Hi Guys,
I am living in Germany and use the german Version of the Wizard (O2 xda mini s). Im planning to spend a month in China (Beijing and Shanghai to be precise) and i am wondering how to keep the Battery running since i do not know anything about electricity and the different systems.
Can I just plug it in via USB or into the power outlet via an adapter? Probably it will work but i have heard that it could kill the device, thats why i am asking.
You can use USB or your charger with an adaptor. The only problem you might have is that although China has standardised its sockets, you might come across another variation of a mains socket. So a few adaptors might be needed. A surge adaptor might be a good idea, just to be on the safe side.
Just Google "China Mains Voltage"
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I am in the UK and looking for a two pin euro charger for my phone - if it is packaged with a 12v charger or any other kit i dont really mind, as I could do with an extra car one.
Alternately - I have a 'plug' for a UK socket that instead of having a cable on it has a socket like a car charger at the back, so I can use it with a car charger for any new mobile I get so I have a second mains charger - is there a euro-two pin plg equivalent of this?
Cheers
Any USB charger (there are many varieties) should work fine, so you just have to find a Euro-plugged USB charger then stick the USB cable into the charger.
For example, I have the iPod USB charger with swappable front plugs, which charge my Wizard, Sony Ericsson phone and the iPod.
Exactly, but it is finding a two pin one that is the problem.
Try Expansys. They usually have a wide variety of weird and random plug combinations so you might be lucky there.
alternatively - a bit uglier - get a travel plug converter (just the plug converter, not the big transformers). The charger that came in the box is rated for 100V-240V and ~50Hz-~60Hz - so it'll work in EU, USA, UK, JP - as long as I bring the plug converter so that it'll physically fit
Here.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5818157604&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1
£5.99 plus postage. Uses the standard usb cable that came with the device.
I've bought a few things from them - good quality.
pewe said:
Here.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5818157604&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1
£5.99 plus postage. Uses the standard usb cable that came with the device.
I've bought a few things from them - good quality.
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By default, the standard USB sync cable will not charge from a cigarette lighter / mains adaptor USB socket, it will only charge via a computer.
If you want to modify the cable so it will charge from a cigarette lighter etc, you need to short pins 4 and 5 of the mini USB end. Do a google search for a diagram etc. Once modified the cable will no longer work as a sync cable.
Richard
By default, the standard USB sync cable will not charge from a cigarette lighter / mains adaptor USB socket
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I am puzzled. I understand what you are saying about the connections, but what puzzles me is I have a GPS receiver that I bought which came with a flexible USB charger and had a cigarette adapter and mains adapter (both US and UK) in the box.
I bought a cradle for my Vario (complete with usb sync cable) so don't need the the usb sync cable supplied with the Vario in the office. So I use it in the car with the USB Cigarette adapter that came with the GPS unit and it charges the Vario in the car with no problem.
I haven't tried it with the USB mains adapter yet, but having seen the above reply will try it tomorrow, but I'm sure it will work because its the cable that should prevent it.
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By default, the standard USB sync cable will not charge from a cigarette lighter / mains adaptor USB socket, it will only charge via a computer.
If you want to modify the cable so it will charge from a cigarette lighter etc, you need to short pins 4 and 5 of the mini USB end. Do a google search for a diagram etc. Once modified the cable will no longer work as a sync cable.
Richard
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I beg to differ. My shiny white Apple iPod USB charger works perfectly as a charger for the Wizard, with the USB cable provided with the phone.
I'm aware that some phones including the Razr and Blackberry are sometimes reported to be picky about the USB chargers, but so far Wizard has no such curiosities.
ZeBoxx said:
alternatively - a bit uglier - get a travel plug converter (just the plug converter, not the big transformers). The charger that came in the box is rated for 100V-240V and ~50Hz-~60Hz - so it'll work in EU, USA, UK, JP - as long as I bring the plug converter so that it'll physically fit
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Not really viable - as often when abroad i just take a rucksack and see where i end up - so ideally everything is light and preferably a cable that is permanently attached to the plug.
Incidentally - there is a company in italy called Wind doing a PAYG sim that offers a gig of data in Italy for 20 euros - so not much use to most here - but if you use it for roaming in europe - they drop it to 20% of that - so 204.8 meg for 20 euros per month - Tmobile charges 1500 and orange 2 grand for the same!
Done a brief search on here and cannot find the answer to my question.
I have a standard car charger which I used with my my XDA Orbit (Artemis) - i'm presuming I can use this with the Touch HD? Just that I read that the connector is slightly different on the THD....
I'm also quite tempted to get one of these CC-C100 models with the HTC logo at the top (i'm not vein, honest ). Would these would work too?
May sound like a stupid question with an obvious answer, as I know they all have the generic mini-USB connector, but just wanted clarification.
Thanks
I was wondering the same.
I picked up somewhere that the normally unused B pin of the 5 pin mini USB needs to be connected to ground to enable 2Amp charging. Othewise it may max out at 500mA. So many of the chargers sold as HTC compatible will work but will not charge full rate.
The nice one with the HTC logo do have a ExtUSB connector and are rated for 2000mA so should work full charge. I am waiting for my eBay order to come in to validate.
Any miniusb car charger should work. I bought a satnav car charger and it works fine.
see also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455097&highlight=car+charger&page=2
hello all
i live in Australia and just brought a t-mobile hd2 and I'm wanting to know if the charger that comes with mobile will work in Australia if i add a universal adapter as we use a different plug and i also believe in the USA you also use different voltage?
thanks guys
The wall charger has a removable section (the part that actually actually plugs into the socket), so I bet you could get one for your type of socket. Here in the U.S. we use 120 volt, 60 hz electricty.
Edit: Ok, so I just googled it. It seems in Australia the wall sockets are 240v at 50hz so I dont know if you could use a different adaptor for the stock charger.
here in Moldova, we also use 240V, but the charger works smoothly, so don';t you worry,everything will be ok.
@sready,
It will work with no problems. I am using it in India. (240V and 50Hz)
Hi all, I bought my wife a Telstra T Tab for Christmas which she loves, however, because the battery life is pretty ****ty, it would be good to be able to charge from the usb. I know that this isn't possible from stock BUT, there is a second hand T Tab on ebay and the seller claims that they have unlocked it to use the usb for charging.
Is this correct, if so, how?
Thanks
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ideos already charge by usb cable, maybe there is a problem on that specific phone
The Telstra T-Touch Tab does not charge from the microusb cable - I dont know about the huawei branded version, but the Telstra version with 2 camera's and no internal 8gb sd, does NOT charge from USB.
It only charges from the power port, what I did was cut the original power cord and splice it into the usb cable, this allows me to charge off the USB, I could upload a wiring diagram for you, all you really need is some electrical tape and a pair of pliers or a blade of some description, then just splice in red to red and black to black from each cable.
Alternately you could pickup extra cable parts and build one from scratch if you didn't want to break the original cables, either idea achieves the same goal.
Also, as a side note, I was selling a unit with the USB charging cable on eBay, I hadn't unlocked it, I had rooted it and provided an extra cable for USB charging. I decided against selling it however as mine was accidentally damaged (screen was crushed) and I'm waiting on a price to fix it. I may end up just trashing it considering the price of the unit :/
I can confirm that the IDEAOS S7 model 101 does not charge via usb, sadly..
I have built this patch cable to allow charging from any USB port by way of a standard micro USB cable.
It's not as elegant as I would like but I couldn't find a smaller component plug and socket.
Anyone know how this would be charged in the UK? Are there special USB-C chargers, would a shaver adaptor work with that 2 pin charger the phone comes with?
I already have a USB 3.1 hub with charging ports so using the cable on it's own should be fine just want a plug charger for in the work.
I live in the UK, my two prong adapter is plugged into a shaver/euro adapter and it works fine.
Thanks for that, just wondered if a shaving adaptor would be able to handle the power required but I suppose a shaver's power requirements are probably comparable to a phone
Go to Sainsburys. You can buy a European to UK adapter, rated at 10watts. Lot safer than shaver plugs
BTW I read yours has not come yet. Mine came with a separate box, I wasn't expecting with a proper UK charger in. I looked at the zuk official website and they have the fast charge ones for this - 5.3v +2amps. Or might be 3amps..the one that is in the box is not a fast charge. I got some plugs off Amazon that send power down the data usb wire. They just plug in line and help alot