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Anyone seen where to buy extra power adapters? Be nice to have one with a longer cable. Stock one is very short.
Wish it was USB charged....
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http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/acer-iconia-tab-a500-forum/13840-chargers.html
Found another forum discussing the lame power cable.
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I couldn't stand it anymore so I snipped my wire and added another 4 ft.
I have been trying to get an additional PSU and car charger for my Acer. Went to Frys, tried almost EVERYTHING they have on those Universal PSU and NONE of them work in the pin connector for the Acer. What gives!
Try to get a free tip for my Energizer Xpal and also result in zero search. Any fellows have a pointer to where in getting the right tip? Thx
So far the ONLY one that I have found that works is the Enercell 12 / 1.5 with the 'G' tip, but it's like $30 at RadioShack. The tip itself is a little long and if it wiggles it will stop/start charging off and on.
I'm working with a few people to find some at decent price for us.
anyone measured the dimensions of the charging tip at all? If worse comes to worse we could always buy a generic 12v 1.5a AC adapter from ebay and buy the tip separately to solder on.
The USB port wont be able to charge the tablet fast enough and the battery will still drain. I've found that this happens on my Xperia X10 mobile phone. I have to disable 3G data in order get it to start charging.
julz said:
anyone measured the dimensions of the charging tip at all? If worse comes to worse we could always buy a generic 12v 1.5a AC adapter from ebay and buy the tip separately to solder on.
The USB port wont be able to charge the tablet fast enough and the battery will still drain. I've found that this happens on my Xperia X10 mobile phone. I have to disable 3G data in order get it to start charging.
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The 'g' tip for the Encercell is 1.1mm x 3.0mm
Hope that helps
thanks for hte dimensions... unfortunately they don't sell that brand over here in Australia. I'm also reluctant to pay ~$30 for a charger.
I wonder if one of the round tips on this USB charger would fit:
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/10-in-1-usb-powered-charging-cable-for-ipod-psp-cell-phones-34674
It may still charge if the device is switched off completely.
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I couldn't stand it anymore so I snipped my wire and added another 4 ft.
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Yeah nice one, I was thinking of doing the very same thing as it should not cause any problems.
So did it go ok, what did you use for the extra wire?
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I can confirm the Radio Shack Enercell (12vdc, 1.5a) with the 'G' tip works. Picked one up today for $29 (get the tip for free) and its currently charging the Acer as I type this.
Tip: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3807935
Plug: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3807944&numProdsPerPage=60
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Yeah nice one, I was thinking of doing the very same thing as it should not cause any problems.
So did it go ok, what did you use for the extra wire?
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No charging difference at all except I don't have to have my face mashed up against the wall while it charges.
I used a piece of wire from an old 1amp charger I had. The extra piece doesn't even get slighty warm. 1.5 amps isn't all that much juice. I did solder the connetions too.
huh and it is only $10 for a new one.
http://us-store.acer.com/product.aspx?pn=LC.ADT0A.024
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huh and it is only $10 for a new one.
http://us-store.acer.com/product.aspx?pn=LC.ADT0A.024
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Even at $10 it is grossly overpriced
Acer needs to offer a PS with a six foot cable that is not crazy thin like the stock PS.
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Even at $10 it is grossly overpriced
Acer needs to offer a PS with a six foot cable that is not crazy thin like the stock PS.
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True story
Did a quick google on my powersupply PSA18R-120P.
Came up with http://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/284284/PHIHONG/PSA18R-120P.html
or
http://www.phihongusa.com/html/pr_psa18r-120p.html
"The PSA18R-120P is priced at $10.23 per unit at OEM quantities"
Assuming they bought off the shelf:
DC Output Connector
2.1x5.5mm Center Positive Standard
For us australians: Going to see if I can visit Jaycar and will report back in with what I find.
Wal-Mart Car Charger
The Wal-Mart Car charger for portable DVD players works perfect.
a quick look at the wall power supply says that it it needs 12V at 1.5 amps with center of tip positive.
The Wal-Mart car charger puts out 2000ma (2amps), and has a tip that works.. It works PERFECT and it only costs 15 bux.
usb charging is out.. usb is only 5V at 500 ma (.5 amp).. not sure why everybody complains about wanting USB to charge their tablet. Even if they did add it, it would take so terribly long to charge it, you would get mad. With the proper charger and voltage, it only takes about 2-3 hours to fully charge the thing...
Good luck!
mikldom said:
The Wal-Mart Car charger for portable DVD players works perfect.
a quick look at the wall power supply says that it it needs 12V at 1.5 amps with center of tip positive.
The Wal-Mart car charger puts out 2000ma (2amps), and has a tip that works.. It works PERFECT and it only costs 15 bux.
usb charging is out.. usb is only 5V at 500 ma (.5 amp).. not sure why everybody complains about wanting USB to charge their tablet. Even if they did add it, it would take so terribly long to charge it, you would get mad. With the proper charger and voltage, it only takes about 2-3 hours to fully charge the thing...
Good luck!
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This has been a topic of discussions for a LONG time hopefully you'll know.... Couldn't there be a potential issue with charging at 2 amps when it calls for 1.5?? I was told you could use less but not ore without causing damage to the battery?
I have a 'demo' on the way from overseas to try that I should get Wednesday. I will let you know ASAP.
This is a big issue with me as I prefer a charger at home and the office and I'd like something that I can charge on my desk 'without my face mashed up against the wall' (as atomicwedgie so perfectly put it)
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This has been a topic of discussions for a LONG time hopefully you'll know.... Couldn't there be a potential issue with charging at 2 amps when it calls for 1.5?? I was told you could use less but not ore without causing damage to the battery?
I have a 'demo' on the way from overseas to try that I should get Wednesday. I will let you know ASAP.
This is a big issue with me as I prefer a charger at home and the office and I'd like something that I can charge on my desk 'without my face mashed up against the wall' (as atomicwedgie so perfectly put it)
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The Amp rating on wall chargers is what the charger is CAPABLE of outputting, not what it is always outputting. As long as there is current limiting built into the charging circuit (which is a must), then the charging circuit in the A500 won't pull any more amperage than it needs to charge. Don't worry about buying a higher amperage charger than is needed, but do worry about buying one that is lower as it can overload the charger.
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The Amp rating on wall chargers is what the charger is CAPABLE of outputting, not what it is always outputting. As long as there is current limiting built into the charging circuit (which is a must), then the charging circuit in the A500 won't pull any more amperage than it needs to charge. Don't worry about buying a higher amperage charger than is needed, but do worry about buying one that is lower as it can overload the charger.
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Absolutely correct.
silic0re said:
The Amp rating on wall chargers is what the charger is CAPABLE of outputting, not what it is always outputting. As long as there is current limiting built into the charging circuit (which is a must), then the charging circuit in the A500 won't pull any more amperage than it needs to charge. Don't worry about buying a higher amperage charger than is needed, but do worry about buying one that is lower as it can overload the charger.
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Yes... pulling too much amperage is a very bad thing.
I was hoping to start a little project on my N7. I love induction charging and want to set it up on my nexus 7. I was wondering if anyone who has gone through this/know about it/enjoy posting could give me some advice,
Most specifically:
Best dock+backcover combo
Thinnest coil plus chip
Fastest charging
Thanks in advance everybody, can't wait to hear your 2 cents!!
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I haven't actually seen anybody fully implement inductive charging yet. However, this guy started doing inductive charging:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/101739011161245720271/posts/fAse7vGmc3q
Well, one easy way of doing it would be to buy a Qi standard inductive charger and a Qi standard inductive charging case (for example, the Palm Pre Touchstone case) and then pull the internals out of the donor case and fit them inside a Nexus 7 case. There's a small amount of soldering required and perhaps some fiddling with the fit, but the components are relatively simple and lay relatively flat. It wouldn't be too hard at all.
Unfortunately, I believe most current Qi charging solutions are relatively low amperage. This would make for a pretty slow charge on the power hungry Nexus 7. Not too bad it you're using it as an overnight charger, but nowhere near as fast as a 2 amp charger. It's possible that you'll find an inductive charger with a higher current output but if you're looking for that it might be easier to build one from scratch,
I did the Touchstone mod on my GNex. It only puts out .56 Amps. Their are kernels with "quick charge" that would let it ramp up to 1 amp but that was it. I am wanting to play with it too, but I'm more thinking of making a dock with POGO pins instead.
I gotta say, they touchstone is great for my GNex. I have a touchstone mounted in my car, so it holds it in place & charges. Occasionally the charge connection gets interrupted (hit a bump, etc...) and it takes 10 seconds to restart. I added additional stronger magnets to my case, but still I don't think the touchstone magnets would do very well holding a tablet instead.
Also, additional magnets screw with your compass...
the touchstone also has a strange angle for watching movies on the tablet.
also i dont know if you can make the induction work with 2amps like the asus charger. (which would be awsome for superfast charging)
If you used the pogo pins for this it would disable the audio if using the correct kernel (see my post in accessories). You would have to modify the kernel to disable it stopping speaker audio out (should be just commenting a few lines though).
dandu5 said:
the touchstone also has a strange angle for watching movies on the tablet.
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The Touchstone is adjustable to whatever angle you want.
In short, could we slap a Qi-compliant coil in our Nexus 10, wire it to the battery, and win?
The coil itself is pretty thin from what I've seen, and there is a bit of room in-between the battery and back plastic (the people with creaky and buckling cases should know about this).
I don't know if there's an actual control board that is needed, but perhaps the coil could be hooked either directly to the battery, or even through USB (that way you can be notified of charging). If a control board is needed, then this might be a bit harder than expected, unless the board itself is pretty thin too.
It looks like someone's managed to do something similar to a Nexus 7 already and had good results (even enters docking mode): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2070851
Edit: Instead of routing the coil to the USB or battery directly, we could even hook it to the Pogo pin area, like the person did for the N7 coil mod above.
I'm willing to give this a try, but may have to wait a few weeks till I can get the funds for a coil and for it to ship to me.
espionage724 said:
In short, could we slap a Qi-compliant coil in our Nexus 10, wire it to the battery, and win?
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According to a-post-at-techchrunch-i-cant-link-to-cause-im-a-noob, the Nexus 10 has Qi already... is it wrong? I haven't opened my Nexus 10 to check
I have openned up my Nexus 10 and dont remember anything for wireless charging being there.
I saw someone mod the Galaxy nexus to enable this sort of thing and from what I remember you should be right Espionage, just as simply as you think. And yes there is room to do it.
xiq said:
According to a-post-at-techchrunch-i-cant-link-to-cause-im-a-noob, the Nexus 10 has Qi already... is it wrong? I haven't opened my Nexus 10 to check
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I can find no reference to the device on the offical Qi website. This makes me highly skeptical that Qi is already present on the N10, perhaps they confused it with the N4?
Search for yourself if you'd like: http://www.wirelesspowerconsortium.com/products
As slow as the Nexus 10 already charges with it's stock USB cable... do you really WANT to charge it with Qi? :laugh:
You might have to charge it for a week from 0% to get to 100%
Any further developments?
Hey Guys!
Is there any further developments on this possibility? :fingers-crossed:
Why not just use a pogo cable.... you would have to plug in a charging pad anyway.
Nexus 10 Wireless Charging Solution
I know it's been some time but I'm kind of surprized nobody posted a solution yet. I just had a Nexus 10 open and noticed not for the 1st time the pogo pins at the bottom that Google never even put to use. I can't even find an aftermarket docking station for it. We aren't talking about Apple here. Anyways the closest I've seen is a magnetic pogo pin charging adapter cable probably sold mostly to people who broke their USB ports. It seems nobody picked up on sewermike's comment. They DO have pogo pins and with a wireless coil (2-4 chained together) you could wire them to the + and - of the pogo pin cable easily. Also if you have access to old Nexus 2nd gen back covers you can get them there or on eBay cheap. It might be slow like TheAltruistic says but if you have a wireless device charging coffee table which I'm seeing more and more you can just set it on that. If I have time I'll do video or at least post my results.
ive got the pogo cable, if you can buy it do so - its well worth it, i think i paid £15 and i totally stand by it.
as for wireless charging, you can get wireless charging receiver cards that plug into the micro usb port, with this you can either plug it in and bend the cable around the tablet and hide it inside the case or plug it in and have it hang outside, you just rest the card on the charger.
please remember that is isnt a perfect solution as the card will get hot and overheat and stop charging or you'll spend all day charging the tablet.
i use to wirelessly charge the nexus 10 but id rather stick the pogo in
Little help chaps.
Ok i've just bought this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/390566738301
I presumed (not sure if rightly or wrongly) that it would be sufficient to charge my Nexus 4
I'm using an older usb cable I've got to charge it in my car however if i'm using navigation then the battery still decreases.
I've got a funny feeling that the cable is the culprit but i'm not 100% sure.
Is there anyway to monitor how much juice your phone is getting from the charge?
P.S in the battery monitor screen it says AC not USB
Thanks in advance for any help
Stret
Battery monitor widget pro. It monitors the mA that's being used, mV, etc. Maybe the phone is pulling more mA than the charger is supplying.
You need to go into your battery settings/status while your phone is plugged into your car charger.
It will show one of two statuses:
Charging(AC) and Charching(USB)
If it is showing charging(USB), then the phone is detecting a false data connection. This can be solved by taking apart your USB charger and soldering the middle two pins of the USB. These pins are the Data(+) and Data(-) pins. I attached an image of the two Data pins soldered together on the usb charger.
If it is showing Charging(AC), then your USB charger is not pushing enough mA to charge your phone. Most cheap car USB chargers are in the 500 mA to 700 mA range. The stock USB wall charger that comes with your Nexus 4 is 5V 1200mA.
t989BeLikeItDo said:
You need to go into your battery settings/status while your phone is plugged into your car charger.
It will show one of two statuses:
Charging(AC) and Charching(USB)
If it is showing charging(USB), then the phone is detecting a false data connection. This can be solved by taking apart your USB charger and soldering the middle two pins of the USB. These pins are the Data(+) and Data(-) pins. I attached an image of the two Data pins soldered together on the usb charger.
If it is showing Charging(AC), then your USB charger is not pushing enough mA to charge your phone. Most cheap car USB chargers are in the 500 mA to 700 mA range. The stock USB wall charger that comes with your Nexus 4 is 5V 1200mA.
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Yeah it definitely shows AC was the first thing I checked, so what your saying is that link o posted above is actaully a false claim to how much power it knocks out?
Stret
Stretlow said:
Yeah it definitely shows AC was the first thing I checked, so what your saying is that link o posted above is actaully a false claim to how much power it knocks out?
Stret
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Hard to say. From my experience, you get what you pay for. A USB charger that cost less than 2 GBP seems unlikely to support the kind of mA throughput that the Nexus 4 requires.
Some ways to check this are to check the power supply and draw through a battery monitoring app, use a different USB cable or the USB cable that came with your Nexus 4, or take apart the USB charger and inspect the hardware to see if it actually is built to support a 2A supply. That last one is a bit of a headache.
Here is an iFixit teardown of a similar USB charger which goes into detail about some of the working parts of a car USB charger.
To quote the final part of the iFixit teardown:
Quite simply, the device is a rebadged 500mA or 750mA USB charger at best. It is NOT 1A capable, despite what the sticker on the body says.
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Good luck!
t989BeLikeItDo said:
Hard to say. From my experience when it goes about this type of gear is that you get what you pay or. For a USB charger that cost less than 2 GBP it seems unlikely that it would support the kind of mA throughput that the Nexus 4 requires.
Some ways to check this is to check the power supply and draw through a battery monitoring app, use a different USB cable or the USB cable that came with your Nexus 4, or take apart the USB charger and inspect the hardware to see if it actually is built to support a 2A supply. That last one is a bit of a headache.
Here is an iFixit teardown of a similar USB charger which goes into detail about some of the working parts of a car USB charger.
Good luck!
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Thanks for your help mate
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Thanks for your help mate
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No problem! You should try and remember that the Nexus 4 is a pretty sophisticated piece of hardware. I'm not advocating that you go out and spend 20 GBP on equipment, but you don't want to use a cheap generic piece of trash to interface that electrical connection. The build quality of your charger can put your handset at risk to being damaged by electrical shorts and/or heat.
I would liken it to parking your sports car in a cheap parking garage on the bad side of town. Sure, you can do it, but there are risks involved!
Just got my Nexus 10. Where is the Menu button?
I'm looking for the sleep timer in Pandora. I know I could access it under the Menu button in other device, but this Nexus 10 doesn't have the Menu button and not showing anything similar. I dig under settings but nothing there about SLEEP.
Background, I did all the updates and got KitKat. I don't know what they change/improve with KitKat but I'm not impress.
A few more questions...... should I dig to find the CPUID if worse come to worst should I need it? My A500 needed the CPUID to get access when it bite the dust. I hadn't root or anything yet, I did that with the A500 but seem nothing I do need root. I spent months looking through and trying to fix my A500. Nothing work. Can't flash any of the ROM, can't restore. All I got are Acer logo/dead android icon/attempting to read backup.zip rom from microSD. Seem like the memory is corrupted.
What accessories do you get for your Nexus 10? I got the adapter cable miniUSB to full size USB so I can plug in my flash drive. Sux Nexus don't have microSD.
What case do you like and why?
thanks.
PS: I did search and seem like none of you guys sleep listening to music.
Lots of view but nobody is replying... how come?
I can't believe this tablet take so long to charge from zero % to 100%. I've start charging it since 9am and now it's 4:12pm and only 97% charged. wow Using the AC charger that come with this tablet. Manual said the charger is 2A but the tiny text spec on the charger said 0.2A.
Well I can answer the charging. Buya pogo charger. Also for a case the moko slim is a good cheap case.
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abdel12345 said:
Well I can answer the charging. Buya pogo charger. Also for a case the moko slim is a good cheap case.
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thanks for the reply. I read it wrong... input is 100-240 with 0.35A. The output is 2A at 5V. That match with the owner manual. But wow that is a very long time to full charge. I think spec for USB is 3A max. I'll check out the moko case later. thanks.
battery charge time, usb.
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Lots of view but nobody is replying... how come?
I can't believe this tablet take so long to charge from zero % to 100%. I've start charging it since 9am and now it's 4:12pm and only 97% charged. wow Using the AC charger that come with this tablet. Manual said the charger is 2A but the tiny text spec on the charger said 0.2A.
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USB is limited to 5V, the charger is putting out 2A, or 2000ma per hour so 9000Mah should = 4.5 hours, But:
max microusb can handle 1.8A, so it becomes 5 hours.
Power loss in charging (e.g. heat) is about 10%-20% (each battery is different) so becomes 5.5-6.25hr
Above 85%, to protect the battery from overheating and over-voltage, as part of battery longevity, it slowly moves into trickle charge. Compare how long it takes from say 60%-70% to 90%-100%, there is little to gain in waiting to go from 97% to 100%. Next time look after 6 hours it should have been 90%. See this chart.
You can overcome one of these limitations by use of Pogo cable which isn't limited by 1.8A of microUSB and can give 2A. Side-benefit is it is magnetically connecting so doesn't wear out your data socket microUSB with all the plugging in to get electricity. It will still trickle-charge but get you to 85% faster.
I confirmed today that the Pogo cable does not disable the microUSB socket i could use a USB harddrive (Stickmount) and use my 4G USB dongle (PPP-Widget, kernel replacement), whilst receiving power, but the 2Amp input is still not enough to charge and tax the N10 with power demands, it was slowly still discharging powering ~600mah USB harddrive plus full brightness display plus Wifi was >2A slightly.
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thanks for the reply. I read it wrong... input is 100-240 with 0.35A. The output is 2A at 5V. That match with the owner manual. But wow that is a very long time to full charge. I think spec for USB is 3A max. I'll check out the moko case later. thanks.
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Also the menu button should pop up on the right side of the soft key bar in apps that need it. And if you want faster charging you can buy a pogo cable which charges faster but it costs 25 dollars. I would recommend just charging before going to sleep and remove it early in the morning. It takes about 5-6 hours to charge fully from a low battery like 10 percent so an extra hour shouldn't make a difference on the charger. I looked it up and it said that it's best not to leave it longer than 9 hours on charge but less than that should be fine and that was for a phone so im sure the tablet can stay longer without issues.
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What accessories do you get for your Nexus 10? ....
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So there is an accessories thread.....
So I've had a N7 for 17 month and a N4 for 11 month and N10 for 4 days. My experience has led me to focusing on energy input to balance the large output from the larger screen. Battery logs shows a lot more goes into the display than my N7. The power input is still only limited by microUSB plus you got the trickle-charge >85%.
So here's my list:
A dual 2.1A PSU, to get as much current as possible from the wall when I'm near a wall. The Samsung supplied one is 2Amp which is perfectly fine as the supplied MicroUSB cable is limited to 1.8A anyways, so the Pogo cable not having that limit is limited by the PSU so got a slightly higher Ampage one which can also charge something else concurrently. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BSC7FW0/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
A 2Amp-input slim battery, this is only 5000mah but there are larger. This one fits in my pocket slim like my N4 and N7 I got larger 7000mah and 12000mah USB batteries which only 1A input. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EK3UHS8/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Pogo cable which is not limited by the 1.8A of the microUSB port, it complements the 2.1A PSU http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B2166BS/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Case with removable keyboard. " MoKo BlueTooth Wireless Keyboard Cover Case for Google Nexus 10" (10-inch) Tablet by SAMSUNG, BLACK " but doesn't seem sold any more, it is to go beyond the edges of the N10 itself to assist with a drop-test and comfortable props on my lap or on desk with/without keyboard. The Pogo cable also complements the case as its magnetically connected so if cable is pulled it will come away easier and no damage to the N10 microUSB socket.
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PS: I did search and seem like none of you guys sleep listening to music.
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Hmmm, I do in hotels and other situations where noise is an issue sleep with noise-isolating headphones, a Buff to keep headphones in my ears and either a brown noise or pink noise depending what is the noise type in the hotel, works good when the guy in the floor above bangs his doors from 1am and the guy next door banging around from 5am. I'd typically NOT do that with a N10 but my N4 which I have anyways in Airplane mode to not be disturbed and with an alarm set so I wake when I want to not earlier.
I guess... you mean sleep with music coming through the N10's speakers? Well its rare I could do that, either wife or someone in next hotel room or I'm on a flight and need headphones which don't annoy the next seat so noise-isolating earbuds are what I use, nice to have the speakers.
I also have one of these http://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-OT6001-Bluetooth-Adapter-Devices/dp/B009A136T2 which allows me to not cable connected to gadget (phone, N7, N10, laptop, etc) and it lets me use regular headphones which only last for me 3-6 months and is cheaper over the long term than bluetooth headphones.
nigelhealy said:
So there is an accessories thread.....
So I've had a N7 for 17 month and a N4 for 11 month and N10 for 4 days. My experience has led me to focusing on energy input to balance the large output from the larger screen. Battery logs shows a lot more goes into the display than my N7. The power input is still only limited by microUSB plus you got the trickle-charge >85%.
So here's my list:
A dual 2.1A PSU, to get as much current as possible from the wall when I'm near a wall. The Samsung supplied one is 2Amp which is perfectly fine as the supplied MicroUSB cable is limited to 1.8A anyways, so the Pogo cable not having that limit is limited by the PSU so got a slightly higher Ampage one which can also charge something else concurrently. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BSC7FW0/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
A 2Amp-input slim battery, this is only 5000mah but there are larger. This one fits in my pocket slim like my N4 and N7 I got larger 7000mah and 12000mah USB batteries which only 1A input. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EK3UHS8/ref=oh_details_o04_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Pogo cable which is not limited by the 1.8A of the microUSB port, it complements the 2.1A PSU http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B2166BS/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Case with removable keyboard. " MoKo BlueTooth Wireless Keyboard Cover Case for Google Nexus 10" (10-inch) Tablet by SAMSUNG, BLACK " but doesn't seem sold any more, it is to go beyond the edges of the N10 itself to assist with a drop-test and comfortable props on my lap or on desk with/without keyboard. The Pogo cable also complements the case as its magnetically connected so if cable is pulled it will come away easier and no damage to the N10 microUSB socket.
Hmmm, I do in hotels and other situations where noise is an issue sleep with noise-isolating headphones, a Buff to keep headphones in my ears and either a brown noise or pink noise depending what is the noise type in the hotel, works good when the guy in the floor above bangs his doors from 1am and the guy next door banging around from 5am. I'd typically NOT do that with a N10 but my N4 which I have anyways in Airplane mode to not be disturbed and with an alarm set so I wake when I want to not earlier.
I guess... you mean sleep with music coming through the N10's speakers? Well its rare I could do that, either wife or someone in next hotel room or I'm on a flight and need headphones which don't annoy the next seat so noise-isolating earbuds are what I use, nice to have the speakers.
I also have one of these http://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-OT6001-Bluetooth-Adapter-Devices/dp/B009A136T2 which allows me to not cable connected to gadget (phone, N7, N10, laptop, etc) and it lets me use regular headphones which only last for me 3-6 months and is cheaper over the long term than bluetooth headphones.
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thanks. I ordered that pogo cable. so expensive but no other choice.
I mean the sleep in Pandora. I want to set Pandora to turn off in about 30mins or so. but I can't find this menu to get to set sleep. any1 find this sleep?
workerantDroid said:
I mean the sleep in Pandora. I want to set Pandora to turn off in about 30mins or so. but I can't find this menu to get to set sleep. any1 find this sleep?
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From the Pandora help page:
*Android tablets do not have the built-in sleep timer option.
http://help.pandora.com/customer/portal/articles/1022606
well just a generic timed app killer app?
sharksfan7 said:
From the Pandora help page:
*Android tablets do not have the built-in sleep timer option.
http://help.pandora.com/customer/portal/articles/1022606
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What about killing the Pandora app after a given amount of time? Say this one (I not tried but it looks like a good candidate)
sharksfan7 said:
From the Pandora help page:
*Android tablets do not have the built-in sleep timer option.
http://help.pandora.com/customer/portal/articles/1022606
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I never thought they would remove that specifically for tablet. never occur to me. thanks. at leat that confirm I'm not blind.