I picked up one of these at Walmart for $10 yesterday:
Amazon.com: ESI CASES 4DC868 Motorola Rapid Recharging 2 in 1 System: Cell Phones & Service
It was in the automotive section, not the electronics section.
The reason I made this purchase... My battery was amost dead the other night and I was getting the notifications that I was below 15%, etc. It was about 11PM and I plugged it in to the OEM wall charger. I let it charge overnight and unplugged it at 8AM when I went out to work. It was only at 20%.
So far, this thing works great. I'm down below 15% now and am going to let it die and I'll recharge it tonight and report back on how long it takes to charge to 100%.
Your phone should have been fully charged using the OEM charger within a matter of hours. The 20% after 9 hours is not right at all. BTW, don't let the phone fully discharge, that was only for older batteries. Li-ion do not have the memory effect and the full discharge can be worse for these types of batteries.
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Just a heads up for those interested: I've read the posts about leaving the chargers plugged in while the vehicle is not in use. Not a good idea, and not because of battery drain. Cigarette adapater chargers are notorious for starting car fires if they malfunction.
In theory, the fuse is probably only 10 amps and should kick out and stop a malfunction, but there is no guarantee there.
I am a career firefighter and have seen this five or six times in the last year or so. I would venture a guess and say that the chargers that caused the fires were the really cheap ones found on ebay or amazon, but no one has really confirmed this.
Just imagine you've pulled in your garage for the night and you awaken to smoke detectors going off only to find that your garage is on fire and it is extending into your house. Pretty scary stuff.
There is a simple way to prevent this from happening: don't leave the charger plugged in when you are going to be out of the vehicle for an extended time (more than 15 or 20 minutes). So just be careful and mind your chargers.
I agree. I have been suspect of my OEM charger being defective since I got it. I posted before that I found I was able to charge the phone faster via USB than with that thing.
This new charger charged my phone to 100% in under under 2 hours. I didn't let it die. I plugged it in when it was at 10%. I am not sure exactly how long it took because I was watching TV and didn't keep an eye on it. When I did check it it was fully charged and that was about 1:50 after plugging it in.
I can live with 2 hours.
If the aux outlet has no power when the ignition is off, then there is nothing to worry about. The issue is with aux outlets that are hot off the battery and not the ignition.
Just a heads up for those interested: I've read the posts about leaving the chargers plugged in while the vehicle is not in use. Not a good idea, and not because of battery drain. Cigarette adapater chargers are notorious for starting car fires if they malfunction.
In theory, the fuse is probably only 10 amps and should kick out and stop a malfunction, but there is no guarantee there.
I am a career firefighter and have seen this five or six times in the last year or so. I would venture a guess and say that the chargers that caused the fires were the really cheap ones found on ebay or amazon, but no one has really confirmed this.
Just imagine you've pulled in your garage for the night and you awaken to smoke detectors going off only to find that your garage is on fire and it is extending into your house. Pretty scary stuff.
There is a simple way to prevent this from happening: don't leave the charger plugged in when you are going to be out of the vehicle for an extended time (more than 15 or 20 minutes). So just be careful and mind your chargers.
If the aux outlet has no power when the ignition is off, then there is nothing to worry about. The issue is with aux outlets that are hot off the battery and not the ignition.
I picked up one of these at Walmart for $10 yesterday:
Amazon.com: ESI CASES 4DC868 Motorola Rapid Recharging 2 in 1 System: Cell Phones & Service
It was in the automotive section, not the electronics section.
The reason I made this purchase... My battery was amost dead the other night and I was getting the notifications that I was below 15%, etc. It was about 11PM and I plugged it in to the OEM wall charger. I let it charge overnight and unplugged it at 8AM when I went out to work. It was only at 20%.
So far, this thing works great. I'm down below 15% now and am going to let it die and I'll recharge it tonight and report back on Ihow long it takes to charge to 100%.
Is this charger 1A total or 1A shared if 2 devices are plugged in? I see nothing at all stating that each device will get 1A if 2 are plugged in at once.The Scosche USB12V2. It has two 1A (1000mA) USB ports. Most car chargers are 500-600mA which means the phone is barely charging if you are using it for GPS, etc. Since it has standard USB ports, you can charge a plethora of devices.
$9.56 shipped from Amazon if you have Amazon Prime, otherwise you have to pay a few bucks for shipping.
Yes, but what about with another device plugged into the other slot?My powerjolt charger works fine with bluetooth streaming music and navigation running in the car dock. I also get a slight charge in my drive home from about 70% to 90% in 50 minutes.
Got my answer via email from Scosche. The Scosche usb12v2a does not provide 1A to EACH port when 2 devices are plugged in. It shares 1A total.
I don't really have an interest in that as if I'm charging my Droid X and Vibrant and one of them is using the GPS, it's going to be losing battery.
Does anyone know of a unit that will charge both ports at 1A at the same time?
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