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What is up with this "Solar Charger" app?!

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Ok so i was looking around on the market and 4th on the top free apps is an app called Solar Charger.
It claims to charge your phone with the power of the sun?

So i scroll down to read some of the reviews:

"I work for NASA and we did not have enough energy to power out inter-galatic ARK..Then my friend introduced to me about this cool app.."

"Ive connected by SGSS2 to the mains and am enjoying a 25% reduction in my household energy"

"I stopped paying my electricity bill now because my phone powers my whole house..."

Ok so what on earth is making people write these stupid comments?
 
The fact that the app is stupid and can in no way turn anything that is not a solar panel into a solar panel by installing it. The whole thing is q joke from the offset. It stands to reason that the comments are ridiculous too
 
You do understand humour don't you?
As in something to not take seriously and possibly even find humorous.

I for one really enjoyed reading the reviews from people who were incensed that it didn't work because they were gullible enough to believe it would then watching their hopes get crushed was brilliant IMHO

:)
 
Kibbster said:
You do understand humour don't you?
As in something to not take seriously and possibly even find humorous.

I for one really enjoyed reading the reviews from people who were incensed that it didn't work because they were gullible enough to believe it would then watching their hopes get crushed was brilliant IMHO

:)
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oh of course i found it hilarious. So someone made the app to make people laugh? and people are commenting to make people laugh? couldn't they just share a knock knock joke?
 
I initially thought it was an accompanying app to go with a solar plug in charger.
I twigged immediately after reading a couple of reviews and laughed at people complaining it didn't work.
Good to see a sense of humour come through on a mass scale.
 
Its the dicks that actually think it will make their screen into a solar panel and give it 1* that make me laugh.

Also found the comments good in that one. OP seems to lack the sarcasm gland :p
 
You guys obviously do not understand how this app works. It saved my life when I was in a Louisiana swamp a few months ago. It uses the same system that the new "regenerative breaking" on electric cars cars does, so it's not technically a "solar charger" (of course, who would actually believe this turns your phone into a solar panel?) as much as a "transfer heat to energy" mechanism. In this new system used in the electric vehicles, it uses the heat from the breaks (because friction causes heat) and then transfers it to a heat-to-energy maker. I don't know the specifics on the system because it deals with some extremely in-depth physics.
Back to what I was saying, I was in the swamps of Louisiana a few months ago visiting some relatives. I got utterly lost and allowed my phone to charge using this app and it was amazing how quickly it charged. It's a very efficient system, unlike most other charging systems available. As long as you are directly in the sun, (which was really hard to do in a swamp, but I found a clearing and was able to be right under the mid-day sun) it charges. The fact is, the sun produces energy in the form of heat and neutrinos. A solar panel catches neutrinos, while this device catches heat. Thank god for this app, or I would have probably died in Louisiana. It's not a fun place to be lost.
 
Ha ha. Yeah. Because that's more credible than the previous method.

You can fool the same idiots who think its a solar panel, but those who used logic to determine its not a solar charger apply the same logic to it being heat transfer. I.e. both need severe hardware modification.
 
SUroot said:
Ha ha. Yeah. Because that's more credible than the previous method.

You can fool the same idiots who think its a solar panel, but those who used logic to determine its not a solar charger apply the same logic to it being heat transfer. I.e. both need severe hardware modification.
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Thank god someone else who isn't gullible ;-)

To the poster above, nice try ;-)
 
Johndrud said:
I would have probably died in Louisiana.
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I did die in Loi Liosui Loouis that place, but thanks to this app my mate was able to rig up a defibrillator using our 2 phones, and made me not dead again.

4 stars only, because of the ads.
 
SUroot said:
You can fool the same idiots who think its a solar panel, but those who used logic to determine its not a solar charger apply the same logic to it being heat transfer. I.e. both need severe hardware modification.
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If you plan on catching neutrinos that's a very severe modification! Let's start by adding a few gigatonnes of material... ;)
 
xiaoneitie said:
I was wondering if anyone has tried this solar charger, any input would be greatly appreciated. Pink Solar Battery Panel USB Charger with Flashlight for Cell Phone MP3 PDA-UK Standard - Free Shipping
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Are you aware of that's the thread about that spoofy app for to use the phone's display as a solar panel? :)

It doesn't matter, so just an answer to your question.

I haven't this pink solar charger but I have a similar 3300mAh solar charger.

Charging the phone isn't a problem :)

But charging the the build-in battery of the solar charger by using the sunshine, that is problem ;)
It works, but it needs about three sunny days to charge its build-in battery.

The reason for this delay is a general design error of this kind of solar chargers with build-in batteries.
The panel needs the sun, but the in-build Li-Ion battery hates the heat of the sun.

A Li-Ion battery to charge above temperatures of +45C will be dangerous, so the charging circuit will shut off the charging when the battery reaches this temperature.
So there will be delays, because when the sun is the brightest the charging of the solar charger will be shut off :(

Far better are solar panels without a build-in battery. They can charge the phone directly or can charge a separate mobile charger's build-in battery for later use.

For such a "stand-alone" solar panel one should choose high quality.
Cheap panels won't become a joyfully toy ;)

Harry
 
Johndrud said:
You guys obviously do not understand how this app works. It saved my life when I was in a Louisiana swamp a few months ago. It uses the same system that the new "regenerative breaking" on electric cars cars does, so it's not technically a "solar charger" (of course, who would actually believe this turns your phone into a solar panel?) as much as a "transfer heat to energy" mechanism. In this new system used in the electric vehicles, it uses the heat from the breaks (because friction causes heat) and then transfers it to a heat-to-energy maker. I don't know the specifics on the system because it deals with some extremely in-depth physics.
Back to what I was saying, I was in the swamps of Louisiana a few months ago visiting some relatives. I got utterly lost and allowed my phone to charge using this app and it was amazing how quickly it charged. It's a very efficient system, unlike most other charging systems available. As long as you are directly in the sun, (which was really hard to do in a swamp, but I found a clearing and was able to be right under the mid-day sun) it charges. The fact is, the sun produces energy in the form of heat and neutrinos. A solar panel catches neutrinos, while this device catches heat. Thank god for this app, or I would have probably died in Louisiana. It's not a fun place to be lost.
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You could be sued for providing false information.
 
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