My docking station was just delivered from AMZ. When I first took it out of the box I was impressed, solid, clean and my Iconia A500 with the Acer Cover fit nicely. Then I went back to look for the power cord.....Guess what? $61 and no flippin' power cord. I realize I should have looked closer at the spec's, but sheesh, I never thought to look to see of a power cord was included in a docking station.
Guess I learned something, hope this saves someone out there some grief.
I also received the Acer BT-Keyboard in the same shipment, so the accessories are in stock and shipping.
So after the weekend FW update for TF, my TF doesn't do any quick charge any more after charging from the AC Adapter...it doesn't have the thunder lightnight charging indication in the battery icon but charging very very slow
Anyone has been losing the quick charge capability after the 7/16 FW OTA update? It seems their attempt to fix the battery-drain doc issue causing other issue of the tablet's battery charing itself!
I'm have my own accidental insurance from Walmart - and I'm getting the replacement (that's $80 accidental damage insurance I paid during the checkout at walmart.com - now I feel I was smart with that choice!)
Anyone if none answers, I'm getting the new or repaired one (probably new one since my current one was "ACCIDENTALLY" dropped in the water totally submerged so I don't think they will be able to fix it at all - that's SMART way to get the new replacement one!
thx you all
Mine stopped being able to quick charge Saturday night. I did not update , running prime. My wall charger will charge, but trickle only, not full power. No charge icons. I have tried factory reset and reseating the prongs in the wall adapter. Im stumped. I dont have a dock so im now gonna have to. All Asus and see what they recommend.
What is quickcharge? Never heard of this...
The transformer will either charge fast, on the provided wall adapter, takes about three hours tops for a full charge or slow trickle charge on usb which can take over twelve hours.
That could be the conspiracy - Asus wants all Asus TF owner to spend additional $150 for their tablet - It's Taiwanese company, they can do anything they want to in US market LOL
Pretend to be the hotfix to fix the battery drain of the tablet while docking to the keyboard dockstation but in the reverese to cause another issue on the tablet alone that it won't be doing quick charge unless plug into the dockstation - I could see it all possibly happen
Asus - you heard that? F U! Ah I still use your product for another 2 years but I will get new one for every 12 months because I have the accidental damage insurance - they will replace me a new one when I want to hahahah!
rcjpth said:
That could be the conspiracy - Asus wants all Asus TF owner to spend additional $150 for their tablet - It's Taiwanese company, they can do anything they want to in US market LOL
Pretend to be the hotfix to fix the battery drain of the tablet while docking to the keyboard dockstation but in the reverese to cause another issue on the tablet alone that it won't be doing quick charge unless plug into the dockstation - I could see it all possibly happen
Asus - you heard that? F U! Ah I still use your product for another 2 years but I will get new one for every 12 months because I have the accidental damage insurance - they will replace me a new one when I want to hahahah!
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I really hope you're not serious.
If asus was the devil they would charge $500 for the tablet and another 200 for the dock so "clever" customers would think they're getting a "premium" device like an apple product.
found it why I lost my quick charge - it is because of my charging cable - freaking charging cable!!!! it is broken at the round proprietary connector - in now way to defect the way how the charging cable connect to the tablet but somehow it is degraded and allow only trickle charge
Who cares,,,I'm sending them all back to Walmart to get the replacement one I meant whole unit tablet & power ac, charging cable since I bought my accidental damage insurance....$80/2year - pretty good deal and feel good that I purchased the coverage plan at that time!
thx,
rcjpth
I can't see any sort of damage or wear on my cable. Looks as good as it did out of the box. I still can't quick charge. Trickle does work, i went and bought a dock today at best Buy. The dock works and charges the tablet, however now its dead and the cable wont chage the dock either. so its either the cable is bad somehow or the wall adapter is bad. either way im pissed. ASUS tech support is uselss they too my information and hung up and said they'd call back. There arent ny more chargers in stock anywhere. Im just ****ed unless i want to return it to tiger direct.
Sending the whole thing back and buying something else is the only option in the US since you cannot actually buy the cable anywhere as far as I know. Once the cable is gone, you can't use the tablet.
crater said:
The transformer will either charge fast, on the provided wall adapter, takes about three hours tops for a full charge or slow trickle charge on usb which can take over twelve hours.
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I don't think the TF or it's dock was every designed to change from a 5 Volt source such as a USB 2.0 port. I have not seen any documentation from Asus giving you that option.
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Sending the whole thing back and buying something else is the only option in the US since you cannot actually buy the cable anywhere as far as I know. Once the cable is gone, you can't use the tablet.
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Also impossible. Been over 30 days since buying it at Tiger Direct, they directed me to ASUS support phone number where an Indian Man took my information and hung up on me saying they'd get back to me.
12V Car Charger /Car Cord For 10" Acer Iconia Tab A500 Tablet
100% Brand New without tags and package.
This car charger plugs into your car's cigarette lighter and charges your
Acer Iconia Tab A500 Tablet PC while you're driving.
Intelligent IC chip inside recognizes a fully charged battery and automatically switches to a saver mode to prevent overcharging and short circuit.
Plug never heats or overcharges the battery.
LED charging indication.
Input: 12V/24V DC
Output: 12V 1.5A
Cable length:1.2M
Support with: Acer Iconia Tab A500
Package Includes:
1 x Car charger Adapter
Where to buy ???
Sent from my Acer A500 using Tapatalk
I got similar one but?
Yes in fact i do have some thing looks identical but doen't work (not charging).
Just be carful.
I failed to see the purpose of this thread....so are you selling that? if not can you at least tell us how to buy that?
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I failed to see the purpose of this thread....so are you selling that? if not can you at least tell us how to buy that?
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Seems like spam
I have a first generation Lenovo ThinkPad (1838-25U?) with a very broken microusb port(can't be fixed).
If I get a dock, will it be able to charge the tablet?
And the most important question....Where can i buy one????
Jack_d71 said:
I have a first generation Lenovo ThinkPad (1838-25U?) with a very broken microusb port(can't be fixed).
If I get a dock, will it be able to charge the tablet?
And the most important question....Where can i buy one????
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NO one????????????????????????
Yes, it will charge directly on the dock. Quite a bit faster, actually.
I am surprised to not find any cheap docks online anymore. Seems like 6 months ago Amazon was selling them for $18...
Keep your eye on eBay. It's odd to not find many though.
Hi, want to find a replacement wall charger for my old A500. Did anyone ever purchase any charger like the pic?
Hi,
I'm using this kind of charger and it charges well but sometimes there is a problem with touch screen while charging. Other than that it works just fine for 10 month now
one of my friend uses it and i am seeing him with the same charger for a good time from now and it hints that it is working good