I am on the road a lot and don't want to be carrying the HTC charger with me. For my Treo, I had a foldable USB AC adapter (.8A and 5V) to which I plugged in a Sync and Charge cable and it did just fine.
After reading all the comments about there being two ways to charge a Tilt - fast and slow, I decided to test out a retractable USB data cable with my USB AC brick. I set the option in Power to "Not charge the battery when connected to the PC." and plugged it in. Nothing. I then unticked the box and sure enough, it started to charge. As I was at 70% of the charge, I expected this to drag on, but it didn't. It took about 1 hour and was fully charged.
I'm still a bit worried about charging this way - the description of the Lil Sync cable for the Tilt says that while it might work, under certain circumstances it won't if your battery is below 30% of a charge. Has anyone seen this happen? The last thing I want is to go away for a few days and be stuck with a dead batttery.
Do I need to pick up a special cable from ppctechs or boxwave just to charge? Should I just carry the supplied charger?
I always charge my kaiser just using the sync cable and it works fine even from a flat battery. there seems to be absolutely no need to carry an AC adapter around when you can just connect it to a computer to charge.
Thanks Spooki. Just curious - how long does a charge usually take when you charge against a computer's USB?
it seems to take roughly twice as long as a wall charger but i work with PC's all day so doesn't really bother me, much easier than carrying a charger around.
Ok so I bought official charging backplate for my Note 4 and my wife's S5 along with two separate Samsung mini charging plates. Last night we installed the cases and place our phones on their own pad. Mine was in the living room and hers in the bedroom. My phone was at about 50% before I popped it on the charging pad. When I placed it on there I got the charging beep on the phone, green light on the pad and a little message that the phone was charging wirelessly. Same with my wife's phone. Woke up this morning and the battery percentage didn't move on either of our phones. My phone is still at 50%ish and she reported her phone didn't charge as well.
What gives? Any suggestions? Both our phone show charging when on the pads and the green light turns on which means it is charging correctly as per the instruction booklet.
Check the specs on that pad and see how much it outputs. I suspect it is not enough for these larger phones. It may just be enough that they don't lose charge. I use the TYLT Vu Wireless Charging pad and it charges up over night on my Note 4 very reliably.
you need a high power usb connection for charging pads and a good pad.
i have a choetech, itian and a few others which work well IF they are connected to a high power usb port otherwise they dont work. some of them will flash leds or the phone will say connect/disconnect continuously. they need to be connected to a usb wall wart or computer socket or car cig lighter port directly. a usb hub or old usb 1.0 port will not do. a low power charger will also not do but that is less likely. chances are youre not supplying it with enough power and/or not aligning correctly.
So last night I made sure that all apps were closed and that the phone was exactly centered on the pad. This morning it was at 100%. It's a 2a charger that came with the pad and since there is about 50% loss with these charger I'm assuming it charges around 1a once it hits the battery. Seems to work now. Thanks!
phone shouldnt be centered on the pad. the coils are offset by around 3/4-1 inch from the center so the phone will be a bit high (or low depending on how you place it). obviously if you have the 3 coil qi charging mat/rectangular plate instead of the 1 coil disks/plates then you can just throw it on in anywhere and it will charge.
hi
could anyone recommend a wireless charger suitable for yota phone 2 which can be purchased in uk
never bought one before but guessing that there must be a specific output mA/h and frequency ?? that must be compatible??..
seen lots on ebay suitable for galaxy and iphones but dont know if compatible
thanks for any help - (nothing on yota site to buy)
I've bought a Qi charger like this one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wireless-Charger-Google-Samsung-BC252R/dp/B00FEAH0WW/
I use it mostly to recharge my Moto 360 smartwatch, but I've used it with the Yotaphone 2 as well, it seems to work fine.
The nice thing is that it's really compact, although it may not be what you're looking for.
I think that basically any Qi charger should work fine, I'm not aware of any frequency/voltage/output issue when using Qi chargers, although those sold online usually claim compatibility with a specific set of devices.
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I can confirm that the Qi charger works well, the Yotaphone does automatically predict that the phone will be charged in a ridiculous amount of time, like 4x as fast as using a high current cable charger, but it does seem to be the fastest way of charging the device. My charger was from eBay and didn't cost a lot about GBP7.
Is there no official wireless charger?
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There's the official wireless charger sold by Yotaphone on their website, but it doubles as a portable USB/Qi battery charger, so it's definitely bulkier than most Qi chargers found on the net. It does work as expected, though...
I've been using this for some time now, but I rarely use the Qi function (I often use my phone while charging it, which requires the USB cable unless you can tap the phone's screen without moving the phone on the Qi pad, which I consider on the slippery side).
Also, the bulk/energy capacity of the official battery isn't the most impressive I've seen, wchich is to be expected since they had to fit the Qi electronics on top the battery cell under the cover.
Overall, still a useful & stylish piece of hardware, though...
I bought a Wireless Charger from Samsung and had the same problems which some of you described. The Phone started charging and then stopped with a blinking charger after 20 Seconds.
My solution was: Since this was a QI Charger with an output of 2A, i made the error of using a USB Charger with output of 1,5A. I switched the usb-charger and used one with an output of 2A and connected it to the QI Base.
And now it works. So my suggestion: Use a Charger with 2A.
My very cheap Chinese wireless charger is now working well after I gave up on it for not charging. As in other cases, the yotaphone has a mind of its own and takes a few days to change.
I bought Spigen Wireless charger from Amazon UK. Though Yotaphone detects and charges, I see the below issues
1. The charging time from ZERO to 90 takes around 3 hours. The remaining 10 percent takes ages (more than an hour)
2. When the phone is charging and if the screen turns OFF, the charging stops which makes the screen turns ON with LOCK Screen. Again the charging starts and this cycle continues. I had to use an app called Snoozy Charger which minimizes this issue (by turning the screen OFF when charging is detected)
But, one good thing I noticed with this ultra slow charging: The battery life looks much better. For example, I had a screen time of 45 minutes before the charge dropped from 90 to 87.
If somebody need original Yota mobile charger, I can order it from Yota directly.
Well, since the thread has already been necromanced:
I understand fairly little about wireless charging but am I right to assume that all wireless chargers require the phone to lie on it on its back? Or is that due to my charger being too weak or cheap or whatever? I would love to charge the phone wirelessly with the epd being visible because, after all, that side has all my notifications and the time and what have you.
i use this one from the IKEA
works great on my YotaPhone 2
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/...pad-for-wireless-charging-white-art-60308308/
( also working on my Windows 10 mobile phone & samsung s7 )
micheal
megasounds said:
i use this one from the IKEA
works great on my YotaPhone 2
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/...pad-for-wireless-charging-white-art-60308308/
( also working on my Windows 10 mobile phone & samsung s7 )
micheal
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But does it work while the phone is lying on it's front screen? So that the EPD is visible while charging?
There is definately variations between chargers. A cheap ebay charger that I have does not work with some cases on my other phone with Qi charging. But a more robust three coil Nokia wireless charger works perfectly with it. Unfortunately my Nokia wireless charger does not work with YotaPhone face down... the charging light on the charger keeps blinking so it is close to charging but not enough. Some a little more powerful charger would be able to do it I think. Unless the desing of Qi only works on one side of the phone.
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But does it work while the phone is lying on it's front screen? So that the EPD is visible while charging?
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yes its working face down with my IKEA Qi charger
micheal
Not charging laying on the front on my IKEA nordmarke triple pad. On the back it charges fine.
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Not charging laying on the front on my IKEA nordmarke triple pad. On the back it charges fine.
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its charging while laying on the frontscreen on my IKEA SINGLE pad. I do not know for the triple one ??
Again the single pad is working great
Great it works on an single pad ! But I wanted to use it mobile..like in my car or motorcycle.
Sadly i know now it doesn't use an usb kind of charger but an 19 volt (??) adapter.
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Great it works on an single pad ! But I wanted to use it mobile..like in my car or motorcycle.
Sadly i know now it doesn't use an usb kind of charger but an 19 volt (??) adapter.
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The only trick is to supply min required amperage for the charger requirements. You can find exact output values on the wireless charger. General manner: input amperage must be near/high as far as the ouput amperage. My Chinese cheap wireless charger output is 5V and 1.5A. And i can use it with 5v 1.2A AC charger problem-free.
Update:
i discovered that the cable is also an issue for the reason. If you connect a normal power support only cable to the Qi charger, you will probably be faced the problem. But if you connect a Data cable, you can use your PC's usb with your Qi charger. I can use it now like the way.
How can I disable display wake-up and stay-on, if QI-charging? (Android 6)
Hi,
So I bought the Samsung Wireless charger stand (say fast charging) http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product...ging-stand-black-ep-ng930bbugca/10418050.aspx because it was on promo. I try with 2 device, and it never say Wireless Fast Charging.
If i just use the USB cable and plug to my phone, it say fast charging.
I already replace 1 in store, so i though it was the wireless charger the issue, but the second one, does the same.
Also the time remaining stay the same if I use the USB cable or the Wireless charger.
So my question is, am I suppose to see Wireless Fast charging ?
It is setup to ON in the Battery setting.
I try both S6 and S7 Edge.
Thanks!
yeah I was at a best buy yesterday and saw it for the first time. When I tried it out it also did not fast charge. My fast charger at home though needs the phone to be placed in a certain position for it to catch for fast charging. Its a little cumber sum but I got it down pat right now
U may have to manually turn it on. Mine turned on on its own. U can toggle on/off in battery section same place as the regular fast charge option. Either that or that wireless charger was not really "fast".
Mine does that on occasion and I have to lift the phone up and place it on the pad again in a slightly different position and then it says fast charging wirelessly. Be sure you have a quick charge power cord plugged into the pad
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Hello everybody, I have got a wireless in car charging dock and when the phone is in use for example when using satellite navigation or whilst I have Pokemon go on the screen and the screen lit up, the phone discharges. It is charging but at a slower rate than it would be if it wasn't on screen on. I have tried three charging docks and four in car chargers including quick charge chargers and just standard two amp chargers and it still has exactly the same effect. It always seems to charge fine for the first 4 or 5 minutes but then after it takes down to an average use of minus 100 - 200 milliamps. I assume there is a restriction on the phone to reduce heat or something and the only option I have when using the phone whilst in the car, not physically using but rather using the phone to display sat nav etc is to use a cable rather than wireless charging?
It frustrates me that it charges correctly to start with, but then it gets to the point where it is discharging rather than charging. It is much more convenient than having to keep unplugging and plugging in the phone