh (I can't find it now but I it's a little bit more than that).

So I thought I would look for the Car charger.

DC-6 is cheaper and is rated at 550 mAh.

It look nice as well

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« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2011, 09:22:47 PM »

Know this is a lil old, but I have a car cig adaptor that has 2 adaptors and 2 usb ports, out is upto 1000mah if needed I believe. I have,my galaxy and a htc somwthing or other it. I use MY phone (galaxy) all day without troubles. The htc is a work phone and if not plugged in...max 2 hours with a program I have to have running. It never lasts and is ALWAYS hot (in fact the only way I can get to last all day is to have it sitting on the floorboard under the ac footwell vent to keep it cool)

Found said charger at walmart. Never have a problem with my phone staying charged up
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« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2011, 01:05:25 AM »

Know this is a lil old, but I have a car cig adaptor that has 2 adaptors and 2 usb ports, out is upto 1000mah if needed I believe. I have,my galaxy and a htc somwthing or other it. I use MY phone (galaxy) all day without troubles. The htc is a work phone and if not plugged in...max 2 hours with a program I have to have running. It never lasts and is ALWAYS hot (in fact the only way I can get to last all day is to have it sitting on the floorboard under the ac footwell vent to keep it cool)

Found said charger at walmart. Never have a problem with my phone staying charged up

If your HTC lasts only 2 hours then your processor is working overtime.

You need to remove some apps see what is eating away at your battery.

Also Constant Charging is bad for battery life.

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